Amrish Puri

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Amrish Lal Puri (June 22, 1932 - January 12, 2005) was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad. However, he is primarily remembered for essaying some iconic negative roles in Hindi cinema. He is most remembered for his role as Mogambo in the Hindi film Mr India (1987). As Mola Ram in the Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), he crossed over to international cinema as well. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amrish Puri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

as Mola Ram

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

as Chaudhry Baldev Singh

Gandhi

as Khan

Mohabbatein

as Major General Khanna

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi

as Colonel Dugraj Singh

Karan Arjun

as Thakur Durjan Singh

Lakshya

as Brig. Gautam Puri

Baadshah

as Suraj Singh Thapar

Mr. India

as Mogambo

Nayak: The Real Hero

as CM Balraj Chauhan