Om Puri & Sharat Saxena Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Om Puri and Sharat Saxena appeared together in 4 Hindi films between 1997 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015 — 8.4/10). Films span Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997) through Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015).
The Om Puri & Sharat Saxena partnership
One film towers over the rest: Bajrangi Bhaijaan at 8.4/10. They saved their best for last — Bajrangi Bhaijaan (8.4/10) came 18 years in. After 9 years apart, they came back together for Baabul (2006).
Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. They didn't share a set between 1997 and 2006.
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Gupt: The Hidden Truth; the 2010s to Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Om Puri acted in every film; Sharat Saxena acted in all of them. Mostly Hindi, with 1 film in Hindi .
4 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.1/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.9/10.
The 2010s brought 2 films together, anchored by Bajrangi Bhaijaan (8.4/10).
- Gupt: The Hidden Truth
- Baabul
- Bajrangi Bhaijaan
- Kushti
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 18 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 Gupt: The Hidden Truth, both already had careers — Om Puri with 52 films, Sharat Saxena with 40.
Before Gupt: The Hidden Truth, Om Puri had starred in 52 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Aakrosh (1980).
After Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Om Puri went on to appear in 12 more films, including Project Marathwada (2016) and Partition: 1947 (2017).
Before Gupt: The Hidden Truth, Sharat Saxena had starred in 40 films, including Varasudu (1993) and Harjaee (1981).
After Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Sharat Saxena went on to appear in 12 more films, including Sherni (2021) and Mana ShankaraVaraPrasad Garu (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Om Puri & Sharat Saxena's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Salman Khan is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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