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His father, Tek Chand Puri, worked on the railways and in the Indian Army. Puri's parents received no birth certificate and had no records, so his family was unsure of his birth date. But his mother told him he had been born two days after the Hindu festival Dussehra .
Om Puri’s father, Tek Chand Puri, was an Indian Army veteran who also worked in the Indian Railways, and his mother, Tara Devi, was a homemaker. Om Puri had seven siblings out of which six of them passed away after suffering from smallpox. [5] The Times of India His brother, Ved Prakash Puri, was a coolie (railway porter). [6] The New York Times
Some Lesser Known Facts About Om Puri. Did Om Puri smoke?: Yes; Did Om Puri drink alcohol?: Yes; Puri initially wanted to join Indian Army as his father worked in Indian Army. During his college days, he used to a part-time job of a lab assistant, with a salary of rupees 125 (INR).
Amrish Lal Puri was born in a Punjabi Hindu family in Nawanshahr, Punjab, to Lala Nihal Chand and Ved Kaur. He had four siblings, elder brothers Chaman Puri and Madan Puri (both of whom were also actors), elder sister Chandrakanta, and a younger brother
Om Puri was an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Indian films and art films. His credits also include appearances in British and American films. He has received an honorary OBE. Puri was born in Ambala, Haryana. His father worked on the railways and served in the Indian Army. Puri graduated from the Film and Television Institute ...
Om Puri (born October 18, 1950, Ambala, Punjab [now in Haryana], India—died January 6, 2017, Mumbai) was an Indian actor who was noted for his compelling performances in a wide range of roles in Hindi, Punjabi, British, and American films.
Jan 24, 2018 · Puri was born to a Punjabi Hindu family in Ambala: his father worked in the army and also the railways but when he was sent to prison his wife and children fell into dire poverty. Puri worked through school, managing to study theatre at National School of Drama in Delhi.
Jan 6, 2018 · An NSD and FTII alumnus, Puri was looked upon as a father-figure by a whole generation of actors. If Manoj Bajpayee and Nawazuddin Siddiqui had a true ancestor it would be Om Puri. It’s a pity that Puri could not do anything substantial in the last decade. He was sleepwalking through most of the commercial fares.
Aug 9, 2014 · Puri’s own father was a former officer in the British Indian Army, who left after WWII to work in the railways and spent much of Om’s childhood drifting between various jobs, struggling to...
Jan 6, 2017 · Two smaller but significant turns were in Udayan Prasad’s My Son, The Fanatic (1994) where he is the liberal father of a hardliner son, and Damien O’Donnell’s East Is East (1999), where he ...
