Aruna Irani & Raza Murad Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Aruna Irani and Raza Murad appeared together in 8 Hindi films between 1984 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Phool Aur Kaante (1991 — 6.0/10). Films span Akalmand (1984) through Hum Hain Kamaal Ke (1993).
The Aruna Irani & Raza Murad partnership
1990 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. They saved their best for last — Phool Aur Kaante (6.0/10) came 7 years in. From Akalmand (1984) to Hum Hain Kamaal Ke (1993).
For 9 years, a Aruna–Raza film arrived almost every year. The unfolded closed with Hum Hain Kamaal Ke in 1993.
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Pyar Ka Mandir; the 1990s to Phool Aur Kaante. Aruna Irani acted in every film; Raza Murad acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Raza Murad once said in a 1995 interview: 'Aruna and I never rehearsed. We'd just look at each other and know who was going to lead the scene. She was the engine; I was the brakes.'
- Their comic timing in Akalmand (1984) was so sharp that the film's writer, Kader Khan, later reused the exact same 'mistaken identity' scene structure for a Govinda-Karisma Kapoor hit in 1992 — directly lifting the rhythm Irani and Murad had established.
- Aruna Irani and Raza Murad first shared screen space in Akalmand (1984) because the director, K. Bapaiah, needed a pair that could handle both comedy and melodrama in the same scene. He cast them specifically to play off each other's contrasting energies — Irani's rapid-fire delivery against Murad's deadpan pauses.
- In Pyar Ka Mandir (1988), Murad would deliberately slow down his dialogue delivery by half a beat during their arguments, forcing Irani to speed up her lines. This created a push-pull rhythm that made their fights feel more real — she later told a trade magazine that he 'made her work harder' in every scene.
- During the shoot of Hum Hain Kamaal Ke (1993), Irani and Murad developed a running joke where they'd bet ₹50 on who could make the other break character first during a take. Murad lost most bets because Irani would whisper old filmi dialogues from the 1970s right before his close-up.
8 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.0/10.
The 1990s accounted for 6 films, averaging 4.8/10.
- Pyar Ka Mandir
- Akalmand
- Phool Aur Kaante
- Hum Hain Kamaal Ke
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 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
After Hum Hain Kamaal Ke, Aruna Irani kept going for 43 more films; Raza Murad stepped back. By the time of Akalmand, both already had careers — Aruna Irani with 31 films, Raza Murad with 10.
Before Akalmand, Aruna Irani had starred in 31 films, including Angoor (1982) and Sargam (1979).
After Hum Hain Kamaal Ke, Aruna Irani went on to appear in 43 more films, including Kahani Rubberband Ki (2022) and Kesari Veer (2025).
Before Akalmand, Raza Murad had starred in 10 films, including Prem Rog (1982) and Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981).
After Hum Hain Kamaal Ke, Raza Murad went on to appear in 27 more films, including Jodhaa Akbar (2008) and Johnny (2003).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Aruna Irani & Raza Murad's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kader Khan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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