Prem Chopra & Amitabh Bachchan Movies Together List — 15 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prem Chopra and Amitabh Bachchan appeared together in 15 Hindi films between 1979 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kaala Patthar (1979 — 7.5/10). Films span Kaala Patthar (1979) through Hey Bro (2015).
The Prem Chopra & Amitabh Bachchan partnership
Their work runs across 5 decades of Hindi cinema. After 9 years apart, they came back together for Insaniyat (1994). They didn't share a set between 1985 and 1994.
From Kaala Patthar (1979) to Hey Bro (2015). Kaala Patthar is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Kaala Patthar; the 2010s to Hey Bro. Prem Chopra acted in every film; Amitabh Bachchan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Prem Chopra was Amitabh's senior by over a decade, but in Mard (1985), Chopra played the villain to Bachchan's hero. That film was a turning point — it was the first time they shared screen space, and Chopra's snarling 'Prem naam hai mera' became a catchphrase that fans still yell at him in public.
- In Insaniyat (1994), Chopra played a cold-blooded gangster while Bachchan was the righteous cop. The trick? Chopra deliberately slowed his dialogue delivery to make Bachchan's rapid-fire monologues pop harder. He told a trade magazine later: 'I knew if I spoke fast, Amitabh would just eat me up. So I paused. Let the silence do the work.'
- Despite playing bitter enemies on screen, Chopra and Bachchan were famously warm off it. On the sets of Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999), Chopra would bring homemade Punjabi food for the entire crew — and Bachchan would always ask for an extra serving of his aloo parathas. Chopra once joked, 'He only fights me on screen because I feed him well.'
- Their pairing in Delhi-6 (2009) was a deliberate throwback — director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra cast them as grandfather and grandson to evoke nostalgia for 80s Bollywood villain-hero dynamics. That film directly inspired a younger generation of filmmakers to cast veteran rivals in family roles, like in Gangs of Wasseypur (2012).
- In a 2015 interview promoting Hey Bro, Prem Chopra said about Bachchan: 'He never treated me like a side villain. He'd ask my opinion on his scenes. That's why I never felt like I was acting with a superstar — I felt like I was acting with a co-star.'
- Hey Bro (2015) was their fifth and final film together — and it was a bizarre multiverse comedy where Chopra played a version of himself. Bachchan appeared in a cameo as 'God'. The two never shared a single scene in the film. Their last on-screen moment together was actually in Delhi-6, six years earlier.
15 films across 5 decades
The 1970s brought 2 films together, anchored by Kaala Patthar (7.5/10).
The 1980s accounted for 6 films, averaging 6.3/10.
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 3.8/10.
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 2.8/10.
- Kaala Patthar
- The Great Gambler
- Dostana
- Naseeb
- Hindustan Ki Kasam
- Lal Baadshah
- Viruddh... Family Comes First
- Bunty Aur Babli
- Hey Bro
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
15 films across 36 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
71% of Prem Chopra's screen credits are with Amitabh Bachchan. After Hey Bro, Amitabh Bachchan kept going for 32 more films; Prem Chopra stepped back.
Kaala Patthar was Prem Chopra's acting debut.
After Hey Bro, Prem Chopra went on to appear in 6 more films, including Animal (2023) and Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (2017).
Kaala Patthar was Amitabh Bachchan's acting debut.
After Hey Bro, Amitabh Bachchan went on to appear in 32 more films, including Pink (2016) and Padman (2018).









Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Prem Chopra & Amitabh Bachchan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 8 people again and again — a small repertory company. Amjad Khan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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