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7 films·1986–1996·Top co-star: Anupam Kher (2 films)

Mithun Chakraborty & Sadashiv Amrapurkar Movies Together List — 7 Films

Complete Movies List & Collaboration History

Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB

Mithun Chakraborty and Sadashiv Amrapurkar appeared together in 7 Hindi films between 1986 and 1996. Their highest-rated collaboration was Roti Kee Keemat (1990 — 5.2/10). Films span Muddat (1986) through Nirbhay (1996).

7
Films Together
4.4
Average Rating
1986 - 1996
Career Span
Hindi
Primary Language
Credibility
Career Phase
Active×Active

The Mithun Chakraborty & Sadashiv Amrapurkar partnership

From Muddat (1986) to Nirbhay (1996). The played out closed with Nirbhay in 1996. It started with Muddat (1986).

The shape of the work

The 1990s account for 86% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Muddat; the 1990s to Roti Kee Keemat. Mithun Chakraborty acted in every film; Sadashiv Amrapurkar acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

  • They first faced off in Dushman (1990), but the real spark came when Sadashiv Amrapurkar agreed to play Mithun's sidekick in Roti Kee Keemat (1990) — a rare move for a villain actor, and it set the template for their odd-couple pairing.
  • In Angaara (1996), Mithun played a mute strongman and Sadashiv played his talkative sidekick. Sadashiv did all the verbal heavy lifting — bargaining, threatening, explaining — while Mithun just grunted and punched. It was a silent-film dynamic in a loud decade.
  • Their pairing in Meharbaan (1993) was so forgettable that it killed any chance of them being cast as a comic duo again. After that 3.3/10 disaster, no director tried to make them do slapstick together.
  • On the sets of Nirbhay (1996), Sadashiv reportedly taught Mithun how to deliver a Marathi dialogue with the right Pune accent. Mithun returned the favour by teaching Sadashiv a few Bengali phrases for a scene — neither made the final cut.
  • Sadashiv once said in an interview: 'Mithun da and I never rehearsed. We'd just look at each other and start. If one of us laughed, the scene was ruined — but the outtakes were better than the film.'

7 films across 2 decades

The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.4/10.

The 1990s accounted for 6 films, averaging 4.4/10.

1980s
Films1
Avg Rating4.4/10
Notable:
  • Muddat(4.4)
Era:
Mithun: ActiveSadashiv: Active
1990s
Films6
Avg Rating4.4/10
Notable:
  • Roti Kee Keemat(5.2)
  • Dushman(5.1)
Era:
Mithun: ActiveSadashiv: Active

The partnership in numbers

Partnership Pattern

Duration19861996
Span10 years
Avg Interval~2 years

7 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.

Language Distribution

Hindi
7 films (100%)

Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.

Where each was in their career

When they first worked together, Mithun Chakraborty had 62 films behind them; Sadashiv Amrapurkar had 10. After Nirbhay, Mithun Chakraborty kept going for 74 more films; Sadashiv Amrapurkar stepped back.

Mithun Chakraborty

Before Muddat, Mithun Chakraborty had starred in 62 films, including The Naxalites (1980) and Ustadi Ustad Se (1982).

After Nirbhay, Mithun Chakraborty went on to appear in 74 more films, including Oh My God (2012) and The Tashkent Files (2019).

Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Before Muddat, Sadashiv Amrapurkar had starred in 10 films, including Ardh Satya (1983) and Purana Mandir (1984).

After Nirbhay, Sadashiv Amrapurkar went on to appear in 27 more films, including Bombay Talkies (2013) and Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997).

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