Gulshan Grover & Raza Murad Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Gulshan Grover and Raza Murad appeared together in 10 Hindi films between 1989 and 1996. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vishwatma (1992 — 5.7/10). Films span Ram Lakhan (1989) through Namak (1996).
The Gulshan Grover & Raza Murad partnership
Between 1989 and 1996, they barely worked apart — 10 films in 7 years. 1991 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 7 years, a Gulshan–Raza film arrived almost every year.
From Ram Lakhan (1989) to Namak (1996). The spanned closed with Namak in 1996.
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 90% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Ram Lakhan; the 1990s to Vishwatma. Gulshan Grover acted in every film; Raza Murad acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- In Ram Lakhan (1989), Subhash Ghai cast them as brothers-in-law — but the real spark was that both actors had to audition separately, and neither knew the other was in the running until the first day of shooting.
- On the set of Virodhi (1992), Gulshan Grover kept improvising his villain's laugh, and Raza Murad would deliberately pause his dialogue to let the laugh land — a rhythm they never rehearsed, but became the film's most talked-about scene.
- During the shoot of Jeevan Daata (1991), the two shared a hotel room for three weeks because the production ran out of budget. They reportedly spent nights rewriting each other's lines on napkins.
- Their pairing in Namak (1996) was so intense that a young Anurag Kashyap, then an assistant director on the film, later said it inspired the layered villain dynamics in Gangs of Wasseypur.
- Raza Murad once said in a 2017 interview: 'Gulshan and I never needed a director. We'd just look at each other and know who would blink first in a scene.'
10 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.0/10.
The 1990s accounted for 9 films, averaging 4.4/10.
- Ram Lakhan
- Vishwatma
- Jeevan Daata
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Namak, Gulshan Grover kept going for 101 more films; Raza Murad stepped back. By the time of Ram Lakhan, both already had careers — Gulshan Grover with 45 films, Raza Murad with 31.
Before Ram Lakhan, Gulshan Grover had starred in 45 films, including Arth (1982) and Sadma (1983).
After Namak, Gulshan Grover went on to appear in 101 more films, including 3 Deewarein (2003) and I Am Kalam (2011).
Before Ram Lakhan, Raza Murad had starred in 31 films, including Prem Rog (1982) and Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981).
After Namak, Raza Murad went on to appear in 18 more films, including Jodhaa Akbar (2008) and Johnny (2003).

Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Gulshan Grover & Raza Murad's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jackie Shroff appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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