Girish Karnad & Amol Palekar Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-19 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Girish Karnad and Amol Palekar appeared together in 2 Hindi films between 1980 and 1984. Their highest-rated collaboration was Tarang (1984 — 7.7/10). Films span Apne Paraye (1980) through Tarang (1984).
The Girish Karnad & Amol Palekar partnership
From Apne Paraye (1980) to Tarang (1984). The ran closed with Tarang in 1984. Tarang is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Apne Paraye (1980).
The shape of the work
Girish Karnad acted in every film; Amol Palekar acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Tarang
- Apne Paraye
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Tarang, Girish Karnad kept going for 38 more films; Amol Palekar stepped back.
Before Apne Paraye, Girish Karnad had starred in 2 films, including Ratnadeep (1979) and Sampark (1979).
After Tarang, Girish Karnad went on to appear in 38 more films, including Iqbal (2005) and Dor (2006).
Before Apne Paraye, Amol Palekar had starred in 6 films, including Gol Maal (1979) and Baton Baton Mein (1979).
After Tarang, Amol Palekar went on to appear in 11 more films, including Gulmohar (2023) and 200: Halla Ho (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Girish Karnad & Amol Palekar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Arvind Deshpande is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
Other iconic Hindi director-actor duos
Discover other partnerships with comparable filmographies and ratings
Abhimanyu Singh
Reemma Sen
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Atul Kulkarni
R. Madhavan
Mir Sarwar
Sidharth Malhotra
Tabu
Boman Irani
Sonu Sood
Kareena Kapoor