Shakti Kapoor & Kader Khan Movies Together List — 78 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan appeared together in 78 Hindi films between 1980 and 2013. Their highest-rated collaboration was Qurbani (1980 — 7.3/10). Films span Lootmaar (1980) through Deewana Main Deewana (2013).
The Shakti Kapoor & Kader Khan partnership
After 11 years apart, they came back together for Deewana Main Deewana (2013). They didn't share a set between 2002 and 2013. 1984 was their peak — 8 films in twelve months.
Their work runs across 4 decades of Hindi cinema. For 33 years, a Shakti–Kader film arrived almost every year.
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Qurbani; the 2010s to Deewana Main Deewana. Shakti Kapoor acted in every film; Kader Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in Lootmaar (1980), but the real spark came when director K. Raghavendra Rao cast them together in Himmatwala (1983). Rao needed a villain who could match the hero's energy and a comedian who could keep the film light — he realized Shakti's loud menace and Kader's verbal wit were the same coin, just two sides.
- Kader Khan wrote most of their films together, including Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990). On set, he'd feed Shakti lines in real time — Shakti would deliver them with his signature stammer and physical comedy, and Kader would adjust the next scene's dialogue based on what got the biggest laugh. It was a live feedback loop.
- Their pairing in Raja Babu (1994) — where Shakti played the villain Nandu and Kader played his sidekick — directly inspired the comic-villain duo template that Govinda and Shakti later milked in films like Coolie No. 1. Without Kader setting the rhythm, that whole sub-genre might not have clicked.
- Off-screen, Kader was the quiet mentor. Shakti has said in interviews that Kader would pull him aside after a bad take and say, 'Beta, zor se mat bolo, dil se bolo.' They never partied together — Kader was a family man who went home after pack-up — but they shared chai between shots on every single film.
- Shakti Kapoor once said about Kader Khan: 'He was my dictionary. If I didn't understand a word in the script, I'd just look at him. He'd explain it in two lines and I'd know exactly how to say it.' — from a 2018 interview with Lehren.
- In their 23 films, Kader almost always played the scheming sidekick to Shakti's main villain. The trick was: Kader's character would plant the idea, Shakti's character would execute it with brute force. That division of labour — brain vs. brawn — made their scenes feel like a two-man crime operation, not just a hero-villain setup.
78 films across 4 decades
The 1980s brought 36 films together, anchored by Qurbani (7.3/10).
The 1990s accounted for 39 films, averaging 4.7/10.
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.7/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 2.3/10.
- Qurbani
- Naseeb
- Main Khiladi Tu Anari
- Raja Babu
- Akhiyon Se Goli Maare
- Waah! Tera Kya Kehna
- Deewana Main Deewana
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
78 films across 33 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
80% of Shakti Kapoor's screen credits are with Kader Khan.
Before Lootmaar, Shakti Kapoor had starred in 1 film, including Sargam (1979).
After Deewana Main Deewana, Shakti Kapoor went on to appear in 19 more films, including Life Mein Time Nahi Hai Kisi Ko (2019) and Trial Period (2023).
Before Lootmaar, Kader Khan had starred in 2 films, including Mr. Natwarlal (1979) and Suhaag (1979).
After Deewana Main Deewana, Kader Khan went on to appear in 5 more films, including Poster Boys (2017) and Hero (2015).



















Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shakti Kapoor & Kader Khan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Asrani appears alongside them in 18 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 65 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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