List of the best Om Puri movies: East Is East(1999), My Son the Fanatic(1998), West Is West(2010), Dhol(2007), Ghayal Once Again(2016), The King of Bollywood(2004), Actor in Law(2016), The Hundred-Foot Journey(2014), Dev(2004), Solar Eclipse: Depth of Darkness(2018), Such a Long Journey(1998), Delhi-6(2009) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1999
96 Minutes
George Khan
Om Puri Linda Bassett Jordan Routledge Archie Panjabi Emil Marwa Chris Bisson Jimi Mistry Raji James Ian Aspinall Lesley Nicol Gary Damer
father wife son daughter friend charming amusing london family home father/son relationship family dysfunction arranged marriage racism teenage rebellion growing up rivalry 1970s
In early 1970s England, a Pakistani father finds the authority he has previously maintained challenged by his increasingly Anglicized children.
Romance
UK|France
1998
87 Minutes
Parvez
Om Puri Rachel Griffiths Stellan Skarsgård Akbar Kurtha Gopi Desai Harish Patel Sarah Jane Potts Bhasker Patel Judi Jones Geoffrey Bateman Bernard Wrigley
cab driver son prostitute islamic fundamentalist police chief businessman cheeky dark tender cab household restaurant basement religion race relations father/son relationship cross-cultural romance interracial conflict forbidden love underdog
Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2010
103 Minutes
George Khan
Om Puri Linda Bassett Robert Pugh Thomas Russell Jimi Mistry Aqib Khan Vanessa Hehir Lesley Nicol
troubled youth family headmaster hippie amusing charming emotional lighthearted positive northern england shop family home pakistan village school cultural differences cultural assimilation growing up adventure discovery
An immigrant father decides to take his truant son back to the old country.
Comedy
India
2007
149 Minutes
Om Puri Tusshar Kapoor Rajpal Yadav Arbaaz Khan Kunal Kemmu Sharman Sharman Joshi Tanushree Dutta Sunil Shetty
young man best friend roommate brother-in-law wealthy girl neighbor amusing charming hysterical hilarious lighthearted madcap india city house bank neighborhood cheating lying marriage proposal
Four lazy friends try to woo a rich girl, in order to live a wealthy lifestyle. Their plan, however goes horribly wrong after they get embroiled with a notorious criminal.
Action, Drama
India
2016
129 Minutes
ACP Joe D'Souza
Om Puri Sunny Deol Tisca Chopra Soha Ali Khan Diana Khan Aachal Munjal Nadira Babbar Ruhanika Dhawan
journalist murderer detective daughter enemy airy gutsy suspenseful cool india fight for justice journalism undercover operations rescue revenge adventure discovery pursuit underdog 2010s
When a video of his mentor's murder surfaces, an investigative journalist takes action to find those responsible.
Comedy
India
2004
95 Minutes
Om Puri Sophie Dahl Kavita Kapoor Diwakar Pundir Manoj Pahwa Murli Sharma
London-based Crystal Chaurasia convinces the International Film Commission to authorize a documentary on Bollywood's yesteryear mega-actor, Karan Kumar. She travels with her photographer, ... See full summary »
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Pakistan
2016
118 Minutes
Rafaqat Mirza
Fahad Mustafa Om Puri Mehwish Hayat Alyy Khan Rehan Sheikh Talat Hussain Saleem Mairaj Lubna Aslam
Estranged from his attorney father, an aspiring actor poses as a lawyer who becomes a celebrity for taking on difficult cases.
Comedy, Drama
USA|India|United Arab Emirates
2014
122 Minutes
Helen Mirren Om Puri Manish Dayal Charlotte Le Bon Amit Shah Farzana Dua Elahe Dillon Mitra Aria Pandya Michel Blanc Clément Sibony Vincent Elbaz
ingénue chef indian proprieter frenchwoman family member charming creative cool emotional heartwarming kitchen restaurant house india france yard talent cooking indian life
The Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory's Michelin-starred eatery.
Drama
2004
167 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Om Puri Fardeen Khan Kareena Kapoor Amrish Puri Rati Agnihotri Milind Gunaji Ehsaan Khan Amruta Subhash Pramod Moutho Masood Akhtar
A young Muslim (Fardeen Khan) seeks vengeance against a lawman (Amitabh Bachchan) after his father dies during a police crackdown.
