Aditya Pancholi's Best Films
by admirbeuty | created - 04 Sep 2021 | updated - 13 Sep 2022 | PublicAditya Pancholi first came into the limelight with the angry young man role of a Thakur in Maha-Sangram (1990). He was critically acclaimed and widely accepted.
Before acting in films, Aditya did approx. 10 video films produced by Hiba films. Hiba was owned by Nari Hira the owner of Stardust Magazine.
He initially gave critically acclaimed performances as a lead actor with films like Kab Tak Chup Rahungi (1988), Qatil (1988), Sailaab (1990), Laal Paree (1991), Naamcheen (1991), Yaad Rakhegi Duniya (1992), and Chor Aur Chand (1993) but failed to find commercial success.
His biggest commercial success as a lead actor and his most well-known performance was in Mahesh Bhatt's Saathi (1991).
In 1985, B.R. Chopra had decided to restart his film Chanakya Chandragupta with Dilip Kumar and Aditya Pancholi. Chopra was earlier making the film with Dilip Kumar , Dharmendra, Praveen Babi. The film was shelved for unknown reasons.
Aditya Pancholi was the first choice to play the lead in Tezaab(1988).N. Chandra had narrated the film to Aditya Pancholi. He loved the film and was ready to sign the film . A week later he learnt that Boney Kapoor played some dirty games and got Anil Kapoor in the film. Aditya never forgave Boney and finally bursted out during the Trimurti controvery.
Starred in the shelved film "Jadoo" (1992). Starring Aditya Pancholi,Pooja Bhatt, Anupam Kher, Directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film was a remake of the Hollywood movie Cocktail.
In 1993 Aditya Pancholi turned Producer with romance action film Chor Aur Chand but despite getting Critical acclaim the film failed and it became his only film as Producer.
His Performances in Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994), Khilona (1996), Jung (1996),Hameshaa (1997) and Millitary Raaj (1998) were critically acclaimed.
He received a Filmfare nomination for the Best Performance in a Negative Role for Yes Boss (1997).
He won the GIF award for Best Performance in a Negative role for Striker (2010)
The highest rated film is Kahan Hai Kanoon 7.7/10 and lowest rated film is Surakshaa 4.1/10.
4 films are rated 7 to 7.9 in IMDb rating.
14 films rated 6 to 6.9 in IMDb rating.
27 films rated 5 to 5.9 in IMDb rating.
6 films rated 4 to 4.9 in IMDb rating.
2 of them not rated.
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1. Sasti Dulhan Mahenga Dulha (1986)
148 min | Drama
Based in Nagpur, India, Radheyshyam has three daughters of marriageable age, but is unable to affor any dowry to even marry off one daughter. To make matters worse, his eldest daughter has ... See full summary »
Director: Bhappi Sonie | Stars: Mahesh Anand, Arun, Beena Banerjee, Raj Bharti
Votes: 18
Debut film of Aditya Pancholi
2. Rolling in Money (1988)
139 min | Comedy
A slum dweller discovers that his grandfather has left a property of 330 billion rupees for him, but he can own it only if he is able to spend 30 billions in 30 days.
Director: Kawal Sharma | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Poonam Dhillon, Mandakini, Aditya Pancholi
Votes: 413
3. Dharamyudh (1988)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Dharamyudh is the story of two friends Thakur Vikram Singh & Pratap Singh who knew well how to be a good friend & a deadly enemy! Pratap's sister Guddi treats Vikram as her own brother. One... See full summary »
Director: Sudarshan Nag | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Shatrughan Sinha, Kimi Katkar, Aditya Pancholi
Votes: 31
4. Kab Tak Chup Rahungi (1988)
138 min | Drama
Geeta goes on a college trip to a scenic village where she meets Gopal a local guide.During the trip Geeta and Gopal spend a lot time together and Gopal develops a liking towards her.Geeta ... See full summary »
Director: T. Prakash Rao | Stars: Aditya Pancholi, Amala Akkineni, Kiran Kumar, Kader Khan
Votes: 20
This movie was Aditya Pancholi's first lead role in Bollywood after giving hits in supporting roles like Maalamaal (1988) & Dayavan (1988).
5. Qatil (I) (1988)
135 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kumar's father is a public prosecutor and a strong advocate of the death penalty. Kumar, who opposes his father's views, decides to teach his father a lesson by implicating himself in a murder case.
