Om Puri & Deepti Naval Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Om Puri and Deepti Naval appeared together in 4 Hindi films between 1984 and 2014. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mirch Masala (1987 — 5.6/10). Films span Holi (1984) through Heartless (2014).
The Om Puri & Deepti Naval partnership
After 22 years apart, they came back together for Heartless (2014). They didn't share a set between 1992 and 2014. Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema.
From Holi (1984) to Heartless (2014). It started with Holi (1984).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Mirch Masala; the 2010s to Heartless. Om Puri acted in every film; Deepti Naval acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.4/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.1/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.9/10.
- Mirch Masala
- Holi
- Current
- Heartless
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 30 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Heartless, Om Puri kept going for 19 more films; Deepti Naval stepped back. By the time of Holi, both already had careers — Om Puri with 14 films, Deepti Naval with 11.
Before Holi, Om Puri had starred in 14 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Aakrosh (1980).
After Heartless, Om Puri went on to appear in 19 more films, including Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and Project Marathwada (2016).
Before Holi, Deepti Naval had starred in 11 films, including Angoor (1982) and Chashme Buddoor (1981).
After Heartless, Deepti Naval went on to appear in 2 more films, including Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016) and Tevar (2015).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Om Puri & Deepti Naval's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Amole Gupte is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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