Biography
Om Puri (1950 -2017) was an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Indian films and art films. His credits also include appearances in British and American films, including East is East and Charlie Wilson's War, and he was the recipient of an honorary OBE.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Rifle Ganj
2021
A young talented Engineer & Civil Services topper, Chandar turns into a naxal commander when the abuse of power and politics result in his sister's ki...

Gul Makai
2020
as General Kayani
Fear is like an elastic band. You stretch the band inside of your mind and it keeps expanding, till one moment it snaps or you cut it for it to break....

The Gandhi Murder
2019
as T.G.
Three Senior police officers in different parts of India, who, well aware of the intelligence that Gandhi’s life in under threat, must take key decisi...

Lashtam Pashtam
2018
as Saleem
Set in Dubai, the story explores the bond between two friends, an Indian and a Pakistani, who play as the doubles partners in Tennis.

Load Wedding
2018
as Raja's Father
A guy falls in love but can’t get married before his older sister.

Tubelight
2017
as Banne Chacha
Laxman Singh Bisht is nicknamed tube light by his neighbours because he is feeble-minded. Despite being special, Laxman lives by one life-lesson; keep...

A Death in the Gunj
2017
as O.P Bakshee
Life for a shy young Indian student slowly falls to pieces during a family road trip.

Viceroy's House
2017
as Ali Rahim Noor
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the ...

The Ghazi Attack
2017
as Indian Navy Admiral
India’s first underwater war film tries to decode the mystery behind the sinking of Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi during the Indo-Pak war of 1971.

Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur
2016
as Narrator (voice)
The tale of Banda Singh Bahadur, one of the greatest warriors in Sikh history. He is chosen to fight Wazir Khan, governor of Sirhind, who had been ter...

Gandhigiri
2016
as Rai Saheb
What's the importance of Gandhiji's values in today's corrupt world? Do they even have any value left? Can anyone lead a peaceful life by implementing...

Mirzya
2016
as Abba
Two star-crossed lovers must battle the forces which try to keep them apart at different timelines and at different world's.

Actor in Law
2016
as Rafaqat Mirza
An aspiring actor succumbs to pressure from his father and takes up the role of lawyer.

Warrior Savitri
2016
as Yamaraj
A modern day adaptation of the legendary fable of Savitri, Satyavaan and Yamaraj from Mahabharata, one of the major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. T...
The Silent Crime
2016
A young woman tied up in a dark room pleads to be saved.

Project Marathwada
2016
as Tukaram
The son of a poor farmer, Tukaram, commits suicide, which leaves the family shattered. When his pleas fall on deaf ears, he comes to Mumbai in the hop...

Aadupuliyattam
2016
as Muni
A man and his family move into a house haunted by the spirit of an ancient queen.

Ghayal Once Again
2016
as ACP Joe D'Souza
Ajay Mehra (from previous Ghayal-1990), after finishing off his life sentence, starts a newspaper called Satyakam. Still dealing with the haunting tra...

Hogaya Dimaagh Ka Dahi
2015
The story of Hogaya Dimaagh Ka Dahi is about how a father puts his sons into a situation where they undergo hardships of life, learn about relationshi...

Welcome Back
2015
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A pair of reformed gangsters try to find a husband for their newly discovered sister, but complications arise due to mistaken identities.

Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2015
as Molana
A young mute girl from Pakistan loses herself in India with no way to head back. A devoted man with a magnanimous spirit undertakes the task to get he...

Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho
2015
Miss Tanakpur is a political satire that unfolds in the backdrop of a Love-story set in a village of Haryana. In the villages of Haryana the Pradhans ...

Uvaa
2015
Ram, Anil, Vikram, Salmaan and Deenbandhu are the rebellious brats of suburban Delhi NCR, with the world at their feet and nothing to worry they stomp...

Leather Life
2015
The movie Leather Life is the story of punjab in 1984-1990. Movie shows that during this era no one was able to speak in front of the politicians and ...

Dirty Politics
2015
as Dina Nath Singh
An old politician lusts after a beautiful dancer.

Trafficker
2015
as Supreme Court Judge
When a young Vietnamese-Australian thug botches a gangland assassination and runs into serious debt with his triad, his younger brother is forced to e...

Chaar Sahibzaade
2014
as Narrator
Ajit Singh, Jujhar Singh, Zorawar Singh, and Fateh Singh, the four sons of Sikh Guru Gobind Singh Ji, sacrifice their lives in an important battle aga...

