Shakti Kapoor & Govinda Movies Together List — 27 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shakti Kapoor and Govinda appeared together in 27 Hindi films between 1987 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Bhagam Bhag (2006 — 6.5/10). Films span Marte Dam Tak (1987) through Rangeela Raja (2019).
The Shakti Kapoor & Govinda partnership
Their work runs across 4 decades of Hindi cinema. 1994 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 32 years, a Shakti–Govinda film arrived almost every year.
From Marte Dam Tak (1987) to Rangeela Raja (2019). It started with Marte Dam Tak (1987).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Dariya Dil; the 2010s to Naughty @ 40. Shakti Kapoor acted in every film; Govinda acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Dariya Dil (1988), was a David Dhawan directorial. Dhawan had just moved from editing to directing, and he paired the two because he wanted a loud, chaotic comic duo — and nobody did loud better than Shakti and Govinda.
- In Raja Babu (1994), Shakti played the villain Nandu while Govinda played the hero. But on set, Shakti would deliberately over-deliver his lines to make Govinda react harder — Govinda later said that Shakti's energy forced him to raise his own comic timing by 20%.
- Despite making seven films together, Shakti and Govinda were never close friends off-screen. They never hung out after pack-up. Govinda once said in an interview: 'We were professional. He did his job, I did mine. The laughter was only for the camera.'
- Rangeela Raja (2019) was their last film together — and it's the only one that's officially a 'Hit' at the box office. But the irony? It released 31 years after their first film, and most people didn't even know they were in it together. The film's success had nothing to do with their pairing.
- Shakti Kapoor once said about Govinda: 'He is the only actor who could make me forget my lines because I was laughing so hard. I had to ask the director to cut and give me a minute.'
27 films across 4 decades
The 1980s accounted for 5 films, averaging 4.0/10.
The 1990s accounted for 15 films, averaging 5.1/10.
The 2000s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.3/10.
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 2.8/10.
- Dariya Dil
- Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharni
- Raja Babu
- Coolie No. 1
- Bhagam Bhag
- Akhiyon Se Goli Maare
- Naughty @ 40
- Rangeela Raja
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
27 films across 32 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
82% of Govinda's screen credits are with Shakti Kapoor. When they first worked together, Shakti Kapoor had 79 films behind them; Govinda had 5.
Before Marte Dam Tak, Shakti Kapoor had starred in 79 films, including Sargam (1979) and Qurbani (1980).
After Rangeela Raja, Shakti Kapoor went on to appear in 5 more films, including Trial Period (2023) and Animal (2023).
Before Marte Dam Tak, Govinda had starred in 5 films, including Love 86 (1986) and Suhaagan (1986).
After Rangeela Raja, Govinda went on to appear in 1 more film, including Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shakti Kapoor & Govinda's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kader Khan is the through-line — cast on 15 of their 27 films. They worked with the same 16 people again and again — a small repertory company. Kader Khan appears alongside them in 15 films — practically a third lead.
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