Om Puri & Samir Karnik Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Om Puri and Samir Karnik appeared together in 2 Hindi films between 2004 and 2012. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na (2004 — 5.0/10). Films span Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na (2004) through Chaar Din Ki Chandni (2012).
The Om Puri & Samir Karnik partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Chaar Din Ki Chandni (2012). They didn't share a set between 2004 and 2012. From Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na (2004) to Chaar Din Ki Chandni (2012).
It started with Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na (2004).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na; the 2010s to Chaar Din Ki Chandni. Om Puri acted in every film; Samir Karnik directed all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.0/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.5/10.
- Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na
- Chaar Din Ki Chandni
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 8 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 85 films behind them; Samir Karnik had 0. After Chaar Din Ki Chandni, Om Puri kept going for 22 more films; Samir Karnik stepped back.
Before Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na, Om Puri had starred in 85 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Aakrosh (1980).
After Chaar Din Ki Chandni, Om Puri went on to appear in 22 more films, including Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and Project Marathwada (2016).
Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na was Samir Karnik's directorial debut.
Collaboration Journey
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