Dharmendra & Reena Roy Movies Together List — 9 Films

The shape of the work

The 1980s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Baghavat; the 1990s to Smuggler. Dharmendra acted in every film; Reena Roy acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Dharmendra personally requested Reena Roy for 'Ghulami' (1985) after their earlier films didn't click. He told the director he needed a co-star who could match his intensity in the action scenes — she was the only one he trusted to take the punches without flinching.
• In 'Naukar Biwi Ka' (1983), Reena Roy played the dominant wife while Dharmendra played the henpecked husband — a complete role reversal from their usual macho-heroine pairing. She later said he deliberately underplayed his scenes to make her look stronger, something he never did with other co-stars.
• Reena Roy retired from films in 1985 after marrying, but Dharmendra convinced her to come back for 'Policewala Gunda' (1995) — a full decade later. He personally negotiated her comeback fee and made sure her scenes were shot first so she could leave early to pick up her kids from school.
• Reena Roy once said in a 1996 interview: 'Dharamji is the only hero who never tried to romance me off-screen. He treated me like a younger sister — which is why I could slap him on screen without feeling guilty.'
• Their 1982 film 'Baghavat' was the first Hindi movie to feature a female villain (Reena Roy) who physically overpowers the male lead in a fight sequence. That scene directly inspired the 'woman beats up hero' trend in 80s B-movies like 'Mard' and 'Dharam Veer'.
• In 'Main Intequam Loonga' (1982), Dharmendra insisted on doing a real knife-fight scene with Reena Roy — no stunt doubles. She accidentally cut his arm during the take. He didn't stop the shot, just whispered 'keep going' through gritted teeth. The blood you see in the final cut is real.