Rishi Kapoor & Sushma Seth Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rishi Kapoor and Sushma Seth appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1989 and 1996. Their highest-rated collaboration was Bade Ghar Ki Beti (1989 — 5.4/10). Films span Bade Ghar Ki Beti (1989) through Daraar (1996).
The Rishi Kapoor & Sushma Seth partnership
From Bade Ghar Ki Beti (1989) to Daraar (1996). The played out closed with Daraar in 1996. It started with Bade Ghar Ki Beti (1989).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Bade Ghar Ki Beti; the 1990s to Daraar. Rishi Kapoor acted in every film; Sushma Seth acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- In 'Daraar' (1996), Rishi Kapoor played a violent husband, and Sushma Seth played his mother. Their scenes together had a real edge because Seth refused to soften her character's disapproval of her son's abuse — she pushed Rishi to play the villainy without any redeeming glances, making the mother-son dynamic genuinely uncomfortable.
- Sushma Seth was a close family friend of the Kapoors long before they worked together. She had watched Rishi grow up, so when they shot 'Bade Ghar Ki Beti' (1989), she reportedly told him on set, 'Don't call me Sushma ji on camera — call me Bua, like you always have.' That informal bond carried into their scenes.
- Sushma Seth once said in an interview: 'Rishi was like a naughty nephew to me. Even when he was playing a monster in Daraar, between takes he'd crack jokes and ask for my chai recipe. I had to remind myself he was the bad guy.'
- They first worked together in 'Bade Ghar Ki Beti' (1989) because the director, Kalpataru, specifically wanted a mother figure who could match Rishi's energy without being overshadowed. He cast Sushma Seth after seeing her stage work, and Rishi personally called her to say, 'You're the only one who can keep up with me in a family drama.'
- Their pairing in 'Inteha Pyar Ki' (1992) was so forgettable that neither of them ever mentioned it in later interviews. But the film's failure made both actors more selective about multi-starrer family dramas — Rishi started saying no to scripts where the mother role was just a prop, and Seth began demanding meatier parts.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.4/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.8/10.
- Bade Ghar Ki Beti
- Daraar
- Inteha Pyar Ki
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of Sushma Seth's screen credits are with Rishi Kapoor. When they first worked together, Rishi Kapoor had 37 films behind them; Sushma Seth had 3. After Daraar, Rishi Kapoor kept going for 41 more films; Sushma Seth stepped back.
Before Bade Ghar Ki Beti, Rishi Kapoor had starred in 37 films, including Sargam (1979) and Prem Rog (1982).
After Daraar, Rishi Kapoor went on to appear in 41 more films, including Kapoor & Sons (2016) and Sharmaji Namkeen (2022).
Before Bade Ghar Ki Beti, Sushma Seth had starred in 3 films, including Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985) and Wafadaar (1985).
After Daraar, Sushma Seth went on to appear in 1 more film, including Pal Pal Dil Ke Saath (2009).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rishi Kapoor & Sushma Seth's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Rishi Kapoor & Sushma Seth's films together
