Dharmendra & Bobby Deol Movies Together List — 6 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Apne; the 2010s to Yamla Pagla Deewana. Dharmendra acted in every film; Bobby Deol acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Dharmendra personally called Bobby to offer him the role in Apne (2007) — their first film together. Bobby later said he didn't even read the script before saying yes.
• In Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011), Dharmendra kept improvising his comic lines on set. Bobby had to constantly adjust his reactions in real time — he later admitted it was like 'trying to catch a butterfly with your bare hands.'
• Apne (2007) was the first Hindi film to feature a real father-son duo playing father and son on screen. It directly inspired the casting of real-life pairs in later films like Akele Hum Akele Tum (1999) and the Kapoor family in Kapoor & Sons (2016).
• During the shoot of Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (2013), Dharmendra would cook his signature mutton curry for the entire crew every Sunday. Bobby would sit with him in the makeshift kitchen and chop vegetables — no one else was allowed in.
• Bobby Deol on Dharmendra: 'He doesn't treat me like a co-star. He treats me like his son. But on set, he's the boss. I just follow his lead.' — Interview with Filmfare, 2018.