Suniel Shetty movies never fail to entertain movie lovers as they have a good amount of comic relief, romance, action and many other genres. The actor, who started his film career with Balwaan (1992), went on to do several hit films that are still loved by fans.
He was involved in action films in the 1990s, playing the lead role in most of the films he did in this decade. Some of his best films include De Dana Dan, Hera Pheri, Border, Phir Hera Pheri, Chup Chup Ke, No Problem, Dus, Umrao Jaan and many more.
7 best movies of Sunil Shetty that will make you experience his acting prowess again
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- Mould: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Katrina Kaif, Johnny Lever
- Director: priyadarshan
- IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
- Movie Genre: Comedy, Action
- release year: 2009
- Where to watch: Jio Cinema
De Dana Dan starred Sunil Shetty as Ram Mishra. In the film, we see Nitin Banker living in Singapore, whose education is funded by his employer Kuljeet Kaur, and after his father’s death, he works for her as a maid-driver without pay until she pays off all his expenses.
2. Hera Pheri
- Mould: Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Saira Bano, Vinod Khanna, Mukesh Khanna, Om Puri, Razak Khan
- Director: Priyadarshan, Prakash Mehra
- IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
- Movie Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
- release year: 2000
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Hera Pheri is one of Sunil Shetty’s most famous films. The characters, dialogues and acting never get old. Even after so many years, the dialogues of this film are loved by entertainment lovers. In the film, two tenants and a landlord are in dire need of money, but suddenly they get a ransom call through cross connection. They make a plan to demand ransom. In the film, we saw Sunil in the character of Ghanshyam aka Shyam.
3. Then Hera Pheri
- Mould: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Sunil Shetty, Bipasha Basu, Rajpal Yadav
- Director: Neeraj Vora
- IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
- Movie Genre: Comedy, Thriller
- release year: 2006
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
In a twist of fate, Raju, Shyam and Baburao’s lives change when they are duped by a conman. They must now find another way to repay the loan they have taken from the dreaded gangster in Phir Hera Pheri.
4. Quietly
- Mould: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Neha Dhupia, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Sunil Shetty, Shakti Kapoor, Om Puri, Anupam Kher
- Director: priyadarshan
- IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
- Movie Genre: Comedy, Romance
- release year: 2006
- Where to watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
Chup Chup Ke is one of the best comedy and romance films of Sunil Shetty. In the film, he played the role of Kareena Kapoor Khan’s brother. The story is based on a street hustler (Shahid Kapoor) who decides to fake his death so that his family can pay off his debts with the insurance money. When two fishermen find him entangled in their net, he pretends to be deaf and mute so that he does not accidentally reveal his real identity.
5. Limit
- Mould: Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Akshaye Khanna, Pooja Bhatt
- IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
- Director: J.P. Dutta
- release year: 1997
- Style: War, Action
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Sunil was BSF Assistant Commandant Bhairon Singh in Border. The film begins before the declaration of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. In the film, a squad of 120 Indian soldiers in the Longewala sector defend their post all night until they receive assistance from the Indian Air Force the next morning. The film remains one of the favourites of entertainment lovers even today. The songs, dialogues and characterisation are top-notch.
6. Umrao Jaan
- Mould: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sunil Shetty, Shabana Azmi, Divya Dutta, Ayesha Jhulka, Himani Shivpuri
- Director: J.P. Dutta
- IMDB Rating: 5.4/10
- Movie Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- release year: 2006
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
In Umrao Jaan we see a woman kidnapped by a corrupt officer to take revenge against him because of her father’s testimony. When the ransom is not received, the officer decides to sell her, and takes her to a brothel. In this new life, she adopts the identity of Umrao Jaan.
7. Palpitations
- Mould: Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Sunil Shetty, Akshay Kumar, Mahima Chaudhary, Sharmila Tagore
- IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
- Director: Dharmesh Darshan
- release year: 2000
- Style: Romance, Drama
- Where to watch: YouTube
In Dhadak, Anjali (Shilpa Shetty) falls in love with Dev (Sunil Shetty), but her family disapproves of their love as Dev does not come from a proper economic and social background.
Anjali’s family arranges her marriage to Ram (Akshay Kumar), a wealthy man. After initially rejecting Ram, Anjali begins to be attracted to her new husband, but things take a turn when Dev comes back into her life.
The above-mentioned list includes some of the best movies of Suniel Shetty that are hard to ignore. Let us know which is your favourite movie!
