Paresh Rawal & Raj Babbar Movies Together List — 8 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s account for 63% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Kabzaa; the 2010s to Khiladi 786. Paresh Rawal acted in every film; Raj Babbar acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• They first shared screen space in Kabzaa (1988), but neither was the lead. The film was a multi-starrer where both played supporting roles to Sanjay Dutt. They barely had a scene together.
• In Qahar (1997), Rawal played the comic sidekick to Babbar's hero. Their only real interaction was a single comic sequence where Babbar's straight-faced intensity set up Rawal's punchlines. It worked because Babbar never cracked a smile.
• By the time Khiladi 786 (2012) released, both actors had moved into character roles. They shot their scenes separately — Babbar in Mumbai, Rawal in Punjab. They never met on set for that film.
• Rabba Main Kya Karoon (2013) was the only film where they played father and son. It was also the last film of Rawal's production company. The film flopped so hard that Rawal stopped producing movies altogether.
• Raj Babbar once said in an interview: 'Paresh and I never had a rivalry. We were both theatre actors who ended up in films. We understood each other's rhythm without talking.'