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ACTOR

Om Puri

Known for
Lakshya (2004), Tubelight (2017), East Is East (1999), Singh Is Kinng (2008)

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Om Puri is an actor best known for Lakshya, Tubelight and East Is East.

21 Interesting Facts About Om Puri

  1. #001

    Although he was an Indian citizen, Om Puri was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE, honorary) in 2004 for his services to the British film industry.

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  2. #003

    Om Puri was engaged to the costume designer Mala Dey.

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  3. #006

    Naseeruddin Shah suggested that Om Puri use the screen name "Vinamra Kumar" or "Antim Khanna". Om Puri rejected both, fearing he would be confused with Om Shivpuri because both had similar names.

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  4. #007

    Om Puri appeared in Shalimar International's shelved film "Jaidev" (1995). The cast included Om Puri, Ashish Vidyarthi, Aruna Irani, Arun Bakshi, Gulshan Grover and Mohan Joshi; music by Anand Milind; producers Ashok K. Ranglani and Vijay K. Ranglani; director Raj N. Sippy.

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  5. #008

    Om Puri was engaged to Seema Sawhni, the daughter of director Shaheed Latif.

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  6. #009

    In one or two of his early films Om Puri was actually credited as 'Vilom Puri' and 'Azdak Puri'; he considered both and then wisely set them aside, finally deciding that the name his parents had chosen really was the best.

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  7. #010

    Om Puri appeared in Ramkrishna Productions' shelved film "Raktapaat" (1995). The cast included Dharmendra, Somy Ali, Rajat Kumar (replacing Divya Kumar), Om Puri, Deepak Zaveri, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Asrani, Bharat Bhushan, Tiku Talsania, Shiva, Harish Patel and Shashi Puri; music by Vijay Singh; producer Deepak Joshi; director Vijaideep.

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  8. #012

    Om Puri appeared in the shelved P. N. J. Films film "Jan Gun Man" (1997). The cast included Om Puri, Arif Rizvi, Narendra Jha, Ravish Kumar, Sadhu Meher, Raza Murad and Sadashiv Amrapurkar; music by Bappi Lahiri; producer Nishikant Jha; director Arvind Rajan Das.

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  9. #014

    Om Puri appeared in the shelved Bappi Sonie Productions film "Tere Pyar Ki Kasam" (2001). The cast included Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Mahima Chaudhary, Tarun Khanna, Hrishita Bhatt, Om Puri, Shivaji Satam and Kabir Bedi; music by Anu Malik; producers Shagun Wagh, Sanjay Jumani, Bhappi Sonie, Saagrika and Shakti Sonie; director Mahesh Manjrekar.

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  10. #015

    Om Puri appeared in the shelved P. N. J. Films film "Kasam Tirange Ki" (1999). The cast included Jaya Pradha, Om Puri, Ayub Khan, Indrani Bannerjee, Shoaib Khan, Raza Murad, Kiran Kumar and Kader Khan; music by Bappi Lahiri; producer Nishikant Jha; director Swaroop Kumar; 5 reels.

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  11. #016

    Om Puri appeared in the shelved "Daini" (1999, previously titled Sorciere). The film starred Om Puri, Pallavi Joshi and Sofi Marcon and was directed by Kajal Chowdhury, shot in the western regions of West Bengal and in Chhotanagpur, Bihar. The story revolves around the Santhal tribes and the witchcraft they still practise. Marie Claire, a young French woman studying anthropology, wants to write a book about them and meets Sambit Banerjee, a professor at Calcutta University. The two meet Samuel Tudu, an educated Santhal who has converted to Christianity. When the tribes persecute Dhani, a local woman accused of witchcraft, Marie Claire and Tudu, with the help of the local police, manage to save her from being crippled and burned to death.

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  12. #017

    Om Puri appeared in the shelved The Fine Arts film "Khajuraho" (2000). The cast included Raveena Tandon, Deepti Bhatnagar, Pooja Batra, Sharad Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Divya Dutta, Bikram Saluja and Om Puri; music by Anu Malik; producer Sunil Bohra; director Aruna Raje.

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  13. #019

    Om Puri appeared in the shelved Kamna Arts film "Kashmakash" (Faraar), starring Juhi Chawla, Pooja Batra, Mayuri Kango, Om Puri, Alok Nath, Raju Kher, Karminder Kaur and Neeraj Vohra. It was produced by Jimmy Nirula and Maan Singh Deep and directed by Priyadarshan, and was 90% complete. Akshay Kumar played a brief role in the film.

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  14. #020

    Om Puri appeared in the shelved MAQSADD film The Plan (2008). The cast included Mithun Chakraborthy, Zarina Wahab, Om Puri, Kaifeena Khan, Ali Khan, Kiran Kumar and Raza Murad; producers Anup Jalota and Farook Sayed; director Farooq Shardul.

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  15. #022

    Om Puri acted in the shelved film Gup Chup Gup Chup (2010). It starred Om Puri, Anuj Sawhney and Kainaat Arora, and was directed by Priyadarshan.

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  16. #023

    Om Puri acted in the shelved S. D. Film production JANEMAN JAAN LE TU (2002). It starred Amod Sinha (son of producer Vinay Sinha) and Sai Deodhar (daughter of director Shrabani (SILSILA HAI PYAR KA) Deodhar and cinematographer Debu Deodhar), along with Rajat Kapoor, Aditya Shrivastava, Vijay Raj and Om Puri. The music was by Anand-Milind.

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  17. #024

    Om Puri acted in the shelved film "Sab Chai Paani?" (2009), which starred Sonu Sood, Rituparna Sengupta, Om Puri, Goga Kapoor and Mukesh Rishi, and was directed by Manish Gupta.

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  18. #025

    Om Puri acted in the shelved film Smita Thackeray's Society (2011). It starred Randhir Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Om Puri, Paresh Rawal, Seema Biswas, Sarika, Javed Jaffery, Reema Sen and Aditya Raj Kapoor; the producer was Smita Thackeray and the director was Rahul Dholakia.

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  19. #026

    Om Puri acted in E-Dot Entertainment's shelved film Tension Mat Le Yaar (2012). It starred Avinash Wadhavan, Om Puri, Alok Nath, Dalip Tahil, Sunil Pal, Upasna Singh, Razak Khan, Guddi Maharuti, Rajpal Yadav, Rakhi Sawant, Reema Lagoo and Muddassir Zafar; the music and direction were by Asgar Khan.

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  20. #027

    Om Puri acted in the shelved film The Legend of Santa Banta (2011). The cast included Gurpreet Guggi, Gurleen Chopra, Upasana Singh, Asrani, Jagdeep, Rana Jung Bahadur, Mukesh Rishi, Sunil Grover, Om Puri and Jaswinder Bhalla; the director and producer was Deepak Grewal.

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  21. #028

    Om Puri acted in the shelved Om Bhoo Films film "Subah Dupher Shyam" (1983). The cast included Om Puri, Anuradha Patel and Komal Mahukar; the music was by Hayyam and the director was Anand Mahendroo.

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