Om Puri

Om Puri was born on 18th October 1950 in Ambala, India. His growing up years were spent in Sanaur, Punjab, India. His interest in acting took him to the Film and Television Institute of India and the National School of Drama.
He is married to Nandita and they have a child too.
Puri has acted in nearly two hundred movies since 1976. The kind of roles he has been seen in are diverse.
During the eighties he was seen on the small screen in Kakkaji Kaheen (1988) and Mr.Yogi (1989).
He also had a film called East is East. He was critically acclaimed for his performances in many unconventional roles such as a victimized tribal in Aakrosh (1980) (a film in which he spoke not a single line of dialogue, save for during flash-back sequences), Jimmy's manager in Disco Dancer (1982), a police inspector in Ardh Satya (1982), where he revolts against life-long social, cultural and political persecution and for which he got the National Film Award for Best Actor the leader of a cell of Sikh militants in Maachi...

Om Puri was born on 18th October 1950 in Ambala, India. His growing up years were spent in Sanaur, Punjab, India. His interest in acting took him to the Film and Television Institute of India and the National School of Drama.
He is married to Nandita and they have a child too.
Puri has acted in nearly two hundred movies since 1976. The kind of roles he has been seen in are diverse.
During the eighties he was seen on the small screen in Kakkaji Kaheen (1988) and Mr.Yogi (1989).
He also had a film called East is East. He was critically acclaimed for his performances in many unconventional roles such as a victimized tribal in Aakrosh (1980) (a film in which he spoke not a single line of dialogue, save for during flash-back sequences), Jimmy's manager in Disco Dancer (1982), a police inspector in Ardh Satya (1982), where he revolts against life-long social, cultural and political persecution and for which he got the National Film Award for Best Actor the leader of a cell of Sikh militants in Maachis (1996), and as a tough cop again in the commercial film Gupt in 1997.
Puri also had a cameo in the highly acclaimed film Gandhi (1982, directed by Richard Attenborough).

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