Gulshan Grover & Mithun Chakraborty Movies Together List — 19 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Gulshan Grover and Mithun Chakraborty appeared together in 19 Hindi films between 1980 and 2009. Their highest-rated collaboration was Hum Paanch (1980 — 6.5/10). Films span Hum Paanch (1980) through Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya! (2009).
The Gulshan Grover & Mithun Chakraborty partnership
After 10 years apart, they came back together for Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya! (2009). They didn't share a set between 1999 and 2009. 1994 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months.
Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. From Hum Paanch (1980) to Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya! (2009).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 68% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Hum Paanch; the 2000s to Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya!. Gulshan Grover acted in every film; Mithun Chakraborty acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in 'Hum Paanch' (1980), but neither was the lead. Mithun was the hero, Gulshan played a small role as a henchman. That film's director Bapu saw something in their contrast — Mithun's raw energy vs Gulshan's sly menace — and cast them together again in 'Yugandhar' (1993).
- In 'Naaraaz' (1994), Gulshan played the villain who torments Mithun's character. Gulshan later admitted he deliberately dialed up his creepiness because Mithun's natural intensity forced him to go bigger. 'If I stayed subtle, he'd eat me alive on screen,' he said in a 2017 interview.
- Despite playing enemies in most of their films, Gulshan and Mithun were close off-screen. Gulshan has said Mithun was the first major star to treat him as an equal on set, even when Gulshan was just starting out. They'd share chai breaks between villain-hero fight scenes.
- Their 1999 film 'Phir Kabhi' was a rare romantic drama where both played friends, not rivals. It flopped hard, but it directly led to Gulshan being cast in a similar friend role in 'Sautela' (1999) — the only time they played brothers on screen.
- Gulshan Grover on Mithun: 'He never made me feel like a supporting actor. When we shot 'Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya!' (2009), he'd ask my opinion on his scenes. That's rare for a star of his stature.'
19 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 5 films, averaging 4.8/10.
The 1990s accounted for 13 films, averaging 4.1/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
- Hum Paanch
- Dilwaala
- Ahankaar
- Shikari: The Hunter
- Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya!0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
19 films across 29 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
37% of Gulshan Grover's screen credits are with Mithun Chakraborty.
Hum Paanch was Gulshan Grover's acting debut.
After Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya!, Gulshan Grover went on to appear in 32 more films, including I Am Kalam (2011) and Good Newwz (2019).
Before Hum Paanch, Mithun Chakraborty had starred in 2 films, including Prem Vivah (1979) and Bhayaanak (1979).
After Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya!, Mithun Chakraborty went on to appear in 23 more films, including Oh My God (2012) and The Tashkent Files (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Gulshan Grover & Mithun Chakraborty's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Prem Chopra appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 6 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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