Girish Karnad & Aruna Irani Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Girish Karnad and Aruna Irani appeared together in 2 Hindi films. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ahista Ahista (1981 — 6.8/10). Films span Ahista Ahista (1981) through Shama (1981).
The Girish Karnad & Aruna Irani partnership
From Ahista Ahista (1981) to Shama (1981). The ran closed with Shama in 1981. It started with Ahista Ahista (1981).
The shape of the work
Girish Karnad acted in every film; Aruna Irani acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Ahista Ahista
- Shama
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 0 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Shama, Aruna Irani kept going for 134 more films; Girish Karnad stepped back.
Before Ahista Ahista, Girish Karnad had starred in 5 films, including Apne Paraye (1980) and Man Pasand (1980).
After Shama, Girish Karnad went on to appear in 44 more films, including Tarang (1984) and Iqbal (2005).
Before Ahista Ahista, Aruna Irani had starred in 15 films, including Sargam (1979) and Qurbani (1980).
After Shama, Aruna Irani went on to appear in 134 more films, including Angoor (1982) and Kahani Rubberband Ki (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Girish Karnad & Aruna Irani's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kader Khan is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
