Om Puri & Mohan Joshi Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Om Puri and Mohan Joshi appeared together in 4 Hindi films between 1997 and 2021. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mrityudand (1997 — 5.3/10). Films span Chupp (1997) through Rifle Ganj (2021).
The Om Puri & Mohan Joshi partnership
After 21 years apart, they came back together for Rifle Ganj (2021). They didn't share a set between 2000 and 2021. Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema.
From Chupp (1997) to Rifle Ganj (2021). It started with Chupp (1997).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Mrityudand; the 2020s to Rifle Ganj. Om Puri acted in every film; Mohan Joshi acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- For 'Mrityudand' (1997), director Prakash Jha cast Om Puri and Mohan Joshi as rival landlords. Jha later said he picked them specifically because both could play menace without raising their voices — they scared you by just standing still.
- In 'Chupp' (1997), Om Puri and Mohan Joshi share only one scene. But that scene runs 12 minutes — a single take where they argue about a land dispute. Joshi later told an interviewer that Puri kept feeding him new lines mid-shot, and he had to match the improvisation without breaking character.
- Om Puri and Mohan Joshi were neighbours in Mumbai's Juhu area for over 20 years. They would walk to each other's houses for chai between shoots. Joshi once said Puri would show up unannounced at 7 AM to discuss a scene they weren't even filming yet.
- Mohan Joshi said about Om Puri: 'He was the only actor who could make me forget the camera. When we worked together, I wasn't acting — I was reacting.'
- Their pairing in 'Mrityudand' directly inspired the casting of two other veteran character actors as rival village elders in the 2003 film 'Gangaajal' — also directed by Prakash Jha. Jha admitted he was chasing the same tension Puri and Joshi had created.
- For 'Rifle Ganj' (2021), Om Puri had already passed away. Mohan Joshi agreed to do the film only after the director showed him old footage of Puri from their earlier films — Joshi wanted to 'keep a piece of him alive' on screen. The film uses a body double and VFX to place Puri in one flashback scene.
4 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.0/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.6/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.0/10.
- Mrityudand
- Chupp
- Kunwara
- Rifle Ganj
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 24 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Om Puri had 52 films behind them; Mohan Joshi had 20.
Before Chupp, Om Puri had starred in 52 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Aakrosh (1980).
Before Chupp, Mohan Joshi had starred in 20 films, including Gopi Kishan (1994) and Ek Tha Raja (1996).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Om Puri & Mohan Joshi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Om Puri & Mohan Joshi's films together
