Tom Alter & Sanjay Dutt Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Tom Alter and Sanjay Dutt appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1982 and 2005. Their highest-rated collaboration was Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005 — 6.7/10). Films span Vidhaata (1982) through Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005).
The Tom Alter & Sanjay Dutt partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005). They didn't share a set between 1993 and 2005. Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema.
From Vidhaata (1982) to Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005). It started with Vidhaata (1982).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Vidhaata; the 2000s to Viruddh... Family Comes First. Tom Alter acted in every film; Sanjay Dutt acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.6/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.7/10.
- Vidhaata
- Gumrah
- Viruddh... Family Comes First
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 23 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Viruddh... Family Comes First, Sanjay Dutt kept going for 62 more films; Tom Alter stepped back.
Before Vidhaata, Tom Alter had starred in 2 films, including Kranti (1981) and Kudrat (1981).
After Viruddh... Family Comes First, Tom Alter went on to appear in 9 more films, including Bheja Fry (2007) and M Cream (2016).
Before Vidhaata, Sanjay Dutt had starred in 1 film, including Rocky (1981).
After Viruddh... Family Comes First, Sanjay Dutt went on to appear in 62 more films, including P.K. (2014) and Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Tom Alter & Sanjay Dutt's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Viju Khote is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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