Drama
2018
131 Minutes
T.G.
Pankaj Sehgal Pankaj Sehgal Om Puri Stephen Lang Luke Pasqualino Vinnie Jones Bobbie Phillips Nassar Jesus Sans
Three police officers in different parts of India obtain intelligence about a plot in which right-wing nationalists intend to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi.
Drama
UK|Canada
1998
112 Minutes
Ghulam
Roshan Seth Soni Razdan Om Puri Naseeruddin Shah Ranjit Chowdhry Sam Dastor Kurush Deboo Pearl Padamsee Vrajesh Hirjee Shazneen Damania Kurush Dastur
husband wife father son daughter artist engaging uplifting india neighborhood household indian independence movement religion family struggle life lessons war transformation quest 1970s
Circa 1971, Gustad Noble lives in a one bedroom hall rented apartment in Byculla, Bombay. He travels to work everyday by Central Railway to Victoria Terminus and walks to Flora Fountain to ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
India
2009
141 Minutes
Madan Gopal Sharma
Abhishek Bachchan Sonam Kapoor Om Puri Rishi Kapoor Waheeda Rehman Divya Dutta Prem Chopra Atul Kulkarni
american grandmother neighbor brother money lender sister emotional passionate delhi, india house road mosque roof religious persecution love triangle riots illness self-discovery feud transformation
In the ancient walled city of Delhi, an American-born Indian finds himself on an unexpected inner journey as he learns about himself and his roots.
Romance
India
2012
130 Minutes
Chaudhari
Riteish Deshmukh Genelia D'Souza Om Puri Tinnu Anand Smita Jaykar
young man young woman father mother bride groom hilarious lighthearted hysterical madcap engaging emotional india village house mansion bungalow abduction forced marriage love-hate relationship
Mini isn't eager to wed the rich suitor who's been chosen for her, so she stages her own kidnapping and runs off with a man who works for her father.
Romance, Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Australia|India
2008
138 Minutes
Rangeela
Akshay Kumar Katrina Kaif Om Puri Kiron Kher Ranvir Shorey Javed Jaffrey Neha Dhupia Yashpal Sharma
mafia boss associate villager village idiot love interest criminologist amusing brash cheeky madcap spirited thrilling india egypt mix-up underworld banishment misunderstanding redemption romance
A comic caper about Happy Singh, a Punjabi villager who goes through a series of misadventures and eventually becomes the King of the Australian underworld.
War, Drama
India
2004
185 Minutes
Subedar Maj. Pritam Singh
Amitabh Bachchan Hrithik Roshan Preity Zinta Om Puri Sharad S. Kapoor Raj Zutshi Sushant Singh Prashant Chainani Aditya Srivastava Abir Goswami Parmeet Sethi
young man soldier young woman patriotic passionate brooding intense melodramatic suspenseful india military academy military base military war fighting love discovery adventure metamorphosis fall
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
War, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
India
2017
150 Minutes
Rana Daggubati Kay Kay Menon Atul Kulkarni Om Puri Nassar Rahul Singh Milind Gunaji Tapsee Pannu Satyadev Kancharana Bharath Reddy Kunal Kaushik
indian pakistani navy pilot ship captain indian agent refugee inspiring intense gripping patriotic passionate spirited house naval base ship submarine patriotism mission conspiracy danger
A Pakistani submarine, Ghazi plans to secretly attack Vizag port. For doing so, it has to get past Indian submarine S21.
Action
India
2012
174 Minutes
Commissioner Gaitonde.
Hrithik Roshan Rishi Kapoor Sanjay Dutt Om Puri Priyanka Chopra Zarina Wahab Chetan Pandit Arish Bhiwandiwala Inaamulhaq Rajesh Tandon Madhurjeet Sarghi
young man young woman mother sister villain criminal gripping intense powerful engaging emotional disheartening india village city town house police station death of father family relationships
A young boy's father is lynched before his eyes; fifteen years later he returns home for revenge.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
India
2009
155 Minutes
Salman Khan Ayesha Takia Vinod Khanna Om Puri Mahesh Manjrekar Sayaji Shinde Asseem Merchant Manoj Pahwa
gangster inspector love interest young woman older man suspenseful amusing emotional mumbai, india hideout household gangs police corruption love triangle kidnapping relationships violence revenge rivalry forbidden love
Radhe is a ruthless gangster who will kill anyone for money. He is attracted towards Jhanvi, a middle class girl, who does not approve of his work and wants him to change.
