Om Puri would have been 75 in October. We look back at his early years through these 16 pictures from his life.
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Raja Sen lists movies that would work wonders for any generation lucky enough to see them on the big screen.
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Here's looking at Om Puri's career graph, through these pictures from his films.
This is a list of his films that would work wonders for any generation lucky enough to see them on the big screen.
Among the finest Indian actors, voices and smiles to grace the stage and screen, Om Puri's uniqueness, always so fluid and natural, cannot be summed up in a few words, feels Sukanya Verma.
'In our film industry, there are not many opportunities for actors... Our films are not character based, they are hero and heroine based. The only roles we have for character actors are to play the girl's or boy's dad or a police officer...'
'I belonged to the working class, not the middle class.' 'I was a rag-picker. I used to pick up coal from the railway tracks.' 'I was rejected from the FTII, as I was very unkempt and skinny.' 'I did not look like a hero, villain or comedian.' 'But Girish Karnad and Jairaj said I should be taken based on merit, not looks.'
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