Om Puri

Om Puri
Puri at 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Om Prakash Puri

(1950-10-18)18 October 1950
Ambala, Punjab, India
Died6 January 2017(2017-01-06) (aged 66)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma materFilm and Television Institute of India
National School of Drama
OccupationActor
Years active1972–2017
Spouses
Seema Kapoor
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(m. 1991; div. 1991)​
Nandita Puri
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(m. 1993)​
Children1
Honours• Padma Shri (1990)
• Order of British Empire (2004)

Om Prakash Puri, (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Marathi films, as well as independent and art films and also starred in several international cinema. He is widely regarded as one of the finest actors in world cinema.[1][2] He won two National Film Awards for Best Actor, two Filmfare Awards and India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in 1990. In 2004, he was made an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[3][4]

He is best known for his author-backed roles in films like Aakrosh (1980), Arohan (1982), Ardh Satya (1983), television films like Sadgati (1981) and Tamas (1987), light-hearted roles in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), Chachi 420 (1997), Hera Pheri (2000), Chup Chup Ke (2006) and Dhol (2007) and several mainstream commercial films throughout his career. He had various collaborations with director Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani.[5] Puri also appeared in non-Indian productions in the United States, Pakistan[6] and Britain.[7] In the 1990s, he appeared in My Son the Fanatic (1997) and the comedy drama East Is East (1999), receiving a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.[8]

  1. ^ Najar, Nida (10 January 2017). "Om Puri, a Film Actor Who Rose with the Indian New Wave, Dies at 66". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Om Puri, the actor par excellence who ruled both art and commercial cinema". ThePrint. 18 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Indian actor Om Puri awarded OBE". British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 July 2004. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  4. ^ Wigmore, Richard (15 May 2009). Persson, Miah. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.2079344.
  5. ^ Gulzar, Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Publisher Popular Prakashan. p. 606. ISBN 978-8179910665. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  6. ^ Qureshi, Nabeel (9 September 2016), Actor in Law (Comedy, Drama, Romance), Filmwala Pictures, retrieved 6 September 2022
  7. ^ Kumar, Anuj (10 April 2014). "Blast from the past - Aakrosh (1980)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Bafta nominations in full". BBC. 1 March 2000. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.