Jackie Shroff & Amrish Puri Movies Together List — 12 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jackie Shroff and Amrish Puri appeared together in 12 Hindi films between 1983 and 2001. Their highest-rated collaboration was Hero (1983 — 6.5/10). Films span Hero (1983) through Yaadein (2001).
The Jackie Shroff & Amrish Puri partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. From Hero (1983) to Yaadein (2001). The played out closed with Yaadein in 2001.
It started with Hero (1983).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Hero; the 2000s to Yaadein. Jackie Shroff acted in every film; Amrish Puri acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in Ram Lakhan (1989), but the director Subhash Ghai didn't originally pair them as rivals. Ghai cast Jackie as the righteous cop and Amrish as the villainous uncle — and their face-off in the climax became the film's most replayed scene.
- In Tridev (1989), Jackie played the hot-headed street fighter while Amrish played the cold, calculating kingpin. Jackie later said Amrish would deliberately slow down his dialogue delivery to make Jackie's impulsive energy pop more on screen.
- Their Hulchul (1995) pairing directly inspired the 2004 comedy Hulchul — the remake's director wanted to recreate the same 'angry young man vs. scheming patriarch' dynamic, but with a younger cast.
- On the sets of Yaadein (2001), Amrish Puri was already battling health issues. Jackie Shroff would personally bring him homemade soup every day, and they'd sit together between shots discussing old films — a ritual that continued until Amrish's last film.
- Jackie Shroff once said in an interview: 'Amrish ji used to tell me, "You are fire, I am ice. Together we make steam." And he was right — that's why our scenes worked.'
12 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 7 films, averaging 4.8/10.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 4.9/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.3/10.
- Hero
- Teri Meherbaniyan
- Gardish
- Jeene Do
- Yaadein
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
12 films across 18 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Yaadein, Jackie Shroff kept going for 94 more films; Amrish Puri stepped back.
Before Hero, Jackie Shroff had starred in 1 film, including Swami Dada (1982).
After Yaadein, Jackie Shroff went on to appear in 94 more films, including 10 Enradhukulla (2015) and Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam) (2026).
Before Hero, Amrish Puri had starred in 15 films, including Aakrosh (1980) and Shakti (1982).
After Yaadein, Amrish Puri went on to appear in 14 more films, including Aitraaz (2004) and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jackie Shroff & Amrish Puri's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 6 people again and again — a small repertory company. Anupam Kher appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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