Om Puri & Kulbhushan Kharbanda Movies Together List — 12 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Om Puri and Kulbhushan Kharbanda appeared together in 12 Hindi films between 1981 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kalyug (1981 — 7.6/10). Films span Kalyug (1981) through Choron Ki Baraat (2015).
The Om Puri & Kulbhushan Kharbanda partnership
After 15 years apart, they came back together for Choron Ki Baraat (2015). They didn't share a set between 2000 and 2015. Their work runs across 4 decades of Hindi cinema.
From Kalyug (1981) to Choron Ki Baraat (2015). Chakra (1981, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Kalyug; the 2010s to Choron Ki Baraat. Om Puri acted in every film; Kulbhushan Kharbanda acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
12 films across 4 decades
The 1980s brought 6 films together, anchored by Kalyug (7.6/10).
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.3/10.
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.2/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film.
- Kalyug
- Chakra
- Ghayal
- China Gate
- Hera Pheri
- Pukar
- Choron Ki Baraat0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
12 films across 34 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
40% of Om Puri's screen credits are with Kulbhushan Kharbanda.
Before Kalyug, Om Puri had starred in 6 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Aakrosh (1980).
After Choron Ki Baraat, Om Puri went on to appear in 12 more films, including Project Marathwada (2016) and Partition: 1947 (2017).
Before Kalyug, Kulbhushan Kharbanda had starred in 4 films, including Shaan (1980) and Solva Sawan (1979).
After Choron Ki Baraat, Kulbhushan Kharbanda went on to appear in 4 more films, including Manikarnika – The Queen of Jhansi (2019) and Ardh (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Om Puri & Kulbhushan Kharbanda's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Amrish Puri appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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