Gulshan Grover & Smita Jaykar Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Gulshan Grover and Smita Jaykar appeared together in 5 Hindi films between 1998 and 2014. Their highest-rated collaboration was Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai (2001 — 4.5/10). Films span Qila (1998) through Yaariyan (2014).
The Gulshan Grover & Smita Jaykar partnership
After 9 years apart, they came back together for The Hangman (2010). Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. They didn't share a set between 2001 and 2010.
From Qila (1998) to Yaariyan (2014). It started with Qila (1998).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Qila; the 2010s to The Hangman. Gulshan Grover acted in every film; Smita Jaykar acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first met on the set of Sar Utha Ke Jiyo (1998), a social drama that was supposed to be a comeback vehicle for both. Grohan was cast first; Jaykar was brought in last minute after the original leading lady walked out over a payment dispute.
- In The Hangman (2010), Grover played a cold-blooded executioner and Jaykar played his guilt-ridden wife. The director said their scenes worked because Grover set a terrifyingly still pace, and Jaykar responded with trembling micro-expressions — he held back his usual theatricality for her naturalism.
- During the shoot of Yaariyan (2014), Grover and Jaykar discovered they shared the same birthday — August 21. They celebrated together on set with a single cake, and Jaykar later said it was the only time she felt like she had a 'film brother'.
- "Gulshan bhai is the only co-star who ever called me before every single scene to ask, 'Kya plan hai?' — he wanted us to be on the same page, not just read lines." — Smita Jaykar, in a 2015 interview with Filmfare.
- Their pairing in Sar Utha Ke Jiyo (1998) was so low-key that it directly inspired a small-budget indie trend in the early 2000s — filmmakers started casting 'unlikely' pairs (a villain actor + a character actress) for serious dramas, leading to films like Mrityudand (1999) and Daman (2001).
5 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.4/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.8/10.
- Qila
- Sar Utha Ke Jiyo
- Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai
- The Hangman
- Yaariyan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 16 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
50% of Smita Jaykar's screen credits are with Gulshan Grover. When they first worked together, Gulshan Grover had 136 films behind them; Smita Jaykar had 1.
Before Qila, Gulshan Grover had starred in 136 films, including Arth (1982) and Sher Dil (1990).
After Yaariyan, Gulshan Grover went on to appear in 14 more films, including Good Newwz (2019) and Love in Vietnam (2025).
Before Qila, Smita Jaykar had starred in 1 film, including Pardes (1997).
After Yaariyan, Smita Jaykar went on to appear in 4 more films, including Romeo S3 (2025) and Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2 (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Gulshan Grover & Smita Jaykar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Gulshan Grover & Smita Jaykar's films together
