Om Puri & Mohan Agashe Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Om Puri and Mohan Agashe appeared together in 5 Hindi films between 1980 and 2006. Their highest-rated collaboration was Aakrosh (1980 — 8.1/10). Films span Aakrosh (1980) through Rang De Basanti (2006).
The Om Puri & Mohan Agashe partnership
After 9 years apart, they came back together for Rang De Basanti (2006). Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. They didn't share a set between 1997 and 2006.
From Aakrosh (1980) to Rang De Basanti (2006). The work is uneven: Aakrosh (8.1) at one end, Susman (4.0) at the other.
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Aakrosh; the 2000s to Rang De Basanti. Om Puri acted in every film; Mohan Agashe acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first met on the set of 'Susman' (1987), a film about a village barber. Director Shyam Benegal cast them specifically because both actors had a theatre background and could handle the Marathi-heavy dialogue without dubbing.
- In 'Mrityudand' (1997), Om Puri played a violent feudal lord and Mohan Agashe played his meek, alcoholic brother. Puri deliberately dialed down his volume in their scenes together, letting Agashe's quiet, trembling silences create the tension. Puri later said he learned restraint from watching Agashe work.
- Despite sharing screen space in four films over 19 years, they never once had a meal together off-set. Both were intensely private and preferred to stay in character between takes. Agashe once joked they knew each other better as fictional brothers than as real people.
- Their pairing in 'Rang De Basanti' (2006) — as a retired army officer and a politician — directly inspired the casting of two older, non-glamorous actors in similar mentor-antagonist roles in the 2008 film 'A Wednesday!'. Director Neeraj Pandey has cited their dynamic as a template.
- Mohan Agashe on Om Puri: 'He was the only co-star who never once asked me for a dialogue cue. He knew my lines better than I did. That trust let us play dangerous scenes without rehearsal.' — from a 2017 Marathi theatre interview.
5 films across 3 decades
The 1980s brought 2 films together, anchored by Aakrosh (8.1/10).
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.9/10.
The 2000s brought 1 film together, anchored by Rang De Basanti (7.5/10).
- Aakrosh
- Susman
- Mrityudand
- Target
- Rang De Basanti
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 26 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
31% of Mohan Agashe's screen credits are with Om Puri. After Rang De Basanti, Om Puri kept going for 54 more films; Mohan Agashe stepped back.
Before Aakrosh, Om Puri had starred in 4 films, including Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin (1979) and Shaayad (1979).
After Rang De Basanti, Om Puri went on to appear in 54 more films, including Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and Road to Sangam (2010).
Aakrosh was Mohan Agashe's acting debut.
After Rang De Basanti, Mohan Agashe went on to appear in 11 more films, including Jolly LLB (2013) and Vezham (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Om Puri & Mohan Agashe's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Om Puri & Mohan Agashe's films together
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