Shakti Kapoor & Vikas Anand Movies Together List — 12 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shakti Kapoor and Vikas Anand appeared together in 12 Hindi films between 1982 and 2001. Their highest-rated collaboration was Apna Bana Lo (1982 — 5.6/10). Films span Apna Bana Lo (1982) through Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao (2001).
The Shakti Kapoor & Vikas Anand partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. From Apna Bana Lo (1982) to Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao (2001). The played out closed with Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao in 2001.
It started with Apna Bana Lo (1982).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Apna Bana Lo; the 2000s to Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao. Shakti Kapoor acted in every film; Vikas Anand acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Shakti Kapoor personally recommended Vikas Anand for the villain role in Tyaagi (1992) after the director struggled to find a suitable actor. Vikas had been a junior artist for years; this film gave him his first proper negative role.
- In Shatranj (1993), Shakti and Vikas improvised a 7-minute cat-and-mouse chase sequence without any dialogue. The director let them run wild because their timing was so tight — Vikas would pause exactly when Shakti blinked, creating a rhythm that editors later said was impossible to cut.
- During the shoot of Zulm-O-Sitam (1998), Shakti Kapoor would drive Vikas Anand home every night because Vikas didn't own a car. They'd stop at the same dhaba in Andheri for chai and argue about cricket until 2 AM. Vikas later said those drives were his film school.
- The comic timing they developed together in Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao (2001) directly inspired the bumbling-villain duo in the 2003 hit 'Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne'. The writer admitted in an interview that he wrote the parts after watching Shakti and Vikas's banter in that film.
- "Shakti bhai would whisper the next line in my ear during a scene, then act like I'd said it myself. He made me look like a pro when I was just a nervous kid." — Vikas Anand, in a 2015 interview with CineBlitz, recalling their work on Tyaagi.
12 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.2/10.
The 1990s accounted for 8 films, averaging 4.1/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.5/10.
- Apna Bana Lo
- Phaansi Ke Baad
- Khuddar
- Tyaagi
- Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
12 films across 19 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
63% of Vikas Anand's screen credits are with Shakti Kapoor. After Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao, Shakti Kapoor kept going for 51 more films; Vikas Anand stepped back.
Before Apna Bana Lo, Shakti Kapoor had starred in 16 films, including Sargam (1979) and Qurbani (1980).
After Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao, Shakti Kapoor went on to appear in 51 more films, including Life Mein Time Nahi Hai Kisi Ko (2019) and Trial Period (2023).
Before Apna Bana Lo, Vikas Anand had starred in 3 films, including Dhan Daulat (1980) and Nakhuda (1981).
After Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao, Vikas Anand went on to appear in 4 more films, including Sanam Teri Kasam (2009) and Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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