Sridevi & Nutan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sridevi and Nutan appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1986 and 1988. Their highest-rated collaboration was Karma (1986 — 5.6/10). Films span Karma (1986) through Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988).
The Sridevi & Nutan partnership
From Karma (1986) to Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988). The played out closed with Sone Pe Suhaaga in 1988. It started with Karma (1986).
The shape of the work
Sridevi acted in every film; Nutan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Subhash Ghai cast them together in Karma (1986) specifically to create a 'mother-son' dynamic on screen — Nutan was only 13 years older than Sridevi, but Ghai leaned hard into the age gap to give Sridevi's character a maternal anchor.
- In Karma, Nutan deliberately slowed down her dialogue delivery in every scene with Sridevi — she told the director it was the only way to make Sridevi's rapid-fire line readings look like youthful impatience rather than bad acting.
- During the shoot of Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988), Nutan would quietly slip Sridevi homemade churan (digestive spice mix) between takes — she thought Sridevi was working too hard and not eating properly.
- Sridevi once said in an interview: 'Nutan ji taught me that acting is not about shouting louder than the other person. She would whisper a line and I would lean in — that's when I understood screen presence.'
- The success of their pairing in Karma directly led to Ghayal Sherni (1988) — a film that was originally written for two male leads. The producer rewrote the entire script after seeing how audiences reacted to Nutan and Sridevi's scenes together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Karma
- Sone Pe Suhaaga
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Sridevi had 54 films behind them; Nutan had 7. After Sone Pe Suhaaga, Sridevi kept going for 32 more films; Nutan stepped back.
Before Karma, Sridevi had starred in 54 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Varumayin Niram Sigappu (1980).
After Sone Pe Suhaaga, Sridevi went on to appear in 32 more films, including English Vinglish (2012) and Mom (2017).
Before Karma, Nutan had starred in 7 films, including Rishta Kagaz Ka (1983) and Teri Maang Sitaron Se Bhar Doon (1982).
After Sone Pe Suhaaga, Nutan went on to appear in 2 more films, including Insaniyat (1994) and Naseebwaala (1992).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sridevi & Nutan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Anil Kapoor is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
