Mithun Chakraborty & Amjad Khan Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Mithun Chakraborty and Amjad Khan appeared together in 10 Hindi films between 1981 and 1989. Their highest-rated collaboration was Dhuaan (1981 — 6.1/10). Films span Hum Se Badkar Kaun (1981) through Meri Zabaan (1989).
The Mithun Chakraborty & Amjad Khan partnership
Between 1981 and 1989, they barely worked apart — 10 films in 8 years. For 8 years, a Mithun–Amjad film arrived almost every year. From Hum Se Badkar Kaun (1981) to Meri Zabaan (1989).
The spanned closed with Meri Zabaan in 1989. It started with Hum Se Badkar Kaun (1981).
The shape of the work
Mithun Chakraborty acted in every film; Amjad Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Hum Se Badkar Kaun (1981), was a low-budget action flick where Mithun played a double role and Amjad Khan was the villain. The director, Deepak Bahry, paired them because he wanted a fresh hero-villain combo that could match Amitabh-Shakti Kapoor's box office pull.
- In Dhuaan (1981), Amjad Khan played a blind don, and Mithun played his loyal henchman. The twist? Mithun's character was actually a cop undercover. Their scenes together relied on Amjad's booming voice commanding the frame while Mithun's nervous body language sold the tension — Mithun later said Amjad's presence made him act 'smaller' on purpose to heighten the power imbalance.
- Despite playing arch-enemies on screen, Amjad Khan personally recommended Mithun for a role in a 1983 film (which never materialized). Mithun recalled in a 2018 interview that Amjad would call him 'baba' on set and often shared his lunch with the junior artists — something Mithun said he learned from him.
- Their 1985 film Maa Kasam was so poorly received that it effectively ended the trend of pairing them as hero-villain in mainstream masala films. After that, they only made three more films together, all of which were B-grade or delayed releases — the magic was gone.
- Mithun once said about Amjad: 'He was the only villain who could make me feel scared even when the camera wasn't rolling. His eyes would go red, and I'd forget my lines.'
10 films across 1 decade
- Dhuaan
- Hum Se Hai Zamana
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Meri Zabaan, Mithun Chakraborty kept going for 128 more films; Amjad Khan stepped back. By the time of Hum Se Badkar Kaun, both already had careers — Mithun Chakraborty with 12 films, Amjad Khan with 20.
Before Hum Se Badkar Kaun, Mithun Chakraborty had starred in 12 films, including The Naxalites (1980) and Unees-Bees (1980).
After Meri Zabaan, Mithun Chakraborty went on to appear in 128 more films, including Oh My God (2012) and The Tashkent Files (2019).
Before Hum Se Badkar Kaun, Amjad Khan had starred in 20 films, including Qurbani (1980) and Ahsaas (1979).
After Meri Zabaan, Amjad Khan went on to appear in 14 more films, including Love (1991) and Rudaali (1993).
Collaboration Journey
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