Shakti Kapoor & Sridevi Movies Together List — 17 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shakti Kapoor and Sridevi appeared together in 17 Hindi films between 1983 and 1996. Their highest-rated collaboration was Justice Chaudhury (1983 — 6.5/10). Films span Himmatwala (1983) through Mr. Bechara (1996).
The Shakti Kapoor & Sridevi partnership
1983 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 13 years, a Shakti–Sridevi film arrived almost every year. From Himmatwala (1983) to Mr. Bechara (1996).
The ran closed with Mr. Bechara in 1996. It started with Himmatwala (1983).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 88% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Justice Chaudhury; the 1990s to Laadla. Shakti Kapoor acted in every film; Sridevi acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Shakti Kapoor was cast as the villain in Himmatwala (1983) only after the original choice, Amjad Khan, backed out. That film became a massive hit and turned Shakti into Sridevi's go-to on-screen antagonist for the next three years.
- In Mawaali (1983), Sridevi's comic timing forced Shakti to constantly improvise his villainous reactions. He later admitted she made him work harder because she'd throw unexpected expressions at him mid-scene, and he had to keep up.
- The success of their pairing in Himmatwala directly inspired K. Raghavendra Rao to cast them together again in Akalmand (1984) — a film that was essentially a remake of a Telugu hit, but sold entirely on the Sridevi-Shakti face-off.
- Despite playing arch-enemies on screen, Shakti Kapoor and Sridevi shared a warm off-screen bond. He once revealed that she would call him 'Shakti bhai' on set and they'd crack each other up between takes, especially during the heavy melodrama of Karma (1986).
- Shakti Kapoor said in a 2010 interview: 'Sridevi was the only heroine who could make me laugh while I was trying to be scary. In Akalmand, I'd be delivering a threat and she'd do something with her eyes that would break my character.'
17 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 15 films, averaging 4.9/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.3/10.
- Justice Chaudhury
- Mawaali
- Laadla
- Mr. Bechara
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
17 films across 13 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Mr. Bechara, Shakti Kapoor kept going for 96 more films; Sridevi stepped back. By the time of Himmatwala, both already had careers — Shakti Kapoor with 23 films, Sridevi with 40.
Before Himmatwala, Shakti Kapoor had starred in 23 films, including Sargam (1979) and Qurbani (1980).
After Mr. Bechara, Shakti Kapoor went on to appear in 96 more films, including Life Mein Time Nahi Hai Kisi Ko (2019) and Trial Period (2023).
Before Himmatwala, Sridevi had starred in 40 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Varumayin Niram Sigappu (1980).
After Mr. Bechara, Sridevi went on to appear in 7 more films, including English Vinglish (2012) and Mom (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shakti Kapoor & Sridevi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kader Khan is the through-line — cast on 10 of their 17 films. They worked with the same 9 people again and again — a small repertory company. Kader Khan appears alongside them in 10 films — practically a third lead.
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