Mohan Bhakri & Javed Khan Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Mohan Bhakri and Javed Khan appeared together in 4 Hindi films between 1982 and 1991. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kabrastan (1988 — 4.2/10). Films span Apradhi Kaun? (1982) through Roohani Taaqat (1991).
The Mohan Bhakri & Javed Khan partnership
From Apradhi Kaun? (1982) to Roohani Taaqat (1991). The unfolded closed with Roohani Taaqat in 1991. It started with Apradhi Kaun? (1982).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Kabrastan; the 1990s to Roohani Taaqat. Mohan Bhakri directed every film; Javed Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Mohan Bhakri cast Javed Khan in 'Apradhi Kaun?' (1982) after seeing him in a small theatre production. Bhakri later said he picked Khan because he 'looked like he could kill someone and then cry about it.'
- On the set of 'Kabrastan' (1988), Bhakri would write dialogue in the morning and hand it to Khan minutes before the shot. Khan never rehearsed — he'd read it once, then deliver it with a deadpan that made Bhakri laugh so hard they had to retake.
- After 'Paanch Fauladi' (1988) flopped, Bhakri and Khan didn't speak for two years. They only reunited for 'Roohani Taaqat' (1991) because a producer locked them in a hotel room until they agreed to work together again.
- The poster of 'Kabrastan' (1988) — showing Khan holding a severed head — became a template for dozens of B-grade horror posters in the early '90s. Local video parlour owners would photocopy it and paste it on their walls.
- Javed Khan once told a fanzine: 'Mohan Bhakri is the only director who let me act like a madman and then called it art. Everyone else just called me mad.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.2/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.2/10.
- Kabrastan
- Apradhi Kaun?0
- Roohani Taaqat
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 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
67% of Mohan Bhakri's screen credits are with Javed Khan.
Apradhi Kaun? was Mohan Bhakri's directorial debut.
After Roohani Taaqat, Mohan Bhakri went on to direct 2 more films, including Insaan Bana Shaitan (1992) and Apradhi Kaun (2000).
Before Apradhi Kaun?, Javed Khan had starred in 4 films, including Naram Garam (1981) and Noorie (1979).
After Roohani Taaqat, Javed Khan went on to appear in 15 more films, including Blind (2023) and Andaz Apna Apna (1994).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Mohan Bhakri & Javed Khan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Mohan Bhakri & Javed Khan's films together
