Om Puri & Meenakshi Sheshadri Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Om Puri and Meenakshi Sheshadri appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1990 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ghayal (1990 — 6.3/10). Films span Ghayal (1990) through Ghayal Once Again (2016).
The Om Puri & Meenakshi Sheshadri partnership
After 20 years apart, they came back together for Ghayal Once Again (2016). They didn't share a set between 1996 and 2016. From Ghayal (1990) to Ghayal Once Again (2016).
It started with Ghayal (1990).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Ghayal; the 2010s to Ghayal Once Again. Om Puri acted in every film; Meenakshi Sheshadri acted in all of them.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.3/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.3/10.
- Ghayal
- Ghatak
- Ghayal Once Again
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 26 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Ghayal, both already had careers — Om Puri with 31 films, Meenakshi Sheshadri with 26.
Before Ghayal, Om Puri had starred in 31 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Aakrosh (1980).
After Ghayal Once Again, Om Puri went on to appear in 5 more films, including Partition: 1947 (2017) and Ghazi (2017).
Before Ghayal, Meenakshi Sheshadri had starred in 26 films, including Hero (1983) and Shahenshah (1988).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Om Puri & Meenakshi Sheshadri's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sunny Deol is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Sunny Deol appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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