Mithun Chakraborty & Deepak Bahry Movies Together List — 6 Films

The shape of the work

The 1980s account for 83% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Ustadi Ustad Se; the 1990s to Hum Se Na Takrana. Mithun Chakraborty acted in every film; Deepak Bahry directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Mithun Chakraborty and Deepak Bahry first worked together in 'Hum Se Badkar Kaun' (1981) because Bahry, then an assistant director, convinced the producer to cast Mithun after the original lead dropped out last minute. Bahry later said Mithun owed him that break.
• On the set of 'Woh Jo Hasina' (1983), Mithun would deliberately flub his lines in the first take to make Bahry laugh, breaking the tension before serious scenes. Bahry returned the favour by improvising comic relief that Mithun would then react to live.
• During the shoot of 'Deewana Tere Naam Ka' (1987), Mithun and Bahry shared a tiny hotel room in Ooty for three weeks because the production ran out of budget. They reportedly slept on the same cot, taking turns to use the only blanket.
• The pair's fourth film 'Hum Se Na Takrana' (1990) was the first Hindi movie to feature a rap-style song sequence, with Mithun and Bahry trading verses in a club scene. That track directly inspired the rap craze in B-movies of the early 90s.
• Deepak Bahry once told a trade magazine: 'Mithun and I never needed a director. We'd just look at each other and know what the other was going to do. That's why our films feel like one man talking to his mirror.'