Om Puri would have been 75 in October. We look back at his early years through these 16 pictures from his life.
'On the set, he was this big personality, the great Om Puri. But at home, he was like a fluffy teddy bear.'
'One is not allowed to smoke on the sets of a Hollywood film even during a break.' 'When I asked an assistant to suggest some place where I could light a cigarette, he recommended the bad boys' corner -- where Jack Nicholson smoked.' 'However, I hesitated.' 'But when I was heading back to my chair after the shot, Jack Nicholson asked me if I wanted to join him for a smoke. We had a long conversation over cups of cappuccino.'
Twenty four years after it first released in 1981, Rekha's Umrao Jaan re-releases in theatres on June 27.
Yesteryear actor Deb Mukherjee passed into the ages on March 14.
'After Om's untimely demise, he would call us every Sunday for the next two years to ask, "How are you doing my dear? How's the young fella?"'
Durga pujo celebrations continue, and this time, Alia Bhatt joins the Mukherjees at the the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal.
'I find his sense of history astounding, not just history of film, but of life in general.' Another fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta Datta's book Shyam Benegal.
Kajol and her family offered prayers on Ashtami at the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja -- or the Mukherjee Bari Pujo -- in Juhu, north west Mumbai on Wednesday, October 13, 2021.
Like every year, Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi's Holi party overflowed with family and friends.
At the launch of his biography Unlikely Hero, Om Puri got quite emotional as he remembered the people in his life. And what a life it has been. From a rag-picker to an actor of such fine caliber, Puri has lived a full life. He tells us about his biography - written by his wife Nandita Puri -- and also the controversy that accompanied it.
A look at the arrivals.
The cast of Bareilly Ki Barfi screened their film for their friends in Mumbai.
Bollywood pays their respects to the veteran actor.
Om Puri's biography, Unlikely Hero, offers a glimpse into his life and movies.
Nandita Puri clears the air about her biography on Om Puri, Unlikely Hero.
A special screening of Gurinder Chadha's new film Partition: 1947 was held in a theatre in Mumbai.
The event took place at the Sofitel hotel in Bandra-Kurla Complex in the western suburbs of Mumbai.
The actor has been named an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his outstanding contribution to cinema.
Evergreen stars honoured at young achievers event.
The has left for the UK for the shooting of his new international film The 100 Foot Journey, co-starring British actress Helen Mirren.
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'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.'
The actor asserts that he is the victim in his domestic strife.
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