Dharmendra & Anil Sharma Movies Together List — 7 Films

The shape of the work

The 1980s belonged to Hukumat; the 2010s to Singh Saab The Great. Dharmendra acted in every film; Anil Sharma directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Anil Sharma cast Dharmendra in Hukumat (1987) after seeing his raw intensity in a small role in another film. Sharma was a debutant director; Dharmendra took a chance on him when bigger names said no.
• On the sets of Tahalka (1992), Dharmendra would often rewrite his own dialogues in Haryanvi slang mid-scene. Anil Sharma let the camera roll because he knew the earthy punchlines would land harder than the scripted lines.
• Apne (2007) was the first film where Dharmendra acted alongside both his real sons, Sunny and Bobby Deol. Anil Sharma deliberately wrote the father-son conflict to mirror their real-life equation — the scene where Dharmendra slaps Sunny was shot in one take because neither wanted to do it twice.
• After Hukumat became a hit, Anil Sharma and Dharmendra made a pact: they would never sign a film together unless Sharma had the full script ready. Sharma once said Dharmendra would call him at 2 AM to discuss a scene, and he'd pick up every time.
• "Dharam ji is the only actor who can make a weak script look strong. I wrote Hukumat for him, but he made it his own." — Anil Sharma, in a 2013 interview before Singh Saab The Great released.
• In Elaan-E-Jung (1989), Dharmendra insisted on doing his own stunts despite a recent back injury. Anil Sharma had to secretly hire a body double for the climax fight and shoot only Dharmendra's close-ups — the actor never found out until years later.