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Amrish Puri

Acting

Born June 22, 1932 · Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Died January 12, 2005

Also known as Amrish Lal Singh Puri · Amrish Lal Puri · Amrish Singh Puri

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Amrish Lal Puri (June 22, 1932 - January 12, 2005) was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad. However, he is primarily remembered for essaying some iconic negative roles in Hindi cinema. He is most remembered for his role as Mogambo in the Hindi film Mr India (1987). As Mola Ram in the Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), he crossed over to international cinema as well. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amrish Puri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Filmfare AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1998
  • Filmfare AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1997
  • Filmfare AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1986
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Award · 1979
  • Zee Cine Awards

Filmography50+ titles

Ek Aur Sikander

1986as Sher Khan /Dilawar Khan

Param Dharam

1987as Raja Shamsher Singh / Shamshera

Apna Bana Lo

1982as Joshi

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

1995as Chaudhry Baldev Singh

Be-Shaque

1981as Gopal

Major Chandrakanth

1993

Tejaa

1990

Gundaraj

1995as Police Inspector

Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari

1990as Mahadrashtha

Mujrim

1989as Khan

Sawan Ko Aane Do

1979as Chandrika's Father

Yeh Desh

1984

Kaalapani

1996as Mirza Khan

Muskurahat

1992as Gopichand Verma

Daata

1989as Gopaldas

Mashaal

1984as S.K. Vardhan

Vidhaata

1982as Jagawar Chaudhary

Gandhi

1982as Khan

Salaakhen

1975as Master

Jai Vikraanta

1995as Thakur Jaswant Singh

Damini

1993as Indrajit Chaddha

Numbri Aadmi

1991as Shamsher Singh / Rana

Gangvaa

1984

Doli Saja Ke Rakhna

1998as Baba

Virasat

1997as Raja Thakur

Diljale

1996as Dara

Meri Jung

1985as G. D. Thakral

Shakti

1982as J.K. 'JK' Verma

Duniya

1984as Balwant Singh Kalra

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984as Mola Ram

Main Inteqam Loonga

1982

Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa

2003as Brig. Sarfaroz Khan

Aditya 369

1991as Raja Verma

Nagina

1986as Bhairon Nath

Naseeb

1981as Don

Nayak: The Real Hero

2001as CM Balraj Chauhan

Mohabbatein

2000as Major General Khanna

Zulmi

1999as Balraj Dutt

Salaakhen

1998as Jaspal Rana

Ghayal

1990as Balwant Rai

Mr. India

1987as Mogambo

Pardes

1997as Kishorilal

Deewana

1992as Dhirendra Pratap

Hulchul

2004as Angar Chand

Lakshya

2004as Brig. Gautam Puri

Taal

1999as Jagmohan Mehta

Koyla

1997as Raja Saab

Ram Lakhan

1989as Bhishambar Nath

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi

2004as Colonel Dugraj Singh

Jeet

1996as Gajraj Choudhary