Little Terrors
2014
as Abdul-Wadood Kamil
Terrorists recruit a young teen to bomb an embassy but the man he is boarded with attempts to talk him out of going through with the plan.

The Hundred-Foot Journey
2014
as Papa
A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

Heartless
2014
as Dr. Sanjay Trehan
A young man, Aditya Singh (Adhyayan), who fell deeply in love with a beautiful girl (Ariana). Soon he had a severe heart-attack, and when consulted wi...

Bhaji in Problem
2013
as Balli
Sundeep leads a double life when he marries two women and keeps them from one another. His carefully planned life unravels when an old friend who know...

Jatt Boys Putt Jattan De
2013
as Sippy's Father
The Movie story is based on A Generation Gap. This Movie tries to break the gap, keeping the old and new generation intact with there emotions and wit...

Policegiri
2013
as Commissioner
A cop named DCP Rudra is transferred to a new police station. As the city is riddled with crime and corruption, he decides to bring law and order back...

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Abu
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Chakravyuh
2012
as Govind Suryavanshi
On the request of his friend Kabir, SP Adil Sends him to the Naxal group as an informer. When Kabir finds the truth he becomes one of their gang leade...

OMG: Oh My God!
2012
as Hanif Qureshi
A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.

Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal
2012
as David
Jhonny is often fooled by villagers as he is fit for nothing. He is in love with Maria but is often targeted by her brothers. Then enters Sam, who wil...

Krishna and Kamsa
2012
as Kans (voice)
Hailed as India's first stereoscopic animated film, 'Krishna Aur Kans' is an exciting narrative full of action and drama. The movie chronicles Krishna...

Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai
2012
Picture Abhi Baki Hai is the journey of Amar Joshi (Sunil Shetty) who runs a video library in banaras and aspires to be a film maker. Despite facing o...

Chaar Din Ki Chandni
2012
Chandini comes to India to attend Veer's sisters wedding. In those four days, she wins everyone's heart.

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
2012
as Chaudhary
In a quaint village of Haryana lives Miny, a free-spirited tomboy who instantly wins your heart with her bubbly personality. Her father, Bhatti, runs ...

Agneepath
2012
as Eknath Gaitonde
When his father is lynched by a mob after being framed by a gangster, a young boy leaves his village along with his pregnant mother and flees to Mumb...

Don 2
2011
as Vishal Malik
Having conquered the Asian underworld, crime boss Don sets in motion a plan that will give him dominion over Europe.

Love Express
2011
as Khadak Singh Bakshi
Series of rumors and the incompatibility of both the bride and groom throw a train-bound wedding party out of gear.

Kucch Luv Jaisaa
2011
as Madhu's Father
After getting bored with her love less marriage life, a wife decides to get a breathe of fresh air and meets a hit man.

Teen Thay Bhai
2011
as Chixie Gill
Bhatinda-based middle-classed Harpreet Gill is unable to get his three rather plain-looking and overweight daughters married and must live with consta...

Action Replayy
2010
as Rai Bahadur Dhyanchand
A young man tries to revive his parents' wilting marriage by traveling to the 1970s when their romance was budding to help make it bloom: something mo...

West Is West
2010
as George Khan
Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the young...

Dabangg
2010
as Kasturilal Vishkarma
A troubled relationship with his younger half-brother and stepfather compels Chulbul Pandey to become a corrupt but fearless cop whose life changes wh...

Kushti
2010
The film Kushti is the story of a small village in Northern India where wrestling is a popular sport and an important wrestling match is held every ye...

The Hangman
2010
as Shiva Sathe
Based in Bhaje in Malavali, Maharashtra, Shiva Sathe lives a poor lifestyle with his wife, Parvati, and son, Ganesh, and works as an executioner for t...

Road to Sangam
2010
as Nawab Mohammad Ali Kasuri
Hasmat, a devout Muslim, is asked to repair a vehicle that transported the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi. However, the situation soon complicates when his c...

Bolo Raam
2009
as Inspector Indrajeet Singh Rathi
A youth accused of the murder of his mother refuses to speak to the police. Is he really the killer?

Kurbaan
2009
as Naseer Ahmed
When a handsome young Indian couple (Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor) moves into the suburbs to claim their stake in the American dream, they are sho...
Life Goes On
2009
as Alok
The drama explores the relations between a grief stricken father and his three daughters. Set in London, the time is now, the family of Indian origin....

