Shakti Kapoor & Jeetendra Movies Together List — 28 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shakti Kapoor and Jeetendra appeared together in 28 Hindi films between 1980 and 2014. Their highest-rated collaboration was Aasha (1980 — 6.5/10). Films span Aasha (1980) through Main Tera Hero (2014).
The Shakti Kapoor & Jeetendra partnership
After 17 years apart, they came back together for Main Tera Hero (2014). They didn't share a set between 1997 and 2014. 1984 was their peak — 6 films in twelve months.
Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. For 34 years, a Shakti–Jeetendra film arrived almost every year.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 86% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Aasha; the 2010s to Main Tera Hero. Shakti Kapoor acted in every film; Jeetendra acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Jeetendra personally requested Shakti Kapoor for the villain role in Himmatwala (1983) after seeing his work in a small negative part. That film became a massive hit and turned Shakti into a go-to antagonist for the next decade.
- In Mawaali (1983), Jeetendra deliberately slowed down his usual fast-paced dialogue delivery so Shakti's comic timing could land better. Shakti later said Jeetendra 'gave him the space to breathe' in every scene.
- Their pairing in Pataal Bhairavi (1985) was so popular in the South that it directly inspired a Telugu remake with a different cast — but the original Hindi version's success convinced producers to cast Jeetendra and Shakti together in three more films that same year.
- On the sets of Farz Aur Kanoon (1982), Shakti Kapoor's car broke down in the middle of nowhere. Jeetendra drove two hours to pick him up personally, and they arrived on set together laughing. They remained close friends off-camera for the rest of their careers.
28 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 24 films, averaging 5.0/10.
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.0/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
- Aasha
- Justice Chaudhury
- Insaaf Ki Devi
- Mahaanta
- Main Tera Hero
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
28 films across 34 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
62% of Shakti Kapoor's screen credits are with Jeetendra. After Main Tera Hero, Shakti Kapoor kept going for 16 more films; Jeetendra stepped back.
Before Aasha, Shakti Kapoor had starred in 1 film, including Sargam (1979).
After Main Tera Hero, Shakti Kapoor went on to appear in 16 more films, including Life Mein Time Nahi Hai Kisi Ko (2019) and Trial Period (2023).
Before Aasha, Jeetendra had starred in 7 films, including Aatish (1979) and Lok Parlok (1979).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shakti Kapoor & Jeetendra's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kader Khan is the through-line — cast on 18 of their 28 films. Kader Khan appears alongside them in 18 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 17 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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