Amrish Puri - Bollywood Actor Negative Roles
Amrish lal puri was a bollywood actor
Amrish lal puri was a bollywood actor. He had acted in more than 400 films. He was and still is popular for his negative roles. He is most remembered for his role as mogambo in the film mr. india (1987). He was also involved in the indian theatre movement that took place in the 1960.
Amrish puri was born on 22 june 1932 in nawanshahr, punjab to lala nihal chand and ved kaur. Later he moved to shimla. He graduated from b.m college, himachal pradesh.
He came to mumbai to pursue a career in bollywood, but failed in his first screen test and found a job with life insurance corporation of india. He performed at prithvi theatre, which soon led to work in television ads and eventually to films. His first film came at the age of 40.
In, kala pani (1996) Amrish puri played the role of mirza khan. this film starred mohan lal, tabu and prabhu. In the film sat sri akal (1997) Amrish puri played the role of the villain zalam singh. In the film chann pardesi (1980) Amrish puri acted as a landlord villain joginder singh.
In 2002 he returned to punjab cinema after a period of twenty years and acted in the film shaheed udam singh. in, shaheed uddham singh: alais ram mohammad singh azad (2002), he played the role of a sufi saint. This film starred raj babbar, gurdas mann and shatrugan sinha.
In the film, poratam aakhari (1988), he played the role of anantananda swami. This film starred sridevi, nagarjuna akkineni and satyanarayana kaikala. In the film jagadeka veerudu athiloka sundari (1990), he played the role of mahadrashta. This film also had actors like chiranjeevi and sridevi.
In the film major chandrakant, he played a small role. this film had actor n.t. rama rao. in the film aditya369 (1991) he played a high profile thief raja verma. This film also had actors like tinnu anand, mohini and nandamuri balkrishnan.
In the film kondaveeti donga, he played the role of gadra. This film starred chiranjeevi, vijayshanti and radha among other actors. In the film ashwamedham (1992), he played a small role. This film starred balakrishna, shobhan babu and meena.
Amrish puri was seen in the film thalapathi (1991), as kalivardhan. This film also starred actors like rajnikant, mamoothy and shobana. He was also seen in the film baba (2002) as an evil tantric. this film also starred actors like rajnikant and manisha koirala.
Amrish puri starred in the black and white film kaadu (1973) in which he acted as chandre gawda. this film also included actors like lokesh, nandani and g.s. nataraj. Amrish puri acted in films like gandhi (1982) in which he played the role of khan.
He also acted in the film inidana jones and the temple of doom (1984). He played the role of mola ram in this film and had to shave his head for the look. He maintained the look later also as he like it. Helloo india (2010) is an upcoming film which includes Amrish puri in a small role. this film also starred akshay kumar, sunil shetty, udita goswami and malaika arora.
In 1968, Amrish puri won the maharashtra state drama competition and in 1979 he won the sangeet natak akademi award for theatre. in 1986, Amrish puri won the filmfare best supporting actor award, for the film meri jung (1985).
He won the best actor award at the sydney film festival, for the film suraj ka satvan ghoda (1993) in 1994 and the best actor award for the same film at the singapore international film festival in 1994.
He won the best supporting actor award for the film ghatak (1996) in 1997 and for the film virasat (1997) in 1998 at filmfare. Amrish puri was nominated for best supporting actor award for the film tridev (1989) in 1990 at filmfare. in 1996 he was nominated for the best villain award for the film karan arjun (1995) at filmfare.
He was nominated for best supporting actor award for the film dilwale dulhania le jayenge (1995) in 1996 filmfare. in 1993 he was nominated for the best supporting actor award for the film muskurahat at filmfare.
Amrish was nominated at the filmfare for filmfare best supporting actor award for the film gardish (1993) in 1994. in 1999, he was nominated for the best villain award for the film koyla (1997) at filmfare.
He was nominated at the filmfare for the filmfare best villain award for the film baadshah (1999) in 2000. in 2002, he was nominated for the best villain award for the film gadar: ek prem katha (2001) at filmfare. Amrish puri married urmila diwekar on 5 january, 1957.
The couple has two children son rajeev puri and daughter namrata puri. He had a passion for collecting hats, which included over 200 hats, which he collected during his trips abroad. He was a shiva devotee and secular minded.
Amrish puri died at the age of 72 on january 12 2005 due to brain hemorrhage.
by: Karishma Roy
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