Director: Ashok Gaekwad | Stars: Aditya Pancholi, Sangeeta Bijlani, Shakti Kapoor, Kiran Kumar
Votes: 31
The film follows the story of a young law student who challenges the law of death penalty and implicates himself in a murder case of a prostitute to prove that innocent people are given the punishment of death penalty.
6. Mohabat Ka Paigham (1989)
124 min | Family, Drama
Nadeem looses his legs in accident and now his brother Naeem looks after all his business. While away from home, Naeem gets news of Nadeem getting married, and to his shock, he sees his bride as Zeenat who was his love interest.
Directors: Padmini Kapila, Shashilal K. Nair, Padmini | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Raj Babbar, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Aditya Pancholi
Votes: 15
First and Only Film of Aditya Pancholi with 80s top actress Meenakshi Shesadri.
7. Kahan Hai Kanoon (1989)
131 min | Action
Vishal and his new bride Jyoti shift to Bombay for work purposes and they are blissfully happy as they settle into the City of Dreams. But this idyll ends when Jyoti gets raped and murdered... See full summary »
Director: Deepak Balraj Vij | Stars: Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Anand Balraj, Rakesh Bedi, Black Billy
Votes: 13
This was the first film of Aditya Pancholi with Deepak Balraj Vij and the team worked together in 6 films Sailaab (1990), Hafta Bandh (1991), Bomb Blast (1993), Hafta Vasuli (1998) and Aaya Toofan (1999)
8. Lashkar (1989)
176 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Professor Anand lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay along with his wife, son, Raju, and a sister, Barkha, who will soon get married to Police Inspector Sumeet. Anand gets information that ... See full summary »
Directors: Jagdish Kadar, Kader Kashmiri | Stars: Dev Anand, Aditya Pancholi, Sumeet Saigal, Hemant Birje
Votes: 61
The movie was a huge commission earner at the box office and is believed to be one of the last commercial successes of Dev Anand.
It was the First Multi Starrer of Aditya Pancholi.
9. Ladaai (1989)
Action, Crime, Drama
Dindayal lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay along with his wife, Shanti, and is employed with Dinanath. One day while at a reception, Dinanath's associate, Sunderdas, gets killed. Before ... See full summary »
Director: Deepak S. Shivdasani | Stars: Rekha, Mithun Chakraborty, Dimple Kapadia, Aditya Pancholi
Votes: 62
It was the first film of Aditya Pancholi with Mithun da and they went on to work together in a dozen films.
The film was box office success.
10. Sailaab (1990)
Drama, Romance
Krishna is suffering from memory loss and is under the guidance of Dr Sushma. They fall in love and get married, but when Krishna gains his memory he tries to kill Dr Sushma.
Director: Deepak Balraj Vij | Stars: Aditya Pancholi, Madhuri Dixit, Shafi Inamdar, Sahila Chaddha
Votes: 216
First and Only Film of Aditya Pancholi with 90s top actress Madhuri Dixit.
11. Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990)
Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A father and son are conning the whole city of Bombay.
Director: Aziz Sejawal | Stars: Govardhan Asrani, Gulshan Grover, Jamuna, Shakti Kapoor
Votes: 366
It was the 2nd Comedy film of Aditya Pancholi.
It was the 8th highest grossing Indian film of 1990.
The film was remade in Kannada as Kalla Malla.
12. Pyaar Ka Toofan (1990)
Action, Romance
Shyamu and Pinky are inseparable childhood sweethearts, however, Pinky's dad Thakur Pratap Singh does not want her to be friendly with Shyamu as he is poor, and asks her not to see Shyamu ... See full summary »
Director: S.M. Iqbal | Stars: Aditya Pancholi, Vijayata Pandit, Gulshan Grover, Aruna Irani
Votes: 7
13. Maha-Sangram (1990)
159 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Uttar Pradesh-based Vishal gets a telegram from Santa Cruz Police Station that his younger collegian brother, Arjun, is dead. Distraught he travels to Bombay, collects his brothers ashes, ... See full summary »
Director: Mukul Anand | Stars: Vinod Khanna, Madhuri Dixit, Govinda, Shaheen
Votes: 188
The film is best known for bringing Aditya Pancholi into the limelight as it was his show-stealing performance and his first commercial success in Bollywood.
His performance as the angry villain Thakur was critically acclaimed and widely accepted, thus becoming the main reason of the movie's success.
