Gulshan Grover & Farida Jalal Movies Together List — 9 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Diljale; the 2020s to Love in Vietnam. Gulshan Grover acted in every film; Farida Jalal acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Gulshan Grover said about Farida Jalal during 'Love in Vietnam' promotions: 'She is the only actress who has played my mother in three different centuries — 1996, 2003, and now 2025. That's a time machine, not a co-star.'
• Gulshan Grover and Farida Jalal first shared screen space in 'Loafer' (1996) because the director wanted a mother-son duo that felt believably lower-middle-class. Grover, then known for villain roles, specifically asked to play Farida's son to break his image.
• In 'Fun 2shh: Dudes in the 10th Century' (2003), Farida Jalal played a medieval queen while Gulshan Grover played a comic villain. Grover later said in an interview that Farida's deadpan delivery forced him to tone down his usual over-the-top style — she made him play it straight.
• Despite making only three films together across 29 years, Gulshan Grover and Farida Jalal never had a single scene alone in any of them. Every one of their interactions was in a group or family setting — they never shared a two-shot.
• Their third film 'Love in Vietnam' (2025) is the first Hindi movie shot entirely on location in Vietnam. The project was greenlit only after the producers saw the unexpected chemistry between Grover and Jalal in a test reading — they were cast as mother and son again, 29 years after 'Loafer'.