Anil Kapoor & Aruna Irani Movies Together List — 10 Films

The shape of the work

The 1980s belonged to Mohabbat; the 2000s to Bulandi. Anil Kapoor acted in every film; Aruna Irani acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Anil Kapoor was already a rising star by 1985, but Aruna Irani was the bigger name when they first worked together in 'Mohabbat'. She had over a decade of experience and was coming off hits like 'Mere Huzoor'. He was the one who had to prove himself opposite her.
• In 'Beta' (1992), Aruna Irani played Anil Kapoor's mother — even though she is only 6 years older than him in real life. That age gap made their mother-son dynamic feel unusually believable, and it became the emotional anchor of the film's second half.
• The success of 'Beta' (1992) directly launched the trend of 'mother-son sentiment' masala films in the 1990s. Without Aruna Irani's performance as Anil Kapoor's on-screen mother, you probably wouldn't have gotten 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!' or 'Maine Pyar Kiya' with the same emotional weight.
• Aruna Irani has said in interviews that Anil Kapoor was the only co-star who would call her 'Maa' even off-camera during the shoot of 'Beta'. She said it made her feel protective of him on set, and they'd often share lunch together between takes.
• Aruna Irani once told a film magazine: 'Anil is the only actor who made me feel like a real mother. He would touch my feet before every shot in Beta. That respect wasn't acting.'
• In 'Insaaf Ki Awaaz' (1986), Anil Kapoor played a lawyer and Aruna Irani played his client. Their scenes together had a rare tension — she was the vulnerable one, he was the righteous one. But off-screen, she was the veteran guiding him through court-room dialogue delivery.