Comedy
UK
2001
93 Minutes
George
Steve Coogan Lena Headey Stephen Dillane Om Puri Steven Waddington Ben Miller Jenny Agutter Emma Williams Omar Sharif Justin Burrows Clive Kneller
A failed parole officer framed for murder must enlist the help of his former clients to clear his name.
Musical, Comedy, Drama
India
2009
137 Minutes
Daamchand
Irrfan Khan Lara Dutta Shah Rukh Khan Om Puri Rajpal Yadav Asrani Manoj Joshi Kareena Kapoor Priyanka Chopra Deepika Padukone Rasika Joshi
barber wife child movie star businessman friend emotional spirited india barbershop school village house unlikely friendship fame poverty family village life deception discovery
In an Indian village, a struggling barber sees his luck begin to turn when residents learn that a famous actor he once knew is coming to town.
Romance
India
2014
132 Minutes
Dilip Singh
Neeru Bajwa Gugu Gill Gurpreet Ghuggi Om Puri Jimmy Sheirgill
A romantic comedy set in the lush fields of Punjab and the beautiful city of Chandigarh - Aa Gaye Munde U.K. De is a sequel to the earlier blockbuster Munde U.K. De also Directed by the Doyen of Punjabi cinema - Manmohan Singh.
Comedy
India
2008
162 Minutes
Madhav Mathur
Paresh Rawal Akshaye Khanna Genelia D'Souza Om Puri Archana Puran Singh Rajpal Yadav
A son reunites his widowed father to the long lost lover of the latter and urges him to marry.
Sci-Fi, Romance, Action, Adventure
Belgium|India|Australia
2014
105 Minutes
Josh Hartnett Alice Englert Tamsin Egerton Om Puri Claire van der Boom Bipasha Basu Tehmina Sunny Andrea Deck
An epic, sweeping and riveting tale of an impossible love set across two time periods and continents.
Biography, Drama
India
2020
132 Minutes
General Kayani
Reem Shaikh Divya Dutta Atul Kulkarni Om Puri Abhimanyu Singh Arif Zakaria Mukesh Rishi Kamlesh Gill Sharib Hashmi Chandra Shekhar Dutta
Gul Makai' accounts the courageous journey and struggle of Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai, from her humble upbringing in the Swat Valley to her becoming the champion for free education to all.
Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
2012
125 Minutes
Hanif Bhai
Paresh Rawal Akshay Kumar Mithun Chakraborty Om Puri Poonam Jhawer Honey Chaaya Murli Mishra Sharma Govind Namdeo
middle-aged man husband wife son daughter god gripping engaging inspiring powerful spirited india city house office courtroom atheism devotion god god's word
A merchant (Paresh Rawal) decides to sue God after his antique shop is destroyed in an earthquake and the insurance company denies his claim.
Drama
1997
152 Minutes
Rambaran Manto
Madhuri Dixit Shabana Azmi Ayub Khan Om Puri Shilpa Shirodkar Mohan Joshi Mohan Agashe Harish Patel
contractor politician older brother younger brother emotional moving heartwarming sad solemn india village house brotherhood brother relationship political corruption political coup corruption fall love sacrifice
Action, Crime, Drama
India|Germany
2011
145 Minutes
CBI Officer Vishal Malik
Shah Rukh Khan Priyanka Chopra Boman Irani Lara Dutta Om Puri Florian Lukas Kunal Kapoor Wolfgang Stegemann Senta Dorothea Kirschner
don criminal crime boss suspenseful berlin underworld greed power money pursuit
Don turns himself in and escapes with Vardhaan from prison, following which he recruits a team to steal currency printing plates from a bank in Berlin.
Drama
USA|UK|Qatar
2012
128 Minutes
Abu
Riz Ahmed Liev Schreiber Kate Hudson Kiefer Sutherland Om Puri Shabana Azmi Haluk Bilginer Martin Donovan Nelsan Ellis Adil Hussain Christopher Nicholas Smith
fundamentalist professor pakistani emotional engaging new york wall street life story middle class chases transformation underdog future
A young Pakistani man is chasing corporate success on Wall Street. He finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family's homeland.
