Shakti Kapoor & Mohan Joshi Movies Together List — 12 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shakti Kapoor and Mohan Joshi appeared together in 12 Hindi films between 1995 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Bhouri (2016 — 6.5/10). Films span Imtihaan (1995) through Dosti Zindabad (2019).
The Shakti Kapoor & Mohan Joshi partnership
After 17 years apart, they came back together for Bhouri (2016). They didn't share a set between 1999 and 2016. 1996 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months.
They saved their best for last — Bhouri (6.5/10) came 21 years in. From Imtihaan (1995) to Dosti Zindabad (2019).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 83% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Loha; the 2010s to Bhouri. Shakti Kapoor acted in every film; Mohan Joshi acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- For 'Papi Gudia' (1996), the director wanted a known villain for Shakti Kapoor's role. Mohan Joshi walked in to audition for a smaller part, but after reading a scene together, the director swapped their roles — Joshi got the lead villain, Kapoor played his sidekick.
- In 'Jeevan Yudh' (1997), Joshi played the calm, calculating antagonist while Kapoor was the hot-headed brute. Kapoor later said Joshi would deliberately slow his dialogue delivery to make Kapoor's outbursts land harder — a trick they kept using in every film after.
- During the shoot of 'Bhouri' (2016), Kapoor's health was failing. Joshi drove two hours every morning to pick him up from his hotel and bring him to set, then dropped him back after pack-up. They never told the press.
- The success of 'Dosti Zindabad' (2019) — their only hit together — directly led to a spin-off web series about their characters, which was greenlit but never made because of the pandemic.
- Mohan Joshi, in a 2020 interview: 'Shakti and I never rehearsed. We'd just look at each other before a scene and one of us would say, "Tu le ya main le?" — whoever took the lead, the other followed. That's why our fights looked real.'
12 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 10 films, averaging 4.6/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.5/10.
- Loha
- Gunda
- Bhouri
- Dosti Zindabad0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
12 films across 24 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
67% of Mohan Joshi's screen credits are with Shakti Kapoor. When they first worked together, Shakti Kapoor had 173 films behind them; Mohan Joshi had 4.
Before Imtihaan, Shakti Kapoor had starred in 173 films, including Baaghi Sultana (1993) and Sargam (1979).
After Dosti Zindabad, Shakti Kapoor went on to appear in 5 more films, including Trial Period (2023) and Animal (2023).
Before Imtihaan, Mohan Joshi had starred in 4 films, including Gopi Kishan (1994) and Elaan (1994).
After Dosti Zindabad, Mohan Joshi went on to appear in 2 more films, including Rifle Ganj (2021) and Raag (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shakti Kapoor & Mohan Joshi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Mithun Chakraborty appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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