Johnny Lever & Rishi Kapoor Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Johnny Lever and Rishi Kapoor appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1996 and 2011. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kucch To Hai (2003 — 4.6/10). Films span Daraar (1996) through Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011).
The Johnny Lever & Rishi Kapoor partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011). Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. They didn't share a set between 2003 and 2011.
From Daraar (1996) to Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011). It started with Daraar (1996).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Daraar; the 2010s to Tell Me O Kkhuda. Johnny Lever acted in every film; Rishi Kapoor acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011) was the only film where Johnny Lever played a serious, non-comic role opposite Rishi Kapoor. The pairing flopped so badly that neither actor attempted a dramatic scene together again.
- Rishi Kapoor once said in an interview: 'Johnny is the only actor who made me laugh so hard on set that the director had to cut. We'd ruin three takes before we could finish one scene.'
- In Daraar (1996), Johnny Lever was cast as the comic relief in a dark thriller about an abusive husband. Rishi Kapoor, playing the villain, personally asked director Abbas-Mustan to give Lever more screen time because he felt the comedy scenes were the only thing keeping the film from being too grim.
- On the set of Kucch To Hai (2003), Rishi Kapoor would deliberately flub his lines during serious scenes just to make Johnny Lever crack up. Lever then had to improvise his comic timing around Kapoor's pranks, creating a back-and-forth rhythm that wasn't in the script.
- Johnny Lever and Rishi Kapoor shared a dressing room on all three films. Lever later said Kapoor insisted on it because he wanted to hear Lever's mimicry of other actors between shots — it was their daily ritual.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.3/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.6/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.9/10.
- Daraar
- Kucch To Hai
- Tell Me O Kkhuda
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Johnny Lever had 1 films behind them; Rishi Kapoor had 70.
Before Daraar, Johnny Lever had starred in 1 film, including Mahakaal (1993).
After Tell Me O Kkhuda, Johnny Lever went on to appear in 11 more films, including Super 30 (2019) and Dilwale (2015).
Before Daraar, Rishi Kapoor had starred in 70 films, including Sargam (1979) and Prem Rog (1982).
After Tell Me O Kkhuda, Rishi Kapoor went on to appear in 17 more films, including Kapoor & Sons (2016) and Sharmaji Namkeen (2022).
Collaboration Journey
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