Amrish Puri & Vinod Khanna Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Amrish Puri and Vinod Khanna appeared together in 6 Hindi films between 1980 and 1997. Their highest-rated collaboration was Qurbani (1980 — 7.3/10). Films span Qurbani (1980) through Himalay Putra (1997).
The Amrish Puri & Vinod Khanna partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Dayavan (1988). They didn't share a set between 1980 and 1988. From Qurbani (1980) to Himalay Putra (1997).
Qurbani is the one most viewers reach for. The ran closed with Himalay Putra in 1997.
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Qurbani; the 1990s to Dhaal: The Battle of Law Against Law. Amrish Puri acted in every film; Vinod Khanna acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Amrish Puri was originally cast as the villain in Dayavan (1988), but Vinod Khanna personally requested the director to expand Puri's role into a full-fledged antagonist with more screen time, giving their first collaboration real weight.
- In Batwara (1989), Vinod Khanna played the righteous son while Amrish Puri played the tyrannical father. Puri deliberately slowed his dialogue delivery to make Khanna's outbursts land harder — a rhythm they never rehearsed but locked into after the first take.
- During the shoot of Hulchul (1995), Vinod Khanna would drive Amrish Puri home every evening after pack-up. Puri later said those drives were the only time Khanna talked about his spiritual retreats — something he never discussed on set.
- Vinod Khanna once said in an interview: 'Amrish ji and I never needed to discuss a scene. He would just look at me, and I knew exactly what he wanted me to react to.'
- The father-son conflict in Batwara (1989) directly inspired the central dynamic of the 1997 TV series 'Betaal Pachisi', where the show's writer admitted he modeled the villain-hero tension on Puri and Khanna's scenes together.
6 films across 2 decades
The 1980s brought 3 films together, anchored by Qurbani (7.3/10).
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.4/10.
- Qurbani
- Dayavan
- Dhaal: The Battle of Law Against Law
- Himalay Putra
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 17 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Himalay Putra, Amrish Puri kept going for 35 more films; Vinod Khanna stepped back.
Before Qurbani, Amrish Puri had starred in 3 films, including Sawan Ko Aane Do (1979) and Naiyya (1979).
After Himalay Putra, Amrish Puri went on to appear in 35 more films, including Taal (1999) and Aitraaz (2004).
Before Qurbani, Vinod Khanna had starred in 5 films, including Meera (1979) and Lahu Ke Do Rang (1979).
After Himalay Putra, Vinod Khanna went on to appear in 17 more films, including Red Alert: The War Within (2010) and 99 (2009).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Amrish Puri & Vinod Khanna's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Amrish Puri & Vinod Khanna's films together
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