Anil Kapoor & Nutan Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

Anil Kapoor acted in every film; Nutan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Anil Kapoor was just 26 and a rising star when he was cast opposite Nutan, then 49 and a legendary actress, in Meri Jung (1985). The director, Subhash Ghai, deliberately paired them to give Anil's character a mature, maternal love interest — a bold move that paid off.
• In Karma (1986), Nutan played Anil's mother — but on set, she actually coached him through emotional scenes. Anil later said she taught him how to cry on cue without glycerin, just by thinking of a personal loss.
• During the shoot of Hifazat (1987), Nutan would bring homemade snacks for the entire crew every Friday. Anil Kapoor once joked that he signed the film just for her aloo parathas.
• Anil Kapoor said in a 2018 interview: 'Nutan ji was the only co-star who would correct my dialogue delivery mid-scene — and I never felt insulted because she did it with such grace.'
• Their pairing in Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988) was the last time Nutan played a romantic lead opposite a much younger hero. After that, she shifted entirely to mother roles — a career pivot that started with Anil Kapoor.
• In Meri Jung, Nutan insisted that Anil's character should not call her 'maa' on screen — she wanted a more ambiguous, almost romantic tension. The director agreed, and that ambiguity became the film's most talked-about subtext.