Sushmita Sen & Anil Kapoor Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Biwi No.1; the 2010s to No Problem. Sushmita Sen acted in every film; Anil Kapoor acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Sushmita Sen was cast in Biwi No.1 (1999) because director David Dhawan wanted a fresh face opposite Anil Kapoor's philandering husband — she was just 23 and had only done one film before this.
• In Biwi No.1, Anil Kapoor deliberately slowed down his usual fast-talking comic timing to match Sushmita's more measured, deadpan delivery — that contrast made their scenes together land funnier than either could alone.
• During the shoot of Bewafaa (2005), Anil Kapoor personally coached Sushmita Sen on how to cry on cue for the emotional climax — she later said he was the only co-star who ever taught her a technical acting trick.
• Sushmita Sen once said in an interview: 'Anil Kapoor is the only man who can make me laugh so hard I forget my lines — and then yell at me for forgetting them.'
• The success of Biwi No.1 directly led to Anil Kapoor greenlighting a similar 'comedy of remarriage' script for his own production — the 2002 film Badhaai Ho Badhaai, which he produced and starred in.
• After No Problem (2010) flopped, Anil Kapoor and Sushmita Sen never worked together again — but they stayed in touch, and she was one of the first people he called when he landed the role in Slumdog Millionaire.