London Dreams
2009
as Mr. Khosla
A man arrives in London and forms a band. However, he begins to feel jealous when his childhood friend becomes more popular overnight, putting his fam...

Baabarr
2009
as Inspector Avadh Narayan Chaturvedi
A 12-yr-old boy picks up a country made gun & shoots a man in cold blood! His eyes show no emotion. His heart exhibits no remorse. After shooting ...

Delhi-6
2009
as Madangopal
Roshan, an NRI, arrives in Old Delhi with his ailing grandmother and starts to rediscover himself before getting caught in a religious dispute that sh...

Billu
2009
as Sahukaar Daamchand
When a famous Bollywood actor visits a small village for a film's shoot, a poor hairdresser's claim that they were once childhood friends soon makes h...

Chal Chala Chal
2009
as Omkar Nath
Pune-based widower Omkar Nath used to work as a Headmaster with a local school. When he was fired, his son, Deepak, hired a lawyer to sue the school. ...

Maharathi
2008
as ACP Gokhale
After his boss, Jai Singh, commits suicide, Subhash, a chauffeur, hatches a plan to win his insurance money. He teams up with Jai's wife, Mallika, to ...

Mukhbiir
2008
as S.P. Rathod
After being orphaned at the age of 12 and living with incompatible relatives, Kailash ends up on the streets, is picked by police and lodged in a cell...

Singh Is Kinng
2008
as Rangeela
A comic caper about Happy Singh, a Punjabi villager who goes through a series of misadventures and eventually becomes the King of the Australian under...

Kismat Konnection
2008
as Sanjeev Gill
Raj Malhotra is a luckless architect who seeks success but in vain. He bumps into a social activist named Priya. Raj finds out that Priya is a lucky c...

Mere Baap Pehle Aap
2008
as Madhav Mathur
Apart from running a mall, Gaurav Rane has to take care of his widower father Janardhan and bail him out of the misadventures he gets into due to the ...

Lovesongs
2008
Kolkata-based Rohan Mitra lives with his widowed maternal grandmother, Mridula Chatterjee. He is an aspiring advocate who will soon be taking up his f...

Welcome
2007
as Narrator (uncredited)
Dubai-based criminal don Uday takes it upon himself to try and get his half-sister Sanjana married - in vain, as no one wants to be associated with a ...

Charlie Wilson's War
2007
as President Zia
In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afgh...

Shoot on Sight
2007
as Junaid
Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London...

Dhol
2007
as Satyadev Tripathi
Pankaj , Gautam, Sameer and Martand are roommates in Pune who are bound together by their ambition to make it big in life with the least effort possib...

Buddha Mar Gaya
2007
as Vidyut 'Vidya' Baba
Laxmikant Kabadiya and his twin-sister, Prerna, started as mere beggars near Dadar Railway Station, and with the assistance of Vidyut Baba, they moved...

Fool N Final
2007
as Bhaiyya
A bunch of misfits and gangsters embarks on a journey to find a lost and stolen diamond.
Khallas: The Beginning of End
2007
Jyoti Shinde lives a middle-classed lifestyle in Pune along with her parents. . While in college, she was friendly with a fellow-collegian, Sachin Mha...

Delhii Heights
2007
as Timmy Kohli
Delhii Heights is a high-rise apartment in Delhi, where Abi (Jimmy Shergill) and his wife (Neha Dhupia) lives, a married couple who work for rival com...

Dosh
2007
as Inspector Om
Crime - Vikram Chopra is a respectable man. He has two sons, Vishant and Gaurav. Vishant is married to Priyanka, whom he neglects and instead spends a...

Baabul
2006
as Balwant Kapoor
When his only son dies in an accident, Balraaj urges his depressed daughter-in-law to marry a man who has long loved her in silence.

Don
2006
as Vishal Malik
DCP DeSilva sees a way to bring to justice the feared head of a criminal empire by recruiting a man named Vijay, who looks exactly like the crime boss...

Chup Chup Ke
2006
as Prabhat Singh Chauhan
After surviving a suicide attempt in which his family and fellow villagers believe he drowned, a debt-ridden man decides to start his life afresh in a...

Malamaal Weekly
2006
as Balwant / Ballu
After one of his customers dies from the shock of winning a lottery, lottery ticket seller Lilaram hatches a plan to have that money all for himself. ...

Rang De Basanti
2006
as Amanullah Khan
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's ...