14. Gunahon Ka Devta (1990)
149 min | Action
Baldev Raj Sharma is a honest and diligent Police Inspector who lives in a city in India with his wife, and a son named Suraj. He is informed that due to his meritorious service, he will ... See full summary »
Director: Kawal Sharma | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Sangeeta Bijlani, Aditya Pancholi, Sujata Mehta
Votes: 25
Divya Bharati was offered this movie opposite Aditya Pancholi but her parents didn't permit her because they thought that she is very small in age to perform in this film
15. Zakhmi Zameen (1990)
Musical, Action, Drama
Wealthy and aristocratic Thakur Pratap Singh lives in a palatial mansion, and has a dream of building a dream house, similar to the Taj Mahal, with the help of his Architect brother. In ... See full summary »
Director: Mahendra Shah | Stars: Aditya Pancholi, Jaya Prada, Mona Ambegaonkar, Annu Kapoor
Votes: 26
Aditya Pancholi's first double role.
First and Only Film of Aditya Pancholi opposite 80s top actress Jaya Prada.
16. Laal Paree (1991)
Fantasy
Shankar falls in love with a girl, unaware of that she is a mermaid. Dr Jacob discovers this and tries every possible way to expose her, not knowing that she will encounter danger.
Director: Hannif Chippa | Stars: Aditya Pancholi, Jaaved Jaaferi, Janhavi, Sohani
Votes: 23
Shankar falls in love with a girl, unaware of that she is a mermaid. Dr Jacob discovers this and tries every possible way to expose her, not knowing that she will encounter danger.
It is an unusual Love Story.
17. Naamcheen (1991)
129 min | Crime, Drama
Rajan is an educated man living with his middle class family but being well educated does not want to work for small sum and dreams big.He joins his friend Satya who extorts money for ... See full summary »
Director: Ajit Dewani | Stars: Bhanu, Birbal, Daya Dongre, Gulshan Grover
Votes: 16
Based on Mumbai underworld gangster Chhota Rajan.
Another award winning Performance by Aditya Pancholi after Saathi and Mahasangram as Angry Young Man.
18. Saathi (1991)
175 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Suraj and Aman are best friends who would die for each other.Suraj's father is brutally killed by a cop for stealing a bread to feed him.Suraj and Aman then take the life of crime to con ... See full summary »
Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Aditya Pancholi, Mohsin Khan, Varsha Usgaonkar, Paresh Rawal
Votes: 232
This is Aditya Pancholi's biggest hit as a lead actor and established him in Bollywood.
He gave an Award winning performance but did not even receive a nomination.
19. Yaad Rakhegi Duniya (1992)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Romance
A terminally ill and depressed young man falls in love with a mischievous young woman who, it turns out, is also suffering from a fatal disease.
Director: Deepak Anand | Stars: Aditya Pancholi, Rukhsar Rehman, Tinnu Anand, Vikas Anand
Votes: 129
It is a remake of the Telugu blockbuster Geethanjali, directed by Mani Ratnam.
One of the finest Performance of Aditya Pancholi with some melodious song
20. Shiv Ram (1991)
Action, Crime, Drama
Inspector Shiv resigns from police force when a bullet gets stuck in his head removing which could lead to his death but manages to teach the culprits a lesson by fighting from the other side of the law.
Director: Jagdish A. Sharma | Stars: Jeetendra, Aditya Pancholi, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Sangeeta Bijlani
Votes: 27
21. Vishnu-Devaa (1991)
Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Young Vishnu and his younger brother live with their hardworking dad, a farmer, and mom a devoted housewife. Their lives are shattered when the land-owner, Thakur Shamsher Singh kills their dad, and brutally rapes and kills their mom.
Director: K. Pappu | Stars: Sunny Deol, Aditya Pancholi, Neelam Kothari, Sangeeta Bijlani
Votes: 90
22. Tahalka (1992)
Not Rated | 168 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
While on a yacht trip along with this daughter, Dolly, Indian army Major Krishna Rao, observes a girl in distress and goes to rescue her. He ends up rescuing dozens of girls, who have been ... See full summary »
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Mukesh Khanna, Aditya Pancholi
Votes: 381
The film was the fifth highest grosser of 1992 and was declared a semi-hit by Box Office India.
This film was loosely based on Hollywood action adventure films The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare.
23. Bomb Blast (1993)
153 min | Action, Thriller
Jai Kishen decides to join police force and marry Naina against his parents wishes. On the other side MLA Sadakhare along with Pandey brothers hires Sikander Supari and plan a bomb blast .But will Jai be able to solve the case ?
