In Bombay, the Hollywood of India, Puri's theatre background paid off with a steady stream of leading and character roles, starting with 1976's Ghashiram Kotwal. Puri would go on to make more than 100 Indian films in all genres; one of the biggest was 1981's Sadgati, for renowned director Satyajit Ray.
Puri's fame eventually reached into Western productions with memorable roles in Gandhi (1982), City of Joy (1992), Wolf (1994) and The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). Puri also received rave notices for his lead performances in two British comedies, My Son the Fanatic (1997) and East Is East (1999).
AddMy Son the FanaticParvez (Om Puri), a Pakistani immigrant working as a cab driver in England, feels increasingly estranged from his home life as his marriage begins to crumble and his college-age son (Akbar Kurtha) turns to Islamic fundamentalism. A burgeoning relationship with a prostitute (Rachel Griffiths) and... Read More
AddThe Mystic MasseurIn 1945 Trinidad, Ganesh (Aasif Mandvi) is an ineffectual teacher among the Indians in the capital city. After learning that his father, a celebrated masseur, has died, Ganesh returns to his rural village to arrange the funeral, then decides to marry and remain there to fulfill his dream of becoming... Read More
AddPanga Naa LoGood friends Karsan (Satish Shah) and Kakkee (Om Puri) have lived next door to each other for 25 years. When the friendship between their teenage kids, Vera (Priyanka Yadav) and Bhura (Kunal Roy Kapoor), turns romantic, the doting dads hatch a series of schemes in an effort to fan the flames of... Read More
AddKirdaar: Vol. 1Writer, lyricist and director Gulzar provides a varied selection of short films -- with subjects ranging from a mother agonizing over her daughter's love life to a police snitch who inadvertently snitches on himself -- for this television series. Other stories involve a romance that transcends... Read More
AddKirdaar: Vol. 2Overcoming differences -- in geography, culture, religion and more -- is the unifying theme in this collection of short films from writer, lyricist and director Gulzar for the television show "Kidaar." In the stories included here, two families from a divided Bengal meet to learn of their roots;... Read More
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