Drama, History
UK|India|Sweden
2017
105 Minutes
Ali Rahim Noor
Hugh Bonneville Gillian Anderson Manish Dayal Huma Qureshi Om Puri Denzil Smith Neeraj Kabi Michael Gambon Simon Callow Lily Travers Jaz Deol
lord viceroy wife daughter servant staff member moving emotional profound patriotic rousing inspiring india palace town street indian culture indian history indian independence movement british culture
The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2007
112 Minutes
Junaid
Naseeruddin Shah Greta Scacchi Brian Cox Stephen Greif Om Puri Gulshan Grover Sadie Frost Mikaal Zulfikar
muslim police captain man wife colleague suspenseful intense thrilling gory raw london scotland yard police station investigation islam suicide bombing danger adventure discovery rise
A Lahore-born London Police Commander deals with personal issues and investigates the shooting death of a fellow-Muslim.
Romance, Action, Drama
2016
130 Minutes
Harshvardhan Kapoor Saiyami Kher Anuj Choudhry Art Malik Om Puri K.K. Raina
young man young woman princess prince childhood sweetheart gripping intense powerful inspiring house bungalow forest star-crossed lovers forced marriage love quest pursuit 2010s
Star-crossed lovers (Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher) grapple with forces that try to keep them apart.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller
India
2009
161 Minutes
Bhaijaan
Saif Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor Vivek Oberoi Diya Mirza Kiron Kher Om Puri
A woman finds that her neighbors are terrorists, and her husband is not who he claims to be.
Comedy
India
2007
144 Minutes
Shahid Kapoor Ayesha Takia Sunny Deol Jackie Shroff Paresh Rawal Om Puri Vijay Raaz Razak Khan Johnny Lever Sunil Shetty
thief girlfriend uncle gangster misfit amusing unrestrained suspenseful rousing melodramatic hedonistic dubai diamond heist kidnapping pursuit 2000s
A bunch of misfits and gangsters embarks on a journey to find a lost and stolen diamond.
Comedy
2013
124 Minutes
Gippy Grewal Gurpreet Ghuggi Ragini Khanna B.N. Sharma Karamjit Anmol Om Puri Avtar Gill Harbhajan Singh
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 knows his secret arrives looking to fall in love.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany
2007
102 Minutes
President Zia
Tom Hanks Julia Roberts Philip Seymour Hoffman Amy Adams Ned Beatty Emily Blunt Om Puri Ken Stott John Slattery Denis O'Hare Judy Tylor
charlie wilson socialite cia agent military officer powerful amusing hedonistic texas afghanistan cold war scandal military historical events terrorism quest 1980s
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Comedy
India
1999
153 Minutes
Dilip Chaudhary (Shivani's father)
Sanjay Dutt Manisha Koirala Urmila Matondkar Paresh Rawal Anjan Srivastav Farida Jalal Om Puri Johnny Lever Sophia Haque
Con-man and thief Sanju donates his loot and money to orphanages; his life changes when he crosses path with a notorious gangster, Jogia Seth who ended up owing him huge amount of money. In... See full summary »
Comedy, Action, Adventure, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
Maulana Sahab
Salman Khan Kareena Kapoor Nawazuddin Siddiqui Harshaali Malhotra Najeem Khan Ali Quli Mirza Deepti Naval Om Puri
man mute person girl parent father daughter emotional endearing gripping uplifting india village pakistan train border lost returning home religious beliefs helping others adventure
An Indian man with a magnanimous heart takes a young mute Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family.
Action, Crime, Drama
2006
171 Minutes
Vishal Malik
Shah Rukh Khan Priyanka Chopra Isha Koppikar Arjun Rampal Boman Irani Kareena Kapoor Chunky Pandey Om Puri Sushma Reddy
mobster crime boss young man officer ex-convict girlfriend thrilling dark tense india headquarters mistaken identity crime mob murder chase pursuit revenge 2000s
A look-alike (Shah Rukh Khan) who, secretly, has replaced the head of a criminal empire finds his life in danger after the cop who was protecting him dies.
Sci-Fi, Romance
India
2010
131 Minutes
Rai Bahadur Dhyanchand
Akshay Kumar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Aditya Roy Kapoor Neha Dhupia Randhir Kapoor Rannvijay Singh Alok Kumar Sudeepa Singh Om Puri Rajpal Yadav
A young man tries to revive his parents' wilting marriage by traveling to the 1970s when their romance was budding and make it bloom: something more complex than he expects.