Amitabh Bachchan & Avtar Gill Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Amitabh Bachchan and Avtar Gill appeared together in 5 Hindi films between 1985 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Shahenshah (1988 — 5.8/10). Films span Ghulami (1985) through Wazir (2016).
The Amitabh Bachchan & Avtar Gill partnership
After 18 years apart, they came back together for Wazir (2016). They didn't share a set between 1998 and 2016. Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema.
From Ghulami (1985) to Wazir (2016). It started with Ghulami (1985).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Shahenshah; the 2010s to Wazir . Amitabh Bachchan acted in every film; Avtar Gill acted in all of them. Mostly Hindi, with 1 film in Hindi .
5 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.4/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film.
- Shahenshah
- Ghulami
- Major Saab
- Indrajeet
- Wazir 0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 31 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
36% of Avtar Gill's screen credits are with Amitabh Bachchan. After Wazir , Amitabh Bachchan kept going for 28 more films; Avtar Gill stepped back.
Before Ghulami, Amitabh Bachchan had starred in 33 films, including Gol Maal (1979) and Shakti (1982).
After Wazir , Amitabh Bachchan went on to appear in 28 more films, including Padman (2018) and Badla (2019).
Before Ghulami, Avtar Gill had starred in 5 films, including Saath Saath (1982) and Noorie (1979).
After Wazir , Avtar Gill went on to appear in 4 more films, including Kaamyaab (2020) and 1920: Horrors of the Heart (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Amitabh Bachchan & Avtar Gill's professional partnership
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