Om Puri & Annu Kapoor Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Om Puri and Annu Kapoor appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1987 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Susman (1987 — 4.0/10). Films span Susman (1987) through Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho (2015).
The Om Puri & Annu Kapoor partnership
After 28 years apart, they came back together for Jai Ho Democracy (2015). They didn't share a set between 1987 and 2015. From Susman (1987) to Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho (2015).
It started with Susman (1987).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Susman; the 2010s to Jai Ho Democracy. Om Puri acted in every film; Annu Kapoor acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in 'Susman' (1987), a film about a deaf-mute girl. Om Puri played the father, Annu Kapoor played a doctor. The director, Shyam Benegal, cast them specifically because he wanted actors who could convey emotion without relying on dialogue — both had strong theatre backgrounds.
- In 'Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho' (2015), Om Puri played a corrupt politician and Annu Kapoor played a local goon. They shot a key confrontation scene in one take — Puri kept changing his lines mid-scene, and Kapoor improvised responses without breaking character. The director later said that take made it into the final cut.
- Om Puri and Annu Kapoor were close friends off-screen. During the shoot of 'Jai Ho Democracy' (2015), they would share a room on location because both preferred discussing old Hindi film songs late into the night instead of sleeping alone.
- Annu Kapoor once said about Om Puri: 'He was the only actor who could make me forget my lines — because I'd be so busy watching him act that I'd stop performing myself.' He said this in a 2017 interview after Puri's death.
- Their 2015 film 'Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho' was one of the first Hindi films to openly satirize the political class in small-town Haryana. It directly inspired a wave of similar political satires in regional cinema, including the Haryanvi film 'Chhoriyan Chhoron Se Kam Nahi Hoti' (2018).
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.0/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films.
- Susman
- Jai Ho Democracy0
- Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 28 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Susman, Om Puri had starred in 25 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Aakrosh (1980).
After Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho, Om Puri went on to appear in 12 more films, including Project Marathwada (2016) and Partition: 1947 (2017).
Before Susman, Annu Kapoor had starred in 9 films, including Aadharshila (1982) and Mashaal (1984).
After Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho, Annu Kapoor went on to appear in 15 more films, including Jolly LLB 2 (2017) and Rules Ranjann (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Om Puri & Annu Kapoor's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Om Puri & Annu Kapoor's films together
