Johnny Lever & Sharat Saxena Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s belonged to Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani; the 2010s to Tell Me O Kkhuda. Johnny Lever acted in every film; Sharat Saxena acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• In Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000), Johnny Lever's frantic comic timing and Sharat Saxena's deadpan menace created a push-pull rhythm in every scene they shared. Lever would speed up his delivery, and Saxena would slow his reactions down — making each punchline land harder.
• Sharat Saxena once said in an interview that Johnny Lever was the only co-star who could make him break character mid-take. On the sets of Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011), Lever would whisper improvised one-liners just before 'action' to throw Saxena off — and Saxena loved it.
• They first met on the sets of Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) because director Aziz Mirza deliberately paired them — he wanted a comic foil for the villain. Mirza told both actors to 'stay in character even off-camera' for a week before shooting their scenes together.
• Their only scene together in Deewana Main Deewana (2013) was cut from the final theatrical release. The director later admitted the scene was removed because their comic-villain dynamic 'made the hero look weak' — a rare case of a duo being too effective for their own film.