Shabana Azmi & Sharmila Tagore Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shabana Azmi and Sharmila Tagore appeared together in 2 Hindi films between 1982 and 1983. Their highest-rated collaboration was Namkeen (1982 — 7.5/10). Films span Namkeen (1982) through Doosri Dulhan (1983).
The Shabana Azmi & Sharmila Tagore partnership
From Namkeen (1982) to Doosri Dulhan (1983). Namkeen is the one most viewers reach for. The ran closed with Doosri Dulhan in 1983.
It started with Namkeen (1982).
The shape of the work
Shabana Azmi acted in every film; Sharmila Tagore acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Namkeen
- Doosri Dulhan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 1 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Doosri Dulhan, Shabana Azmi kept going for 59 more films; Sharmila Tagore stepped back.
Before Namkeen, Shabana Azmi had starred in 13 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai (1980).
After Doosri Dulhan, Shabana Azmi went on to appear in 59 more films, including Neerja (2016) and Ghoomer (2023).
Before Namkeen, Sharmila Tagore had starred in 3 films, including Griha Pravesh (1979) and Do Shatru (1980).
After Doosri Dulhan, Sharmila Tagore went on to appear in 17 more films, including Gulmohar (2023) and Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shabana Azmi & Sharmila Tagore's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kiran Vairale is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
Other iconic Hindi director-actor duos
Discover other partnerships with comparable filmographies and ratings
Rahul Bose
Sanjay Suri
Ram Gopal VarmaRahul Bose
Juhi Chawla
Prakash Raj
Sunil GroverRam Gopal Varma
Boman Irani
Ravi Kishan