Amrish Puri & Guddu Dhanoa Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Amrish Puri and Guddu Dhanoa appeared together in 5 Hindi films between 1994 and 2003. Their highest-rated collaboration was Salaakhen (1998 — 5.4/10). Films span Elaan (1994) through Jaal: The Trap (2003).
The Amrish Puri & Guddu Dhanoa partnership
From Elaan (1994) to Jaal: The Trap (2003). The spanned closed with Jaal: The Trap in 2003. It started with Elaan (1994).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Salaakhen; the 2000s to Jaal: The Trap. Amrish Puri acted in every film; Guddu Dhanoa directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 4.8/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.5/10.
- Salaakhen
- Tu Chor Main Sipahi
- Jaal: The Trap
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
71% of Guddu Dhanoa's screen credits are with Amrish Puri. When they first worked together, Amrish Puri had 110 films behind them; Guddu Dhanoa had 0.
Before Elaan, Amrish Puri had starred in 110 films, including Aakrosh (1980) and Mandi (1983).
After Jaal: The Trap, Amrish Puri went on to appear in 8 more films, including Aitraaz (2004) and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004).
Elaan was Guddu Dhanoa's directorial debut.
After Jaal: The Trap, Guddu Dhanoa went on to direct 2 more films, including Romeo S3 (2025) and Big Brother (2007).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Amrish Puri & Guddu Dhanoa's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Deven Verma is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 5 films. Deven Verma appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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