Director: Deepak Balraj Vij | Stars: Ronit Roy, Aditya Pancholi, Kishori Shahane, Anand Balraj
Votes: 33
It was a good performance and 2nd negative performance after Mahasangram
24. Tahqiqaat (1993)
139 min | Crime, Mystery
Villagers are shocked by the sudden death of Mary. Father Prem Fernandes gets legal permission to conduct a postmortem on Mary's body by removing it from her grave.
Director: A. Jagannathan | Stars: Mahesh Anand, Sulabha Arya, Laxmikant Berde, Sangeeta Bijlani
Votes: 49
The film is a remake of the Malayalam movie Post Mortem (1982) which was remade in Tamil as Vellai Roja (1983), in Telugu as S.P. Bhayankar (1984) and in Kannada as Dharmathma (1988).
It was only Hindi film directed by A. Jagannathan.
25. Chor Aur Chand (1993)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Reema lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed businessman dad, Dinkar, and her grandma. Her dad wants her to marry Vicky, but she dislikes him. On the day of the marriage, while fully ... See full summary »
Director: Pavan Kaul | Stars: Aditya Pancholi, Pooja Bhatt, Aruna Irani, Alok Nath
Votes: 65
First and Last Film of Aditya Pancholi as Producer.
It is a love story with the backdrop of drugs and its effect on the youth of the nation.
26. Game (I) (1993)
Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A chess champion becomes an underworld don.
Director: Anil Mattoo | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Aditya Pancholi, Rahul Roy, Sangeeta Bijlani
Votes: 68
27. Muqabla (1993)
162 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Suraj and Deepak live a poor lifestyle in a village along with their widowed father, who has always taught them to be honest. Both re-locate to the city and find employment with the Police ... See full summary »
Director: Rama Rao Tatineni | Stars: Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Farha Naaz, Aditya Pancholi
Votes: 309
28. Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994)
155 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Baba turns to crime to support his brother, Avinash. However, Baba keeps him distant from the underworld nexus, but problems escalate when Avinash becomes a cop and is assigned to arrest his own brother.
Director: Sanjay Gupta | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Aditya Pancholi, Raveena Tandon, Karisma Kapoor
Votes: 860
Aatish is remake of Hong Kong movie A better tomorrow (1986)
Debut film of Sanjay Gupta as director.
Aditya Pancholi once again proved that given the author backed role he can overshadow the main lead with his intense performance.
29. Ram Shastra (1995)
Action, Drama
Ram Sinha doesn't know that he can re-write his destiny by joining the police force, and at the same time make an enemy with a criminal don named Dhonga the Great. Dhonga swears to avenge ... See full summary »
Director: Sanjay Gupta | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Deepti Bhatnagar, Aditya Pancholi
Votes: 105
The film's theme is inspired from the 1990 American film Hard To Kill and had earlier been remade in 1994 as Cheetah
30. Ravan Raaj: A True Story (1995)
153 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In Bombay a series of kidnapping takes place and many young women go missing. The police force is also not doing much to stop this until Arjun Verma is assigned to the case.During the ... See full summary »
Director: Rama Rao Tatineni | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Madhoo, Aditya Pancholi, Paresh Rawal
Votes: 149
After shifting Ooty, it was Last main-stream film of Mithun Chakraborty as a lead actor which was box office Super hit.
The film is a remake of the Tamil blockbuster Pulan Visaranai, starring Vijayakanth.
31. Surakshaa (1995)
Not Rated | 148 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The diamond ring worn by Kiran catches the attention of two rival outlaws, Jagtap and Dhanraj. Dhanraj dispatches his two men Kiran's Uncle Laxman Singh and Vikram Singh while Jagtap hires ... See full summary »
Directors: Anand, Raju Mavani | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Aditya Pancholi, Suniel Shetty, Sheeba Agarwal
Votes: 238
It is 3rd Comedy film of Aditya Pancholi after Maalamaal (1988) and Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990)
32. Gambler (1995)
Not Rated | 169 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Police Inspector Dayashanker Pandey is a slacker who wants a risk-free life; he's quite comfortable sharing tall tales and a desk job. But fate has other plans: whenever he goes outside, he... See full summary »
Director: Dayal Nihalani | Stars: Govinda, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Aditya Pancholi, Gulshan Grover
Votes: 426
33. Khilona (I) (1996)
136 min | Drama, Romance
After being double crossed by his boss Dabla, Rajkumar takes revenge on him and becomes the ruling Don of the city. His arch enemy, Ronny, carries out several attacks towards him but fails ... See full summary »
Director: Deepak Pawar | Stars: Aditya Pancholi, Shakti Kapoor, Mohan Joshi, Monica Bedi
Votes: 49
It was a bad luck that the film flopped but it was a first rate performance of Aditya Pancholi.