Deewane Huye Paagal
2005
as Scientist Khurana / Mehboob
A man embarks on journey to find his love in Dubai, only to learn she has different suitors and admirers.

Kyon Ki...
2005
as Dr. Khurana
After accidentally killing his fiancee, Anand becomes insane and is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Tanvi, his doctor, falls in love with him, but...

Mangal Pandey - The Rising
2005
as Narrator (uncredited)
The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of ...

Mumbai Xpress
2005
as ACP S.P. Rao (Hindi)
A young man's journey in Mumbai as a kidnapper.

Kisna
2005
as Juman Masum Kishti
The film is set in the India of the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to ...

AK 47
2004
as Yashwant Sinha
Rudra Pratap Sharma comes from an aspiring Hindu 'Bramhin' family consisting of his dad, Dayashankar, a bank manager by profession, his mom Sharda and...

King of Bollywood
2004
as Karan 'K.K.' Kumar
King of Bollywood is a 2004 Bollywood comedy film directed by Piyush Jha and starring Om Puri.[2] The film is a satire of the Hindi film industry

Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...
2004
as Mr. Khanna
A man and a woman have opposing beliefs about love. He sees her as a friend, but she is in love with him. When the woman decides to marry someone else...

Lakshya
2004
as Sub. Maj. Pritam Singh
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.

Dev
2004
as Commissioner Tejinder Khosla
Joint Commissioner of Police Dev Pratap Singh, a duty-bound, self-righteous officer, and Special Commissioner Tejinder Khosla, the balancing force bet...

Aan: Men at Work
2004
as Commissioner Khurana
Crime is at its highest peak in Mumbai with it split in three ways. Walia has one-third, Manik Rao has one-third and Roshni has a third of the Mumbai ...

Yuva
2004
as Prosenjit Bhattacharya
An accident on a bridge ties together three young men from different social classes, sparking a course of events that will forever alter their lives.

Zinda Dil
2003
The Movie Directed by Mohan Baggad.

Dhoop
2003
as Prof. Suresh Kumar Kapoor
Right from Peon to Principal, and from the most lowly menial staff to the office of the Prime Minister, modern secular India is embedded in corruption...

Kagaar
2003
as Sub-Inspector Gokhale
Naive, simple-minded, and illiterate Bhaskar Sarnaik (Amitabh Dayal) comes to Bombay from his far-off village, to look for his missing brother, Raghuv...

Chupke Se
2003
Megha Timghure, a plain-looking middle-class girl, lives with her mom, Laxmi, and dad, who is employed as an an Income Tax Officer. Her desire is to b...

Miss India: The Mystery
2003
as Inspector Yograj
A group of girls compete in order to win a beauty pageant. Things however take an ugly turn when one of them gets murdered.

Code 46
2003
as Bahkland
In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passport...

Kash Aap Hamare Hote
2003
as Yashwant Raj Mankotia
Yashwantraj Mankotia (Om Puri) has brought up the daughter of his late friend, Amrita (Juhi Babbar) with love and affection as his own daughter. He pl...

Maqbool
2003
as Inspector Pandit
The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles...

Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai
2003
as Shyam 'Sam'
A suspended cop ends up in Calgary searching for a criminal, where he falls in love with daughter of a successful Indian businessman and a protective ...

The Wound
2002
as Inspector Gautam
Jogi Thakur (Govind Namdev) is the power behind the ruling party ministers in Bombay City, and not only rules over the underworld, but also over the l...

Guru Mahaaguru
2002
as Crocodile
After literally being torn apart as children, brothers Ajay (Mukul Dev) and Gautam (Ashutosh Rana) are leading separate adult lives but are both in se...

White Teeth
2002
as Samad
An adaptation of Zadie Smith's bestseller concerning the lives of two families from as far back as the 1800s and India to late 1990s Willesden.

Dhruva
2002
An honest police officer who has taken an oath to clean up society must make some hard decisions when his friend becomes a criminal.

Chor Machaaye Shor
2002
as DCP Pandey
After serving a two-year stretch in the slammer, thief Shyam Singh (Bobby Deol) returns to his secret hiding place to retrieve a priceless stolen diam...

Shararat
2002
as DCP Bhosle
A miscreant who commits a misdemeanor is sentenced to do community service in an old-folks home.

Awara Paagal Deewana
2002
as Mafia Don
A dentist and a henpecked husband finds his life in trouble after getting embroiled in a mafia rivalry.

Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai
2002
as Dr.S.Puri
Sunder (Govinda) comes from his village to the big city. He is naive, easily influenced, and illiterate. His attempts to influence girls are mocked, a...

Ansh
2002
as Bhagat Pandey
This story is about Deputy Superintendent of Police Bhagat Pandey (Om Puri), who is thorough, honest, and has an excellent track record of apprehendin...

Kranti
2002
as Colonel Krishnakant
Inspector Abhay Pratap Singh is a young, honest and diligent police inspector, serving with Bombay Police, and comes from a respectable family, which ...

Pitaah
2002
as Thakur Avadh Narayan Singh
A small town in rural India gets to witness a confrontation between two fathers - one a rich, powerful, influential, and cruel Zamindar Thakur Avadh N...

Bollywood Calling
2001
as Subramaniam
An alcoholic, cancer-ridden American film-maker decides to produce a Bollywood movie.

The Zookeeper
2001
as The Vet
Jonah Ludovic is a custodian at a small municipal zoo. After a night of heavy shelling Ludovic arrives at his job to find the staff abandoning the zo...

Deewaanapan
2001
Suraj Saxena (Arjun Rampal) lives in a remote hill station in India with his dad (Om Puri), mom (Smita Jaykar), and sister, Asha (Amita Nangia). One d...

Indian
2001
as Joginder Singh
DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks...

The Mystic Masseur
2001
as Ramlogan
Circa 1940 in Trinidad, still a British Colony, lives Ganesh Ramseyor, of East Indian origin, along with his wife, Leela. He longs to reach out to peo...

Happy Now
2001
as Tin Man
All grown up and gunning for political power in a small North Wales community, Glen Marcus and his best mate harbour a dark secret which seems to be c...

The Parole Officer
2001
as George
A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law ab...

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Amongst the communal riots that erupt in the city, Tara shelters a wayward Sakina from a crazed mob and a bond that blossoms into love is created. The...

Zahreela
2001
Arun Dev is a famous criminal lawyer who always tries to plead against criminals. He lives happily with his wife Nisha, sister Pooja and his friend Ka...

Farz
2001
as ACP Arjun Singh
A veteran police officer becomes increasingly agitated when his partner is killed in the line of duty. To add to his woes, his daughter falls in love ...

Ghaath
2000
as Ajay Pandey
Krishna Patil is a poor, unemployed, unsuccessful and short tempered youth who stays in a chawl with his father Ramakant and elder sister Mansi. He tr...

Kurukshetra
2000
Kurukshetra is a story of war between evil and truth. The D.S.P Prithvi Raj Singh(Sanjay Dutt) is an honest and brave police officer.All dishonest pol...

Kunwara
2000
as Balraj Singh
Raju meets Urmila in New Zealand. They have a fast romance and things are going well until Raju must make a trip back to India...

Hera Pheri
2000
as Kharak Singh
Three unemployed men find the answer to all their money problems when they receive a call from a kidnapper. However, things do not go as planned.

Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge
2000
as Bhola Nath
Sapna has lost her parents at an early age and lives with her three quirky uncles - Bhola Nath is a fitness freak, Prabhu Nath is a deeply religious f...

Hey Ram
2000
as Goel
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the probl...

Pukar
2000
as Colonel Hussein
Major Jaidev saves a politician from the clutches of a dreaded terrorist. However, the terrorist joins hands with his childhood friend Anjali to ruin ...

Khoobsurat
1999
as Dilip Chaudhary
Sanju (Sanjay Dutt) a con-man and petty thief, gets in the bad books of Jogia Seth (Paresh Rawal) and ends up owing him money, which he does not have....

East Is East
1999
as George Khan
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English ...

China Gate
1998
as Col. Krishnakant Puri
After witnessing the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera, Sandhya goes to Colonel Krishn...

Such a Long Journey
1998
as Ghulam Mohammad
The story, set in 1971 at the time of the war between India and Pakistan, is based on the novel of the same name by Rohinton Mistry, an Indian now liv...

Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
1998
as Inspector Khan
Sanjana loves Rahul, but Rahul treats Sanjana as a friend. He is attracted to Nisha, and announces that he will be marrying her soon. Sanjana does not...

Zor
1998
Arjun Singh is a dedicated police officer whose efforts to fight corruption and terrorism are all in vain when he keeps on running into obstacles crea...

Vinashak
1998
Jailor Lankeshwar houses some of his hit-men as prisoners and uses them to commit criminal activities only to return and be safe in his jail. This get...

