Manmohan Desai & Prayag Raj Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Manmohan Desai and Prayag Raj appeared together in 6 Hindi films between 1979 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Coolie (1983 — 6.7/10). Films span Suhaag (1979) through Anmol (1993).
The Manmohan Desai & Prayag Raj partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. From Suhaag (1979) to Anmol (1993). The ran closed with Anmol in 1993.
It started with Suhaag (1979).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Suhaag; the 1990s to Anmol. Manmohan Desai directed every film; Prayag Raj story all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
6 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1980s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.7/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.7/10.
- Suhaag
- Coolie
- Naseeb
- Anmol
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 14 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of Manmohan Desai's screen credits are with Prayag Raj.
Suhaag was Manmohan Desai's directorial debut.
Suhaag was Prayag Raj's acting debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Manmohan Desai & Prayag Raj's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Amitabh Bachchan is the through-line — cast on 5 of their 6 films. Amitabh Bachchan appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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