34. Jung (1996)
Not Rated | 146 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jung tells the story of Arjun (Mithun Chakraborty), an honest and passionate police officer who finds himself clashing with his younger brother Ajay (Ajay Devgan), an equally passionate ... See full summary »
Director: Rama Rao Tatineni | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Ajay Devgn, Rambha, Vani Viswanath
Votes: 296
The third angle of the film is the double role portrayed by Aditya Pancholi, one negative and the other positive.
35. Zordaar (1996)
Action
Fox,Devil and Jackal work for a terrorist organization and spread hatred in the country leading to destruction.Ravi a dancer lives with his blind mother in city and works for police and ... See full summary »
Director: Ajay Kashyap | Stars: Mahesh Anand, Vikas Anand, Abhi Bhattacharya, Chhaya
Votes: 35
36. Yes Boss (1997)
163 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Rahul Joshi wants to be a successful businessman so he works hard for his boss Siddharth. One day Rahul meets Seema, an up and coming model, and he feels like he's finally met his match. Will Seema fall for Rahul?
Director: Aziz Mirza | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Aditya Pancholi, Kashmira Shah
Votes: 13,954
Yes Boss received seven nominations at the 43rd Filmfare Awards including Best Actor for Khan and Best Actress for Chawla.
Pancholi was nominated under the Best Villain category as well.
37. Hameshaa (1997)
141 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Two close friends, Yash and Raja, share a passion for cars and beautiful women. Both come from different backgrounds, while Yash is wealthy, Raja comes from a poor family. Raja meets with ... See full summary »
Director: Sanjay Gupta | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Kajol, Aditya Pancholi, Aruna Irani
Votes: 721
The film explores reincarnation and marks Sanjay Gupta's third collaboration with Aditya Pancholi.
38. Gundagardi (1997)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama
Gunda Gardi is the story of a white collar criminal kalicharan (Raj Babbar) who has terrorised the whole city and is referred to as Mafia Don. He Has two lieutenants activites. One Narsinha... See full summary »
Director: V. Sai Prasad | Stars: Dharmendra, Raj Babbar, Ayub Khan, Simran
Votes: 21
39. Millitary Raaj (1998)
Action
An army major is transferred to a training camp after being blamed by the police for doing their job. However, when the law and order worsens, the police ask him to take over the nation's security.
Director: Sanjay Sharma | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Prem Chopra, Siddharth Dhawan, Irfan Kamal
Votes: 66
Both Mithun da and Aditya Pancholi had no actress as in the usual commercial film and it was a different.
40. Hafta Vasuli (1998)
Not Rated | 140 min | Action
Lotiram Khabadia is an MLA based in Bombay, who is corrupt, and involved in all kinds of criminal activities. He has close links with another gangster cum wrestler, Tamancha. As elections ... See full summary »
Director: Deepak Balraj Vij | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Aditya Pancholi, Ayub Khan, Madhoo
Votes: 31
It was the 5th film of Aditya Pancholi with Deepak Balraj Vij
41. Zanjeer (1998)
Action
Director: Siba Mishra | Stars: Manik Bedi, Monica Bedi, Shakti Kapoor, Satish Kaul
Votes: 22
42. Aaya Toofan (1999)
Not Rated | 111 min | Action
The disputed area between the borders of India and Pakistan is the scene of heavy terrorist activity, as they intent to intensify their agitation to put pressure on the Indian Government to... See full summary »
Director: Deepak Balraj Vij | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Aditya Pancholi, Gulshan Grover, Hemant Birje
Votes: 42
It was an underrated film and performance. It was the last film of Aditya Pancholi with Deepak Balraj Vij combination.
43. Bhai No 1 (2000)
130 min | Action
Director: Deepak Anand | Stars: Aditya Pancholi, Farha Naaz, Bunty Anand, Ranjeet Bedi
It was the last lead role.
44. Tarkieb (2000)
Not Rated | 156 min | Mystery, Thriller