Bobby Deol & Anil Sharma Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Bobby Deol and Anil Sharma appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2004 and 2013. Their highest-rated collaboration was Apne (2007 — 6.5/10). Films span Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004) through Singh Saab The Great (2013).
The Bobby Deol & Anil Sharma partnership
From Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004) to Singh Saab The Great (2013). It started with Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Apne; the 2010s to Singh Saab The Great. Bobby Deol acted in every film; Anil Sharma directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Anil Sharma cast Bobby Deol in 'Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo' (2004) after seeing his intensity in 'Soldier' (1998). Sharma later said he needed an actor who could play both a soft son and a fierce soldier — and Bobby was the only one who auditioned with a real army haircut.
- On the set of 'Apne' (2007), Anil Sharma realized Bobby Deol was too shy to improvise emotional scenes. So Sharma would deliberately yell at him before a take to get him angry enough to deliver raw dialogue. Bobby later admitted it worked every time.
- Because of 'Apne' (2007), the father-son boxing drama trend briefly returned to Bollywood. Two years later, 'Chak De! India' (2007) and 'Mary Kom' (2014) borrowed the underdog-sports-family template that Sharma and Deol had revived.
- Bobby Deol and Anil Sharma never had a formal contract for any of their three films. They shook hands on each project. Sharma once said, 'If Bobby says yes, I don't need a paper.'
- Anil Sharma on Bobby Deol after 'Singh Saab The Great' (2013) flopped: 'I failed him. He gave me his best years, and I gave him scripts that didn't match his talent. That's on me.'
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.7/10.
- Apne
- Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo
- Singh Saab The Great
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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
By the time of Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo, both already had careers — Bobby Deol with 16 films, Anil Sharma with 10.
Before Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo, Bobby Deol had starred in 16 films, including Ajnabee (2001) and Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997).
After Singh Saab The Great, Bobby Deol went on to appear in 14 more films, including Animal (2023) and Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit (2025).
Before Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo, Anil Sharma had directed 10 films, including Bandhan Kuchchey Dhaagon Ka (1983) and The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003).
After Singh Saab The Great, Anil Sharma went on to direct 2 more films, including Vanvaas (2024) and Gadar 2 (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Bobby Deol & Anil Sharma's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Dharmendra is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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