Chachi 420
1997
as Banwarilal Pandey
In order to see his little girl more often, a divorcee disguises himself as an old lady and gets a job as his own daughter's caretaker. A Hindi remake...

My Son the Fanatic
1997
as Parvez
Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local ...

Mrityudand
1997
Ketki marries Vinay, who is exploited by hard-nosed businessman Tirpat. Ketki then organizes local women against Tirpat & Co. Her group includes her s...

Gupt: The Hidden Truth
1997
as Inspector Udham Singh
When Governor Jaisingh Sinha is murdered, the needle of suspicion points towards his estranged step-son, Sahil. Now Sahil must prove his innocence and...

Zameer: The Awakening of a Soul
1997
as Jaichand Marwah
Kishan, an orphan, is a career thief on the run from the police in Bombay. He decides to go to a place where he is not known to the police. He makes J...

Chupp
1997
as Keshup
An escaped convict Ashok, (Jeetendra) seeks solace in the flat of a rich woman named Asha (Somy Ali) who has just killed her husband, Keshup (Om Puri)...

Aastha: In the Prison of Spring
1997
as Amar
Aastha: In the Prison of Spring is a story of a lower middle class happy nuclear family. The lady of the family gets involved in prostitution, owing t...

Ghatak: Lethal
1996
as Sachdev
When Kashi visits a community with his father, he is shocked to see the torturous regime of Katya. He tries to oppose Katya, but ends up compromising ...

Maachis
1996
as Sanatan
A realistic, hard-hitting portrayal of terrorism and youth in the Punjab after the 1984 riots.

The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
as Abdullah
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects resu...

Prem Granth
1996
as Baliram
Somen, a rich boy, loves Kajri, a village belle. The lovers get separated and Somen tries to find his lost love.

Talaashi
1996
A special effects expert is framed for a crime he did not commit.

Brothers in Trouble
1995
as Hussein Shah
Amir is an illegal Pakistani immigrant smuggled into England in the 1960's to work, to send money to his family and perhaps even bring them over with ...

Aatank Hi Aatank
1995
as Sharad Joshi
Chased out of their village, a poor farmer, his wife, son and daughter attempt to survive the harsh footpath life of Bombay, when a gangster asks him ...

Tarpan
1995
as Jassu
The film set in the 1940s, in a fictitious village in the Shekhavati region in Rajasthan, where no girl child survives beyond the age of seven. It dea...
Target
1995
A subtle yet violent commentary on feudal lords.

Kartavya
1995
as Ghulam Rasul
Karan and his mother live a happy life and he is soon to be married to Kajal. But on the day of his engagement, he discovers his mother is not his bio...

Zakhmi Sipahi
1995
as Om Chaudhary

Purush
1994
as Gulabrao Jadhav
A woman (Ashwini Bhave) fighting a powerful politician (Om Puri) who has raped her.

Drohkaal
1994
as Abhay Singh
Drohkaal (Times of Betrayal) deals with India's fight against terrorism. The film examines the mental and psychological trauma that honest police offi...

Wolf
1994
as Dr. Vijay Alezais
Aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches his job out from under his nose. But after being bitten by a ...

In Custody
1994
as Deven
Ismail Merchant's feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of extin...

Woh Chokri
1994
Woh Chokri (वह छोकरी) is a Hindi movie starring Pallavi Joshi, Neena Gupta, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri and is directed by Subhankar Ghosh .

Triyacharitra
1994
A daughter of poor parents was engaged to a man when she was 13. The man is away working in Calcutta. In the meanwhile, she befriends a truck-driver w...

Maya Memsaab
1993
as Funeral Attendant
A frustrated housewife whose marriage to an average man does not meet her expectations enters into an affair with a younger man. Of course, there are ...
Patang
1993
as Mathura
Patang (English: The Kite) is a 1993 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Goutam Ghose, starring Shabana Azmi, Shafiq Syed, Om Puri and Robi Ghosh. The...
Ankuram
1993
The story of a woman trying to return the child of a naxalite to him.

Angaar
1992
as Parvez Hussain
Unemployed and branded a trouble-maker, Jaikishan lives a poor lifestyle in a slum-area called Asha Colony, very near Andher's Lokhandwala Complex alo...

City of Joy
1992
as Hazari Pal
Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsi...

Current
1992
as Velu
The Film revolves around life and struggle of Farmer, who has to pay his electricity bill and is tired of dealing with the corrupt systems in bureaucr...

