Dharmendra & Nirupa Roy Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Dharmendra and Nirupa Roy appeared together in 7 Hindi films between 1979 and 1988. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kartavya (1979 — 6.5/10). Films span Kartavya (1979) through Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988).
The Dharmendra & Nirupa Roy partnership
From Kartavya (1979) to Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988). For 9 years, a Dharmendra–Nirupa film arrived almost every year. The played out closed with Sone Pe Suhaaga in 1988.
It started with Kartavya (1979).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 86% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Kartavya; the 1980s to Aas Paas. Dharmendra acted in every film; Nirupa Roy acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
7 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1980s accounted for 6 films, averaging 5.0/10.
- Kartavya
- Aas Paas
- Katilon Ke Kaatil
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
58% of Nirupa Roy's screen credits are with Dharmendra. After Sone Pe Suhaaga, Dharmendra kept going for 80 more films; Nirupa Roy stepped back.
Kartavya was Dharmendra's acting debut.
After Sone Pe Suhaaga, Dharmendra went on to appear in 80 more films, including Sher Dil (1990) and Johnny Gaddar (2007).
Kartavya was Nirupa Roy's acting debut.
After Sone Pe Suhaaga, Nirupa Roy went on to appear in 5 more films, including Santosh (1989) and Lal Baadshah (1999).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Dharmendra & Nirupa Roy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Asrani appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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