Dharmendra & Kader Khan Movies Together List — 14 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Dharmendra and Kader Khan appeared together in 14 Hindi films between 1982 and 1999. Their highest-rated collaboration was Samraat (1982 — 6.5/10). Films span Samraat (1982) through Nyaydaata (1999).
The Dharmendra & Kader Khan partnership
1987 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 17 years, a Dharmendra–Kader film arrived almost every year. From Samraat (1982) to Nyaydaata (1999).
The spanned closed with Nyaydaata in 1999. It started with Samraat (1982).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 64% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Samraat; the 1990s to Nyaydaata. Dharmendra acted in every film; Kader Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Dharmendra personally requested Kader Khan for Jaani Dost (1983) after seeing his comic timing in a stage play. Kader was initially hesitant because he was booked solid with writing assignments.
- On the sets of Jaani Dost, Kader Khan would rewrite his own dialogues on the spot to match Dharmendra's natural Punjabi accent. Dharmendra then delivered those lines in one take, often making the crew laugh so hard they had to reset.
- During the shoot of Aathank (1996), Dharmendra brought homemade gajar ka halwa for the entire unit every Friday. Kader Khan later said in an interview that he gained 5 kilos just from those Fridays.
- Kader Khan once said about Dharmendra: 'He doesn't act. He just stands there and the camera falls in love with him. I had to work twice as hard to keep up.'
- Nyaydaata (1999) was the last film where Kader Khan wrote dialogues for Dharmendra. After this, Kader shifted almost entirely to writing for Govinda, directly ending the Dharmendra-Kader comedy track that Jaani Dost had started.
- In Aathank (1996), Dharmendra insisted on doing a slapstick scene where Kader Khan had to fall into a muddy pond. Kader did it in one take, then whispered to Dharmendra: 'You owe me a new kurta.' Dharmendra bought him five.
14 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 9 films, averaging 4.9/10.
The 1990s accounted for 5 films, averaging 4.3/10.
- Samraat
- Naukar Biwi Ka
- Nyaydaata
- Maidan-E-Jung
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
14 films across 17 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 Samraat, both already had careers — Dharmendra with 12 films, Kader Khan with 16.
Before Samraat, Dharmendra had starred in 12 films, including Cinema Cinema (1979) and Krodhi (1981).
After Nyaydaata, Dharmendra went on to appear in 26 more films, including Johnny Gaddar (2007) and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023).
Before Samraat, Kader Khan had starred in 16 films, including Kaalia (1981) and Qurbani (1980).
After Nyaydaata, Kader Khan went on to appear in 24 more films, including Angaar: The Fire (2002) and Akhiyon Se Goli Maare (2002).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Dharmendra & Kader Khan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 9 people again and again — a small repertory company. Shakti Kapoor appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead.
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