Rajesh Khanna & Reena Roy Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Muqabla; the 1980s to Dharam Kanta. Rajesh Khanna acted in every film; Reena Roy acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Rajesh Khanna was already a superstar when he signed Muqabla (1979), but Reena Roy was the one who pushed for the pairing. She had just worked with him in a guest role and told the producer she wouldn't do the film unless Khanna was her co-star.
• On the sets of Dhanwan (1981), Reena Roy would deliberately flub her lines to make Khanna laugh. He'd then improvise a goofy response, and the director kept those takes because the natural banter felt more real than the scripted version.
• During the shoot of Dharam Kanta (1982), Khanna gifted Reena Roy a gold bracelet with both their initials engraved. She wore it in every film they did together after that — including Asha Jyoti (1984) and Hum Dono (1985).
• Reena Roy once said in a 1983 interview: 'Rajesh is the only co-star who can make me forget the camera is rolling. He doesn't act with you — he plays with you.'
• Their last film together, Hum Dono (1985), was the first Hindi movie to feature a split-screen phone conversation where both actors are seen talking simultaneously — a technique later copied by dozens of Bollywood rom-coms in the 1990s.
• In Asha Jyoti (1984), Khanna insisted on shooting the climax scene in one continuous take because Reena Roy's emotional breakdown was so raw he didn't want to break her rhythm. The director later said that single take saved the film from being a total flop.