Raat
1992
as Sharji, the Tantrik
The Sharma family re-locate to a semi-urban locality in a house that has a "reputation". The Sharma family consists of Mr. Sharma, his wife Shalini Sh...

Karm Yodha
1992
as Sub Inspector Patwardhan
Sameer returns to his city and witnesses a murder. Later, he and his family are attacked thinking that the dead victim has shared a secret with him.

Dharavi
1991
as Raj Karan Yadav
The film follows a scrappy taxi driver's fortunes as he tries to break out from the clutches of poverty, devising plans and investing all his money in...

Narsimha
1991
as Suraj Narayan Singh 'Baapji'
Narsimha a young and captive man lives a middle-class life with his family in a quiet neighbourhood. He gets his beautiful sister to marry an eligible...

Sam & Me
1991
as Chetan Parikh
23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elder...

Ghayal
1990
as ACP Joe D’Souza
Ajay Mehra leaves for Bombay in order to train to become an international boxer. On his return to New Delhi he however found that his brother Ashok Me...

Disha
1990
Two peasants are ill-prepared for life in the big city after moving from their tiny village to Bombay.

Ilaaka
1989
as Bheema
Ilaaka - has a small little world of its own. A world of dreams and desires love and longings, hatred and hardships. This is Raja who stands at the cr...

Tamas
1988
as Nathu
Set in the backdrop of riot-stricken Pakistan at the time of the partition of India in 1947, the film deals with the plight of emigrant Sikh and Hindu...

Puravrutham
1988
as Raman
An evil landlord sleeps with the brides of the village on the day of their marriage. When a couple tries to protest his sinful act, he decides to take...

Hum Farishte Nahin
1988
as Gopi / Tala Master / Murlidhar
3 escapees from jail help a simple, desperate and cheated man avenge his perpetrator- a notorious smuggler.

Ek Hi Maqsad
1988
Indu and Raj, two lovers, are happy together and go for an outing. However, gangsters attack them and throw Indu down a cliff. Raj thinks Indu is dead...

Marte Dam Tak
1987
as Daulat / D.K.
Life changes for an honest police officer (Raaj Kumar) who's spent his career fighting crime on the right side of the law when he becomes a criminal h...

Mirch Masala
1987
as Chowkidar Abu Miya
Early-1940s, rural British India. When a woman decides to fight against the village's despotic subedar and is supported by the guard of the local spic...

Susman (The Essence)
1987
A story about the "Ikat" handloom weavers of Pochampally through the master weaver Ramulu and his family struggle in time of mass-production.

Genesis
1986
as The weaver
This is a simple, straightforward tale about the rise and fall of human civilization that focuses solely on four characters: a farmer (Naseeruddin Sha...

Long Da Lishkara
1986
as Ditu
True love or family reputation? Which one would you pick? This is the decision that Raja (Raj Babbar) is faced with. Raja comes home after finishing s...
Antaheen
1986
Its about Suresh, an union leader.

New Delhi Times
1986
as Ajay Singh
When a politician is killed, a journalist discovers that a member of parliament had the man assassinated. As his editor digs deeper, the complicity of...

Zamana
1985
as Shyam
Poona-based Satish is a professional photographer and lives with his pregnant wife, Sudha, and son named Vinod. While developing some photographs with...

Debshishu
1985
This powerful and realistic film is a study of poverty, illiteracy, natural calamities and the toll they take on the human soul. the story of a rural ...

Satyajit Ray
1985
as Self
Documentary on director Satyajit Ray, featuring an extensive interview and clips from his films, and location shooting of his film "The Home and the W...

Aghaat
1985
as Madhav Verma
Madhav Verma is an honest and straight-forward union representative at Shivalik Engineering Works. His position and effectiveness is challenged when ...
Nasoor
1985
as Dr Sunil Gupta
Drama starring Om Puri

Paththar
1985
as Resham Singh
Private Resham Singh is employed by the Indian Armed Forces and sent to the battle-front under the command of Major Balwant Rai. They find themselves ...

Duniya
1984
as Vasudev
Framed for a crime he didn't commit, Mohan Kumar loses his wife, son and freedom, then he emerges from prison, vowing revenge.
Raavan
1984
as Samant (Staiton Master)
Bhagwan Shri Indra must assume human form to overthrow the tyrannical Demon King Lord Raavan. VIllagers across India burn effigies in support of thei...

