Jackie Shroff & Om Puri Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jackie Shroff and Om Puri appeared together in 10 Hindi films between 1992 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kyon Ki (2005 — 5.6/10). Films span Angaar (1992) through Dirty Politics (2015).
The Jackie Shroff & Om Puri partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. From Angaar (1992) to Dirty Politics (2015). It started with Angaar (1992).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Talaashi; the 2010s to Dirty Politics. Jackie Shroff acted in every film; Om Puri acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in Angaar (1992), but the real spark came from a fight scene. Om Puri was so impressed by Jackie's raw energy that he personally told the director to give Jackie more close-ups in their confrontation.
- In Pitaah (2002), Om Puri played the silent, brooding father while Jackie was the loud, impulsive son. Jackie later admitted that Om would deliberately underplay his lines in rehearsals, forcing Jackie to dial down his own volume — making their clash scenes actually tense instead of shouty.
- Despite making 8 films together, they never once had a meal together off-set. Jackie once joked in an interview that Om was 'too serious' and would rather discuss Stanislavsky over chai, while Jackie just wanted to crack jokes and eat vada pav.
- Om Puri said about Jackie: 'He is the only actor who can make a line like "Mujhe kya pata" sound like Shakespeare. I learned from him how to be effortless.'
- Their only film that actually made money was Fool n Final (2007) — a chaotic comedy where they played bumbling gangsters. It was so bad it became a cult hit, and a generation of memes about 'two idiots in a room' trace back to their scenes in that film.
- In Kyon Ki (2005), Jackie played a mental patient and Om played a doctor. Jackie improvised a scene where he started mimicking Om's mannerisms — the director kept it in the final cut because Om was laughing so hard he couldn't deliver his lines.
10 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.1/10.
The 2000s accounted for 6 films, averaging 4.6/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.5/10.
- Talaashi
- Angaar0
- Kyon Ki
- Aan: Men at Work
- Dirty Politics
- Kahin Hai Mera Pyar
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 23 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Dirty Politics, Jackie Shroff kept going for 37 more films; Om Puri stepped back. By the time of Angaar, both already had careers — Jackie Shroff with 40 films, Om Puri with 36.
Before Angaar, Jackie Shroff had starred in 40 films, including Hero (1983) and Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990).
After Dirty Politics, Jackie Shroff went on to appear in 37 more films, including Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam) (2026) and Jailer (2023).
Before Angaar, Om Puri had starred in 36 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Aakrosh (1980).
After Dirty Politics, Om Puri went on to appear in 12 more films, including Project Marathwada (2016) and Partition: 1947 (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jackie Shroff & Om Puri's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Paresh Rawal appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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