Amrish Puri Quick Info | |
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Height | 5 ft 10 in |
Weight | 74 kg |
Date of Birth | June 22, 1932 |
Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
Date of Death | January 12, 2005 |
Amrish Puri was a highly-celebrated Indian actor who rose to fame by playing villainous roles in such movies as Mr. India (1987), Vidhaata (1982), Hero (1983), Shakti (1982), Meri Jung (1985), Shahenshah (1988), Nagina (1986), Ram Lakhan (1989), Damini (1993), Ghayal (1990), Tridev (1990), Saudagar (1991), Tahalka (1992), Karan Arjun (1995), Thalapathi (1991), Jeet (1996), Koyla (1997), Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), Kaalapani (1996), Nayak: The Real Hero (2001), etc. Moreover, the supremely talented actor also left his mark with positive roles in films like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Chachi 420 (1997), Phool Aur Kaante (1991), Ghatak (1996), Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Gardish (1993), Diljale (1996), Virasat (1997), Pardes (1997), Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (2001), China Gate (1998), Hulchul (2004), etc.
Born Name
Amrish Puri
Nick Name
Amrish
Age
He was born on June 22, 1932.
Died
He passed away on January 12, 2005, from a rare kind of blood cancer called myelodysplastic syndrome at the age of 72 years in Mumbai.
Sun Sign
Cancer
Born Place
Nawanshahr, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, India)
Nationality
Occupation
Actor
Family
- Father – Lala Nihal Chand
- Mother – Ved Kaur
- Siblings – Chaman Puri (Older Brother) (Actor), Madan Puri (Older Brother) (Actor), Chandrakanta Puri (Older Sister), Harish Puri (Younger Brother)
- Others – K. L. Saigal (Older Cousin Brother) (Actor, Singer), Vardhan Puri (Grandson) (Actor)
Net Worth
According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, Amrish Puri’s net worth was $20 million at the time of his death.
Build
Muscular
Height
5 ft 10 in or 178 cm
Weight
74 kg or 163 lbs
Girlfriend / Spouse
Amrish Puri had dated –
- Urmila Divekar (1957-2005) – On January 5, 1957, the Baadshah (1999) actor tied the knot with Urmila Devi. The couple was blessed with a son named Rajiv Puri and a daughter named Namrata Puri. They stayed together until Puri’s death on January 12, 2005.
Race / Ethnicity
Asian (Indian)
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Green
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- He often went bald.
- Deep, baritone voice
- Expressive face and eyes
Religion
Hinduism
Amrish Puri Facts
- His phenomenal turn as the villain Mogambo in Shekhar Kapur‘s blockbuster film, Mr. India (1987) is considered to be one of Indian cinema’s greatest villains of all time.
- Amrish Puri shaved his head for the first time while playing the villain Mola Ram in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). His look was so widely appreciated that he decided to shave his head from then on.
- His filmography also included Hollywood films such as Steven Spielberg‘s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), in which he played Mola Ram and Richard Attenborough‘s Gandhi (1982), in which he played Dada Abdulla Hajee Adab.
- Harrison Ford, his co-star in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), described Puri as “one of the nicest and kindest actors he had ever worked with”. Additionally, the film’s director Steven Spielberg praised him by saying, “Amrish is my favorite villain. The best the world has ever produced and ever will!
- On the occasion of his 87th birthday on June 22, 2019, Google decided to honor his legacy with a Google Doodle. His picture on Google was accompanied by the following text, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again—and you might end up like Indian film actor Amrish Puri, who overcame an early setback on the way to fulfilling his big screen dreams.”
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