Amrish Puri & Anang Desai Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Amrish Puri and Anang Desai appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1998 and 2002. Their highest-rated collaboration was Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate (1998 — 6.0/10). Films span Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate (1998) through Badhaai Ho Badhaai (2002).
The Amrish Puri & Anang Desai partnership
From Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate (1998) to Badhaai Ho Badhaai (2002). The played out closed with Badhaai Ho Badhaai in 2002. It started with Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate (1998).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate; the 2000s to Badhaai Ho Badhaai. Amrish Puri acted in every film; Anang Desai acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.0/10.
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.4/10.
- Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate
- Badhaai Ho Badhaai
- Yaadein
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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
When they first worked together, Amrish Puri had 136 films behind them; Anang Desai had 3.
Before Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate, Amrish Puri had starred in 136 films, including Aakrosh (1980) and Mandi (1983).
After Badhaai Ho Badhaai, Amrish Puri went on to appear in 12 more films, including Aitraaz (2004) and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004).
Before Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate, Anang Desai had starred in 3 films, including Aashiqui (1990) and Gumrah (1993).
After Badhaai Ho Badhaai, Anang Desai went on to appear in 13 more films, including Haq (2025) and Khichdi: The Movie (2010).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Amrish Puri & Anang Desai's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Anil Kapoor is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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