Sunil Shetty & Puneet Issar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sunil Shetty and Puneet Issar appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1997 and 2001. Their highest-rated collaboration was Border (1997 — 5.8/10). Films span Border (1997) through Ittefaq (2001).
The Sunil Shetty & Puneet Issar partnership
From Border (1997) to Ittefaq (2001). The played out closed with Ittefaq in 2001. It started with Border (1997).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Border; the 2000s to Refugee. Sunil Shetty acted in every film; Puneet Issar acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.6/10.
- Border
- Refugee
- Ittefaq
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Ittefaq, Sunil Shetty kept going for 58 more films; Puneet Issar stepped back. By the time of Border, both already had careers — Sunil Shetty with 20 films, Puneet Issar with 29.
Before Border, Sunil Shetty had starred in 20 films, including Khel (1992) and Dilwale (1994).
After Ittefaq, Sunil Shetty went on to appear in 58 more films, including Red Alert: The War Within (2010) and Phir Hera Pheri (2006).
Before Border, Puneet Issar had starred in 29 films, including Baaghi Sultana (1993) and I Love India (1993).
After Ittefaq, Puneet Issar went on to appear in 20 more films, including The Kashmir Files (2022) and Bunty Aur Babli (2005).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sunil Shetty & Puneet Issar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jackie Shroff is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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