Milind Gunaji & Mohan Joshi Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Milind Gunaji and Mohan Joshi appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2013 and 2021. Films span Wake Up India (2013) through Raag (2021).
The Milind Gunaji & Mohan Joshi partnership
From Wake Up India (2013) to Raag (2021). It started with Wake Up India (2013).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Wake Up India; the 2020s to Raag. Milind Gunaji acted in every film; Mohan Joshi acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Mohan Joshi personally recommended Milind Gunaji for the role of the antagonist in 'Wake Up India' (2013) after the director struggled to find someone with the right mix of gravitas and menace. Joshi had seen Gunaji's Marathi stage work and told the team, 'He'll scare you without raising his voice.'
- In 'Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai' (2017), Gunaji and Joshi shot a 12-minute single-take courtroom scene where Joshi played the defense lawyer and Gunaji the prosecutor. Joshi later said Gunaji's habit of pausing mid-sentence forced him to stay fully alert — 'He made me listen, not just deliver lines.'
- During the shoot of 'Raag' (2021), the two actors shared a hotel room in a small Madhya Pradesh town because the production budget couldn't afford separate rooms. They spent nights discussing old Marathi theatre stories, and Gunaji later admitted that's when he learned Joshi had once been his father's student in college.
- The success of their pairing in 'Wake Up India' directly led to the director casting both of them again in 'Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai' — the only time in Hindi cinema that a director built a sequel around the same two supporting actors instead of the lead.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 2 films.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film.
- Wake Up India0
- Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai0
- Raag
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Milind Gunaji had 27 films behind them; Mohan Joshi had 58.
Before Wake Up India, Milind Gunaji had starred in 27 films, including Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012) and Papeeha (1993).
After Raag, Milind Gunaji went on to appear in 4 more films, including HIT: The First Case (2022) and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022).
Before Wake Up India, Mohan Joshi had starred in 58 films, including Gangaajal (2003) and Vaastav: The Reality (1999).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Milind Gunaji & Mohan Joshi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Rajpal Yadav is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
