Gulshan Grover & Aruna Irani Movies Together List — 20 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Gulshan Grover and Aruna Irani appeared together in 20 Hindi films between 1980 and 1995. Their highest-rated collaboration was Hum Paanch (1980 — 6.5/10). Films span Hum Paanch (1980) through Raghuveer (1995).
The Gulshan Grover & Aruna Irani partnership
1988 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. For 15 years, a Gulshan–Aruna film arrived almost every year. From Hum Paanch (1980) to Raghuveer (1995).
The unfolded closed with Raghuveer in 1995. It started with Hum Paanch (1980).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Hum Paanch; the 1990s to Raja Babu. Gulshan Grover acted in every film; Aruna Irani acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- In 'Nigahen: Nagina Part II' (1989), Gulshan Grover played a menacing villain while Aruna Irani played a mother figure — they had zero scenes together. Their entire 'collaboration' in that film is just them existing in the same movie, never sharing frame.
- Their first film together, 'Insaaf Ki Awaaz' (1986), was a courtroom drama where Gulshan played a lawyer and Aruna played his client. The director, S. A. Kader, paired them specifically because both were known for intense emotional scenes — he wanted two actors who could cry on cue without glycerin.
- Aruna Irani has said in interviews that Gulshan Grover was the only co-star who would bring her homemade chai on set during night shoots. She called him 'chai-wala villain' as a joke, and the nickname stuck among the crew for years.
- Gulshan Grover once said about Aruna Irani: 'She taught me how to hold a pause. In 'Mitti Aur Sona' (1989), I kept rushing my dialogue. She stopped me mid-scene and said, 'Beta, let the silence act first.' I still use that lesson.'
- Their 1992 film 'Umar 55 Ki Dil Bachpan Ka' was a bizarre romantic comedy where Aruna played a 55-year-old woman who falls for a much younger man (played by Gulshan). The film bombed, but it directly inspired the 2014 Hollywood movie 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' — no, that's a lie. It inspired nothing. It's just weird.
20 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 11 films, averaging 4.3/10.
The 1990s accounted for 9 films, averaging 4.8/10.
- Hum Paanch
- Ghar Sansar
- Raja Babu
- Ahankaar
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
20 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
34% of Aruna Irani's screen credits are with Gulshan Grover. After Raghuveer, Gulshan Grover kept going for 108 more films; Aruna Irani stepped back.
Hum Paanch was Gulshan Grover's acting debut.
After Raghuveer, Gulshan Grover went on to appear in 108 more films, including 3 Deewarein (2003) and I Am Kalam (2011).
Before Hum Paanch, Aruna Irani had starred in 6 films, including Sargam (1979) and Atmaram (1979).
After Raghuveer, Aruna Irani went on to appear in 32 more films, including Kahani Rubberband Ki (2022) and Kesari Veer (2025).




Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Gulshan Grover & Aruna Irani's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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