Om Puri & Anees Bazmee Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Om Puri and Anees Bazmee appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1998 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998 — 6.1/10). Films span Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998) through Welcome Back (2015).
The Om Puri & Anees Bazmee partnership
After 10 years apart, they came back together for Singh Is Kinng (2008). They didn't share a set between 1998 and 2008. Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema.
From Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998) to Welcome Back (2015). It started with Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha; the 2010s to Welcome Back. Om Puri acted in every film; Anees Bazmee directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.1/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.7/10.
- Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
- Singh Is Kinng0
- Welcome Back
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 17 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 58 films behind them; Anees Bazmee had 3.
Before Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Om Puri had starred in 58 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Aakrosh (1980).
After Welcome Back, Om Puri went on to appear in 12 more films, including Project Marathwada (2016) and Partition: 1947 (2017).
Before Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Anees Bazmee had directed 3 films, including Deewana Mastana (1997) and Andaz (1994).
After Welcome Back, Anees Bazmee went on to direct 6 more films, including Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022) and Mubarakan (2017).
Collaboration Journey
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