When Amrish Puri's Son, Rajeev Puri Had Revealed His Father's Words During His Last Days. It's been 16 years since India's greatest actor, Amrish Puri had left us. On his death anniversary, let us take a look back at his last days! Tags: Amrish Puri Bollywood Celeb father Celeb Death.

When Spielberg wanted to cast him in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Puri at first rejected the offer. Twitter. But the Jurassic Park director was convinced he only wanted Amrish Puri in the film. Casting director Dolly Thakore had sent Puri's photos from 1980 horror film Gehrayee and Spielberg was might impressed.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri. In 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.

List of the best Amrish Puri movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Amrish Puri's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Amrish Puri movies is decided by how many.

Yes! You read it right. The two maestros are connected as K.L. Saigal’s mother was the real sister of Amrish Puri’s father, S. Nihal Singh Puri, which makes Amrish Puri and K.L. Saigal first cousins. Amrish Puri worked at an insurance company for 22 years advertisement

Amrish Puri was an Indian veteran actor who was born on 22 June 1932 in Nawanshahr, British India (now in Punjab, India). He was born into a Punjabi family and was the son of Lala Nihal Chand Puri, a religious person and theatre artist. Amrish Puri received his early education in Jalandhar and later he moved to Delhi to complete his education.

Madan Puri (brother) K. L. Saigal (cousin) Vardhan Puri (grandson) Signature. Amrish Puri [1] (22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005) [2] was an Indian actor, who was one of the most notable and important figures in Indian cinema and Theatre. He acted in more than 450 films, established himself as one of the most popular actors in Indian Cinema.

Two of Puri’s brothers — Chaman Puri and Madanlal Puri — were actors too, established much before he made his debut. Madanlal, especially, was well-regarded with several memorable negative characters to his name. Puri was also the first cousin of singer and actor Kundan Lal Saigal.

Late actor Amrish Puri's son Rajeev Puri said filmmaker Steven Spielberg was "absolutely amazed" that his father was doing 22 films at a time. " [T]hat was the only time that Spielberg came to India to audition an actor because he was curious to meet Dad," Rajeev added. Amrish played 'Mola Ram' in Spielberg's 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'.

In Benegal’s Nishant (1975), Puri played the eldest brother in a family of zaalim (cruel) zamindars who abduct and rape a schoolteacher’s wife. Puri struck a note of immediate and everlasting terror in viewers’ hearts. Though the film had other terrific actors, it was Puri who dominated the show in every way possible.

His role as the supervillian Mogambo in the Bollywood science fiction film "Mr. India" (1987) is one of his most iconic performances and audiences have made his line "Mogambo khush hua" ("Mogambo.

One of three brothers, Amrish’s elder brothers Chaman and Madan Puri were actors long before Amrish. At age 40, a career as an actor came belatedly to Amrish. His first screen appearance was in Sunil Dutt’s Reshma Aur Shera in 1971, where he made his debut alongside Amitabh Bachchan.