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Subhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai

Cast & Crew Collaborators

Subhash Ghai

27Co-Stars
1Music Directors
8Films with Amrish Puri
veteranCareer Phase

Subhash Ghai Cast, Crew & Frequent Collaborators

Subhash Ghai's collaborators

One pairing towers over the rest: Amrish Puri, with 8 shared credits — far ahead of every other collaborator. Subhash Ghai's most frequent co-actor is Amrish Puri — 8 films together.

Subhash Ghai and Rishi Kapoor share 2 films across 34 years. 5 different collaborators have shared three or more films with Subhash Ghai — a deep bench of returning faces.

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
Subhash Ghai × Pran
2 films·avg 6.9/10
Longest running
Subhash Ghai × Rishi Kapoor
34+ years·2 decades

Strongest pairings

None of the top-five pairings have produced a film in the last five years — the strongest collaborations sit in the past.

28Total Cast & Crew
8Most films with Amrish Puri
2Role categories

Top pairings compared

Amrish Puri leads on film count, Anil Kapoor on average rating, Rishi Kapoor on recency — the four pull ahead on different metrics.

MetricAmrish PuriAnil KapoorRishi KapoorMahima Chaudhry
Films together8622
Avg rating5.65.75.44.8
First1983198519801997
Latest2005200820142014
Best filmHeroTaalKarzPardes

Multi-decade partnerships

15 pairings have endured across two-plus decades — a rare cluster of long-running partnerships.

Most acclaimed pairings

The top acclaimed pairings sit within 0.3 of each other — by rating alone, any of them could lead this list.

Collaboration by Decade

1970s
3 films
6.5
Aruna Irani, Shashi Kapoor, Madan Puri
1980s
41 films
6
Amrish Puri, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff
1990s
14 films
6.2
Amrish Puri, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff
2000s
7 films
4.6
Amrish Puri, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff
2010s
4 films
3.7
Rishi Kapoor, Mishti, Mithun Chakraborty

Creative Legacy

Subhash Ghai is a pivotal figure in Indian cinema, renowned for shaping the commercial Hindi film template from the late 1970s through the 1990s. His career trajectory began with the success of 'Kalicharan' (1976), establishing him as a director with a keen sense of mass appeal. Ghai's true impact lies in his creation of the 'masala' film genre, masterfully blending drama, music, romance, action,

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