Rishi Kapoor & Vinod Khanna Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna appeared together in 4 Hindi films between 1989 and 2011. Their highest-rated collaboration was Chandni (1989 — 5.8/10). Films span Chandni (1989) through Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011).
The Rishi Kapoor & Vinod Khanna partnership
After 17 years apart, they came back together for Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011). They didn't share a set between 1994 and 2011. Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema.
From Chandni (1989) to Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011). It started with Chandni (1989).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Chandni; the 2010s to Tell Me O Kkhuda. Rishi Kapoor acted in every film; Vinod Khanna acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in Yash Chopra's 'Chandni' (1989) because Chopra needed two distinct male leads to balance Sridevi's character — Rishi as the romantic, impulsive lover and Vinod as the mature, brooding counterpoint. Chopra later said he cast them specifically to create a 'love triangle that felt real, not forced.'
- In 'Chandni', Rishi played the emotionally volatile Rohit while Vinod played the stoic Lalit. Their scenes together worked because Rishi brought the energy and Vinod anchored it — Rishi once joked that Vinod 'made me look like I was acting too much, so I had to tone it down.'
- Despite being contemporaries, they weren't close friends off-screen. Rishi admitted in his autobiography that Vinod was 'a reserved man, very different from me' and that their interactions were mostly professional — they'd chat about cricket on set but never hung out after pack-up.
- Their pairing in 'Chandni' directly inspired the casting of two-hero love triangles in early-90s Bollywood — films like 'Deewana' (1992) and 'Raja Hindustani' (1996) borrowed the template of one loud, one quiet hero fighting for the same woman.
- Rishi Kapoor once said about Vinod Khanna: 'He was the only actor who could make me look like I was overacting without even trying. I had to raise my game every time we worked together.' — from his autobiography 'Khullam Khulla' (2017).
- Their last film together, 'Tell Me O Kkhuda' (2011), was a reunion after 17 years — but it happened only because Rishi's wife Neetu Singh was producing it and insisted on casting Vinod as the villain. Rishi later said he felt 'awkward' acting opposite Vinod after such a long gap.
4 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.1/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.9/10.
- Chandni
- Eena Meena Deeka
- Garajna0
- Tell Me O Kkhuda
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 22 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Chandni, both already had careers — Rishi Kapoor with 37 films, Vinod Khanna with 25.
Before Chandni, Rishi Kapoor had starred in 37 films, including Sargam (1979) and Prem Rog (1982).
After Tell Me O Kkhuda, Rishi Kapoor went on to appear in 17 more films, including Kapoor & Sons (2016) and Sharmaji Namkeen (2022).
Before Chandni, Vinod Khanna had starred in 25 films, including Meera (1979) and Qurbani (1980).
After Tell Me O Kkhuda, Vinod Khanna went on to appear in 9 more films, including Dilwale (2015) and Dabangg 2 (2012).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rishi Kapoor & Vinod Khanna's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sridevi is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
2
