Kamal Swaroop
Cast & Crew Collaborators
Kamal Swaroop
3Co-Stars
2Films with Manish Gupta
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Kamal Swaroop Cast, Crew & Frequent Collaborators
Kamal Swaroop's collaborators
Kamal Swaroop's most frequent co-actor is Manish Gupta — 2 pairings.
As of July 2026.
Collaborator network
Top 3 collaborators by composite strength score. Distance reflects strength; edge thickness reflects film count; warmer edges are more recent.
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Most acclaimed pairing
Kamal Swaroop × Manish Gupta
2 films·avg 4.2/10
Longest running
Kamal Swaroop × Manish Gupta
26+ years·2 decades
Strongest pairings
None of the top-five pairings have produced a film in the last five years — the strongest collaborations sit in the past.
3Total Cast & Crew
2Most films with Manish Gupta
Top pairings compared
Manish Gupta leads on count, rating, and recency — the strongest pairing on every metric the table tracks.
| Metric | Manish Gupta | Anita Kanwar | Gopi Desai |
|---|---|---|---|
| Films together | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Avg rating | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| First | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 |
| Latest | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
| Best film | Om-Dar-Ba-Dar | Om-Dar-Ba-Dar | Om-Dar-Ba-Dar |
Top Co-Actors of Kamal Swaroop
Multi-decade partnerships
Manish Gupta is the only collaborator who has worked with Kamal Swaroop in every decade of her career.
Most acclaimed pairings
The top acclaimed pairings sit within 0.0 of each other — by rating alone, any of them could lead this list.
Collaboration by Decade
1980s
3 films
★ 4.2
Manish Gupta, Anita Kanwar, Gopi Desai
2010s
3 films
Manish Gupta, Anita Kanwar, Gopi Desai
Creative Legacy
Kamal Swaroop is a pivotal yet unconventional figure in Indian parallel cinema, renowned for his avant-garde and experimental approach to filmmaking. A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Swaroop first gained significant recognition as a key collaborator with the legendary director Kumar Shahani, working as an assistant on films like 'Tarang' (1984). His own directorial…