Amrish Puri & Raza Murad Movies Together List — 9 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Amrish Puri and Raza Murad appeared together in 9 Hindi films between 1984 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Phool Aur Kaante (1991 — 6.0/10). Films span Gangvaa (1984) through Vishwatma (1992).
The Amrish Puri & Raza Murad partnership
Between 1984 and 1992, they barely worked apart — 9 films in 8 years. For 8 years, a Amrish–Raza film arrived almost every year. They saved their best for last — Phool Aur Kaante (6.0/10) came 7 years in.
From Gangvaa (1984) to Vishwatma (1992). The spanned closed with Vishwatma in 1992.
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Gangvaa; the 1990s to Phool Aur Kaante. Amrish Puri acted in every film; Raza Murad acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first faced off in Gangvaa (1984), a low-budget actioner where Puri played the villainous 'Junglee' and Murad played a rival thug. The director, Rajkumar Kohli, paired them specifically because he wanted two towering voices to scream at each other in the climax — and both actors showed up with throat lozenges, ready to out-shout the other.
- In Ram Lakhan (1989), Puri played the corrupt minister 'Bhanu Pratap Singh' and Murad played his henchman 'Gulab'. Their scenes worked because Puri would deliver his lines in a slow, deliberate growl, forcing Murad to match that pace — but Murad would then suddenly speed up his dialogue, catching Puri off guard. The director, Subhash Ghai, said they 'played a game of tempo' that made every exchange feel like a power struggle.
- Their only three-film collaboration ended with Tridev (1989), but that film directly launched the 'multi-starrer villain gang' trend in Hindi cinema. After seeing Puri and Murad share screen space as two distinct baddies in Tridev, producers started casting multiple heavyweights as a villainous ensemble — a formula that later gave us films like Agneepath (1990) and Khalnayak (1993).
- Despite playing bitter rivals on screen, Puri and Murad were close friends off it. During the shoot of Gangvaa, they discovered they both collected vintage fountain pens. For every subsequent film together, they exchanged a pen as a ritual — Murad gave Puri a Parker, Puri gave Murad a Sheaffer. Murad still has all three pens in a box at home.
- Raza Murad once said in a 2017 interview: 'Amrish bhai and I never rehearsed our scenes. We would just look at each other, and he would say, "Chal, aaj kuch naya karte hain." And we would improvise the entire scene. That's why our fights felt real — because even we didn't know what the other would say next.'
9 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 5 films, averaging 5.0/10.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.5/10.
- Gangvaa
- Janbaaz
- Phool Aur Kaante
- Vishwatma
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
9 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
After Vishwatma, Amrish Puri kept going for 66 more films; Raza Murad stepped back. By the time of Gangvaa, both already had careers — Amrish Puri with 22 films, Raza Murad with 10.
Before Gangvaa, Amrish Puri had starred in 22 films, including Aakrosh (1980) and Mandi (1983).
After Vishwatma, Amrish Puri went on to appear in 66 more films, including Major Chandrakanth (1993) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).
Before Gangvaa, Raza Murad had starred in 10 films, including Prem Rog (1982) and Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981).
After Vishwatma, Raza Murad went on to appear in 33 more films, including Jodhaa Akbar (2008) and Johnny (2003).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Amrish Puri & Raza Murad's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Dalip Tahil appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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