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Om Puri Biography

Om Prakash Puri, OBE (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Indian films, as well as independent and art films. He is best known for his author-backed roles in films like Aakrosh (1980), Arohan (1982), Ardh Satya and television films like Sadgati (1981) and Tamas (1987) and also light-hearted roles in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983) and Chachi 420 (1997). He had various collaborations with director Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani. Puri also appeared in non-Indian productions in the United States, Britain and Pakistan.

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I was very shy and very reserved as a child, very, very introvert.

Children, Introvert, Reserved, Shy

I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.

Brands, Expensive, Foreign, Holiday, Needs

As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

Feelings, Intensity, Introverted, Men, Quiet

Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never been an actor.

Actors, Anthony, Noses, West

What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.

Bollywood, Film, Films, Lacks, Scripts, Western

I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.

Conventional, Done, Proud, Quite, Regret

It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.

Actors, Art, Cinema, Credibility, Preference

I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.

Appeals, Cinema, Good, Subjects, Universal, Wherever

In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.

Connect, Firsts, Know, Lost, Theatre, Three

Our stars are quite notorious. I mean, they don't show up on time. This is, you know, something which is very, very annoying.

Annoying, Mean, Show, Stars

We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Prakash Jha. But now these people also take stars Without stars they cannot work.

Govind, People, Responsibility, Stars, Work

I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.

Chronicled, Hoped, Life, Stories, Story, Would Be

In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.

Countries, Country, Older, Roles, Stories, Written

Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.

Actors, Command, Commands, Follow, Soldier

Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.

Cinema, Communicate, Effort, Language, Understands

I am grateful to theatre for making me what I am today. But it's not like theatre is my first love. I am equally attached to cinema, which is, actually, a child of theatre, since it borrows heavily from it.

Attached, Children, Cinema, First Love, Grateful, Heavily

I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old Your days are gone; it is part of life.

Expect, Gone, Grow, Grows, Life, Parts Of Life

I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character.

Boys, Character, Including, Years

The fact is I like Mumbai less and less. My son says, 'Baba, let's go for a drive', and I tell him, 'Where's the fun of a drive in this place?' You get caught in a million traffic jams, and you spend time cooped in your car with all that mad cacophony around you.

Car, Fun, Mumbai, Son

Meeting Helen Mirren was a fabulous experience. I had played it out in my mind, how I should greet her when we would be introduced. But the way we met was funny because I just didn't recognise her!

Experience, Met, Mind, Way, Would Be