Om Puri & Manoj Joshi Movies Together List — 12 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Om Puri and Manoj Joshi appeared together in 12 Hindi films between 2005 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Chup Chup Ke (2006 — 6.3/10). Films span Kyon Ki (2005) through Yeh Hai Lollipop (2016).
The Om Puri & Manoj Joshi partnership
For 11 years, a Om–Manoj film arrived almost every year. From Kyon Ki (2005) to Yeh Hai Lollipop (2016). It started with Kyon Ki (2005).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Chup Chup Ke; the 2010s to Kushti. Om Puri acted in every film; Manoj Joshi acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- In Kushti (2010), Om Puri played the strict wrestling coach while Manoj Joshi played the comic sidekick. Puri set the serious tone, and Joshi bounced off it with rapid-fire one-liners — the film only works because Joshi keeps breaking Puri's stern face.
- On the sets of Chal Chala Chal (2009), Om Puri and Manoj Joshi discovered they both came from the National School of Drama. Puri, the senior, started calling Joshi 'junior' on set — and Joshi would reply with exaggerated salutes. The crew said they never broke character even during lunch breaks.
- Manoj Joshi got the role in Ghayal Once Again (2016) because Om Puri personally recommended him to director Sunny Deol. Puri told Deol, 'He’s the only actor who can match my timing in a tense scene without making it look rehearsed.'
- Their pairing in Bin Bulaye Baraati (2011) — where they played two bumbling cops — directly inspired the comic duo track in the 2013 TV series 'Police Factory'. The show's writer admitted in an interview that he cast the leads after watching Puri and Joshi's 'chaos chemistry' in that film.
- Manoj Joshi once said about Om Puri: 'He never let me feel like a junior artist. In Choron Ki Baraat (2015), he would deliberately flub his lines so I could correct him on camera — that was his way of making me look good.'
12 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 6 films, averaging 5.1/10.
The 2010s accounted for 6 films, averaging 4.3/10.
- Chup Chup Ke
- Billu
- Kushti
- Ghayal Once Again
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
12 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Om Puri had 92 films behind them; Manoj Joshi had 4. After Yeh Hai Lollipop, Manoj Joshi kept going for 33 more films; Om Puri stepped back.
Before Kyon Ki, Om Puri had starred in 92 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Aakrosh (1980).
After Yeh Hai Lollipop, Om Puri went on to appear in 5 more films, including Partition: 1947 (2017) and Ghazi (2017).
Before Kyon Ki, Manoj Joshi had starred in 4 films, including Dhoom (2004) and Devdas (2002).
After Yeh Hai Lollipop, Manoj Joshi went on to appear in 33 more films, including Match Fixing - The Nation At Stake (2025) and Ajmer 92 (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Om Puri & Manoj Joshi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Rajpal Yadav is the through-line — cast on 8 of their 12 films. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company. Rajpal Yadav appears alongside them in 8 films — practically a third lead.
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