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Amrish Lal Puri (Hindi: अमरीश पुरी, Urdu: اَمریش پُری, June 22, 1932 – January 12, 2005) was an Indian actor who appeared primarily in Bollywood movies. He has acted as a main or supporting role in over 400 movies. He played character roles and was well-known as a villain. He had a striking bass voice and an outsize acting style that made him a convincing villain in even the most melodramatic movies. He died in Mumbai, of brain hemorrhage.
Personal life
He married Urmila Divekar on the 5th of January, 1957, at the Shri Krishna Temple in Wadala. The couple had two children, son Rajeev Puri and daughter, Namrata Puri. His son Rajeev is a business man . He has two grand children Sachi and Harsh Vardhan. Sachi is a 19 year old aspiring doctor whereas Harsh is a student in Jamnabai Narsee School(Juhu,Mumbai)and a very enthusiastic young man. Amrish was very close to him. His daughter in law, Meena, is a professional physiotherapist. She practices at her Juhu clinic.Amrish had a passion for collecting hats and bought a hat or two on every abroad trip of his.He has a collection of over 200 hats from across the world.Amrish was a very religious person by heart and a Shiv devotee. CareerAmrish Puri worked in Bollywood, Hollywood, Punjabi, Telugu and Tamil films. Though he was successful in all of these industries, he is best known for his work in Bollywood cinema. He has appeared in over four hundred movies. His dominating screen presence & booming voice made him stand out amongst a sea of actors. When Amrish reached Bombay his brother Madan Puri was already an established actor, known for playing villain roles. Amrish failed his first screen test and had to find a job with the Ministry of Labour. He started performing at the Pritvi Theatre, in plays written by Satyadev Dubey. He eventually became well-known as stage actor. [1]
He became a staple of Bollywood films. He went on to play many supporting roles, including his famous role as Baldev Singh in the Indian blockbuster Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995). While he is best known for his work as a villain, he has also played the "good guy" at times. He was a kind-hearted American businessman in Pardes (1997) and a genial grandfather in the film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2000). His last film was Kisna: The Warrior Poet. The film was released a few days after his death. HollywoodHe is known to Western audiences for his roles as Khan in Richard Attenborough's movie Gandhi (1982) and as the main antagonist Mola Ram in the Steven Spielberg movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). PunjabiAmrish Puri starred as the landlord villain in Chann Pardesi (1980). TeluguHe also appeared in Telugu movies such as Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari, Major Chandrakant, Aditya-369, Kondaveeti Donga, Aswamedham, Aakhari Poratam etc. MalayalamHe did his debut in malayalam movie as a rude afghan jailor in Priyadarshan's big project kaalapani (it is a malayalam movie, also dubbed to Hindi and Tamil) TamilHe appeared in the Tamil film Thalapathi, directed by Mani Ratnam, opposite South Indian superstars Rajnikanth and Mammootty. After Thalapathi, Amrish Puri made his second and last appearance in the Rajini film "Baba" in which Amrish Puri played the role of an evil tantrik who helps politicians and other evil elements to succeed in their hideous schemes. The film was a flop with the audience and Amrish Puri's role didn't even gather a mention. Awards
FilmographyAmrish Puri has acted in more than 400 films between 1967 - 2005. Some of them are listed below.
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