Film and Television Institute of India National School of Drama
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1972–2017
Spouses
Seema Kapoor
(m. 1991; div. 1991)
Nandita Puri
(m. 1993)
Children
1
Honours
• Padma Shri (1990)
• Order of British Empire (2004)
Om Prakash Puri, OBE (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as 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) and Chachi 420 (1997) 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]
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^"Om Puri, the actor par excellence who ruled both art and commercial cinema". 18 October 2019.
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^Gulzar, Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Publisher Popular Prakashan. p. 606. ISBN 978-8179910665. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^Qureshi, Nabeel (9 September 2016), Actor in Law (Comedy, Drama, Romance), Filmwala Pictures, retrieved 6 September 2022
^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.
^"Bafta nominations in full". BBC. 1 March 2000. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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