Dharmendra & Jeetendra Movies Together List — 11 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Dharmendra and Jeetendra appeared together in 11 Hindi films between 1980 and 1995. Their highest-rated collaboration was The Burning Train (1980 — 6.6/10). Films span The Burning Train (1980) through Paappi Devataa (1995).
The Dharmendra & Jeetendra partnership
From The Burning Train (1980) to Paappi Devataa (1995). For 15 years, a Dharmendra–Jeetendra film arrived almost every year. The unfolded closed with Paappi Devataa in 1995.
It started with The Burning Train (1980).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 82% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to The Burning Train; the 1990s to Paappi Devataa. Dharmendra acted in every film; Jeetendra acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They were never supposed to be a pair. In the 1980s, both were top solo stars — Dharmendra the action hero, Jeetendra the dance king. They only started sharing screen space because multi-starrers became the trend after Amitabh's success. Their first film together, The Burning Train (1980), was actually a disaster film where they barely shared scenes.
- On set, Dharmendra would often improvise punchlines in his signature Haryanvi accent, and Jeetendra would deliberately fumble his lines to make Dharmendra laugh. The director of Jaani Dost (1983) said they worked best when Dharmendra set the pace and Jeetendra reacted — Jeetendra's timing made Dharmendra's loudness land better.
- Their film Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988) directly inspired the 1990s trend of 'brothers separated at birth' plots. The film's climax — where both discover they're siblings — was copied beat-for-beat in at least three B-movies later, including a Tamil remake nobody talks about.
- Despite making 10 films together, they were never close friends off-screen. Jeetendra once admitted in an interview that they'd meet only on set and exchange pleasantries. No joint parties, no phone calls. It was strictly professional — which is why their on-screen brotherhood feels oddly formal in most films.
- Jeetendra said about Dharmendra: 'He was the only co-star who could make me forget my lines — not because he was intimidating, but because he'd suddenly say something so funny I'd lose my place.' This was from a 1995 interview promoting Paappi Devataa.
- Their last film together, Paappi Devataa (1995), was a desperate attempt to revive their pairing. By then, both were past their prime. The film bombed so hard that neither worked with the other again — and Jeetendra retired from acting soon after.
11 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 9 films, averaging 5.3/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.3/10.
- The Burning Train
- Samraat
- Paappi Devataa
- Hum Sab Chor Hain
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
11 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
41% of Jeetendra's screen credits are with Dharmendra. After Paappi Devataa, Dharmendra kept going for 41 more films; Jeetendra stepped back.
Before The Burning Train, Dharmendra had starred in 4 films, including Cinema Cinema (1979) and Kartavya (1979).
After Paappi Devataa, Dharmendra went on to appear in 41 more films, including Johnny Gaddar (2007) and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023).
Before The Burning Train, Jeetendra had starred in 7 films, including Aatish (1979) and Lok Parlok (1979).
After Paappi Devataa, Jeetendra went on to appear in 9 more films, including Main Tera Hero (2014) and Lav Kush (1997).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Dharmendra & Jeetendra's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Shakti Kapoor appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead.
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