Episode 781
Amrish Puri
Sun, 2019-Jun-23 01:42 UTC
Length - 1:53
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With 473,844 views on Saturday, 22 June 2019 our article of the day is Amrish Puri.
Amrish Lal Puri (born 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005) was an Indian actor, who was an important figure in Indian theatre and cinema.
He worked with notable playwrights of the time, including Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad. He is remembered for playing iconic villainous roles in Hindi cinema as well as other Indian and international film industries. To Indian audiences he is the most remembered for his role as Mogambo in Shekhar Kapur's Hindi film Mr. India (1987), and to Western audiences he is best known as Mola Ram in Steven Spielberg's Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). Puri won three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actor.
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