Sharat Saxena & Asrani Movies Together List — 6 Films

The shape of the work

The 1980s belonged to Farz Aur Kanoon; the 2010s to Bodyguard. Sharat Saxena acted in every film; Asrani acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• In Rakhwala (1989), Asrani was the senior star with a comic track record. He personally suggested Sharat Saxena for the villain role after the director struggled to cast someone who could match his own comic timing with a straight face.
• In Kushti (2010), Asrani played the comic sidekick to Sharat Saxena's wrestling coach. The trick was simple: Asrani would start a scene with a loud, chaotic entrance, and Sharat would respond with deadpan silence — the contrast made both their performances land harder.
• Bodyguard (2011) was the only film where they shared no screen time — Asrani played Salman Khan's father, Sharat played a goon. But the film's blockbuster status (220+ crores) meant that for the first time, both their names appeared in a single credit roll that became a household reference across India.
• On the sets of Rakhwala, Asrani noticed Sharat Saxena was a trained wrestler in real life. He convinced the director to add an unscripted arm-wrestling scene between them. Sharat won in one take — Asrani later joked he 'lost on purpose to keep the junior artist happy.'
• Asrani once said in an interview: 'Sharat is the only actor who can make me look like I'm acting. He does nothing, and suddenly I look like I'm trying too hard. That's why I kept calling him back.'