Amrish Puri & Shammi Kapoor Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Amrish Puri and Shammi Kapoor appeared together in 5 Hindi films between 1983 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Hero (1983 — 6.5/10). Films span Hero (1983) through Gardish (1993).
The Amrish Puri & Shammi Kapoor partnership
From Hero (1983) to Gardish (1993). The spanned closed with Gardish in 1993. It started with Hero (1983).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Hero; the 1990s to Gardish. Amrish Puri acted in every film; Shammi Kapoor acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.0/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.3/10.
- Hero
- Batwara
- Gardish
- Ajooba
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Gardish, Amrish Puri kept going for 61 more films; Shammi Kapoor stepped back. By the time of Hero, both already had careers — Amrish Puri with 15 films, Shammi Kapoor with 10.
Before Hero, Amrish Puri had starred in 15 films, including Aakrosh (1980) and Shakti (1982).
After Gardish, Amrish Puri went on to appear in 61 more films, including Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) and Taal (1999).
Before Hero, Shammi Kapoor had starred in 10 films, including Prem Rog (1982) and Harjaee (1981).
After Gardish, Shammi Kapoor went on to appear in 10 more films, including Rockstar (2011) and Sandwich (2006).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Amrish Puri & Shammi Kapoor's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Dimple Kapadia is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Dimple Kapadia appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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