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Amol Palekar
Amol Palekar

Co-Stars & Directors

Amol Palekar

24Co-Stars
2Directors
6Films with Utpal Dutt
veteranCareer Phase

Amol Palekar Co-Stars, Directors & Movies Together

Amol Palekar's collaborators

Amol Palekar's most frequent co-actor is Utpal Dutt — 6 shared credits. Sadashiv Amrapurkar has stayed in Amol Palekar's catalogue from 1985 to 1994 — a partnership that crosses decades. From 1979 (with Hrishikesh Mukherjee) to 1994 (with Mithun Chakraborty).

Girish Karnad averages 7.5/10 across 2 films with Amol Palekar — the highest-rated active pairing. The catalogue runs on a revolving cast — few repeat pairings, broad spread across collaborators.

As of July 2026.

Collaborator network

Top 12 collaborators by composite strength score. Distance reflects strength; edge thickness reflects film count; warmer edges are more recent.

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Most acclaimed pairing
Amol Palekar × Girish Karnad
2 films·avg 7.5/10
Longest running
Amol Palekar × Sadashiv Amrapurkar
9+ years·2 decades

Strongest pairings

Utpal Dutt leads the pack with daylight to spare — outscoring the next-strongest pairing by 104%.

26Total Co-Stars & Directors
6Most films with Utpal Dutt
2Role categories

Top pairings compared

Utpal Dutt leads on count, rating, and recency — the strongest pairing on every metric the table tracks.

MetricUtpal DuttRekhaHrishikesh MukherjeeShabana Azmi
Films together6544
Avg rating6.76.06.56.4
First1979198019791979
Latest1986198519851985
Best filmGol MaalTarangGol MaalApne Paraye

Multi-decade partnerships

14 pairings have endured across two-plus decades — partnerships that outlast the eras.

Most acclaimed pairings

Top-rated pairings with two or more films together.

Collaboration by Decade

1970s
19 films
6.8
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Basu Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt
1980s
50 films
6.1
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Basu Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt
1990s
2 films
4.7
Mithun Chakraborty, Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Creative Legacy

Amol Palekar is a pivotal figure in Indian cinema, renowned for ushering in a new wave of relatable, middle-class protagonists during the 1970s and 80s. His career trajectory is marked by a deliberate shift from the theatrical to the cinematic, where he became the archetypal 'common man' in the films of directors like Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Chatterjee. In an era dominated by larger-than-lif

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