The Crossing
1984
as Ramnaresh
When a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an impoverished couple to escape to Calcut...

Holi
1984
as Principal Pandey
In a typical college in a typical Indian city, the hostel boys Madan Sharma (Aamir Khan) and his friend are a rowdy lot. The teaching staff suffer fro...

Party
1984
as Avinash
Celebrities arrive at an extravagant party in Bombay to honour Divakar for his contributions to arts and cinema. However, gossip, uninvited guests and...
Seepeeyan
1984
as Gokul
A woman plunges into a river after her boyfriend refused to marry her, but is saved by another man of inferior caste whom she marries.

Maati Maangey Khoon
1984
as Durjan Singh
As far as he can remember Harinarain Singh alias Hariya has no knowledge of his birth, parents nor of a family home. During a skirmish with some of Th...

Tarang
1984
as Namdev
Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is openly unscr...

Giddh: The Vulture
1984
as Basya
In a remote village at Karnataka-Maharashtra border in India, the poor residents follow Devdasi tradition according to which young girls are given up ...

Ardh Satya
1983
as Sub-inspector Anant Velankar
A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
1983
as Ahuja
Two zanies open a photography studio. They score a partnership with a gossip magazine that suddenly thrusts them into a world of corruption, murder, a...

Market Place
1983
as Ram Gopal
The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as pressure from greedy land developers and an anti-sex work politician to leave town.

Chokh
1983
as Jadunath
The film is set in during the Emergency period in December 1975. Jadunath a labour union leader, of Jethia Jute Mill in Kolkata has been given death s...
Arohan
1983
as Hari Mondal
Hari Mondal(Om Puri) is a poor village farmer who lives in the remote Bengal village of Giripur in Birbhum district with his wife, two sons, brother, ...

Disco Dancer
1982
as David Brown
Anil, a street singer, is humiliated and driven out of Bombay along with his mother. However, he soon becomes a famous performer but the enemies from ...

Gandhi
1982
as Nahari (uncredited)
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian ...

Vijeta
1982
Vijeta (The Victor) is the coming of age story of Angad (Kunal Kapoor). Confused like any other teenager trying to find himself and caught in between ...
Naseeb Ni Balihari
1982
Naseeb Ni Balihari is a Gujarati movie released in 1982

Chann Pardesee
1981
as Tulsi
Harnek Singh alias Nek (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) is an honest farm worker who works hard for his employer, landlord Jagirdar Joginder Singh (Amrish Puri)...

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai
1981
as Madhu
'Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Ata Hai' revolves around the Pintos and the people connected to them. There's Albert who's pretty much angry at everybody....

Kalyug
1981
as Bhavani Pandey
A tale of intrigue and rivalry between two wealthy brothers as they conspire to create havoc in the other's life.
Shodh
1981
as Surendra
Surendra (Om Puri), having been exiled from his village in youth and established himself in the city, comes back to the news of his father's demise, r...

Bhavni Bhavai
1981
as Maanav Bhagat
In a drought-stricken city in India, the emperor Maharaja Dhiraj Chandrasen, who has two wives, and no children, orders all kinds of rituals to appeas...

The Deliverance
1981
as Dukhi
When a poor and out-caste village tanner goes to village priest to get the date of his daughter's marriage fixed, the priest in turn asks for labor wi...

Sparsh
1980
as Dubey
An independent visually impaired man who runs a school for blind children deals with troubles and triumphs of his profession and finds love when a wit...

Aakrosh
1980
as Lahanya Bhiku
In the 1980s, a lawyer defends a tribal man who is under arrest for killing his own wife. As he proceeds with the case, he learns about the harsh life...
Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin
1979
Film about a wealthy businessman in India.

Shaayad
1979
A doctor comes across his past lover and her ailing husband who is at the last stage of cancer. When the man dies, the doctor is accused of murdering ...

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan
1978
as Rajan
Arvind, a rich businessman's son, dates the office secretary but is engaged to marry someone else. With a complicated family background, he struggles ...

The Role
1977
A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to de...

Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane
1977
The movie explores the cultural problems experienced by an American woman, newly married to an Indian, adjusting to Indian norms and customs. It depic...

Bonga
1976
Kundan Shah's FTII Diploma Film - A 23-minute dialogue-less short about a gang of bank robbers.

Ghashiram Kotwal
1976
as Ghashiram
A stylized version of Vijay Tendulkar’s radical Marathi play chronicling the Peshwa regime in western India, a collective effort of direction and cine...