Amrish Puri
Acting
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.
Born: June 22, 1932
Place of Birth: Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Known For
Tamas
Based on the novel by Bhisham Sahni, Tamas is an epic drama set against the backdrop of riot-stricken North India on the eve of Partition in 1947. Nathu, an outcast, is hired to kill a pig, whose carcass he’s later appalled to find in front of the mosque. A riot follows and, ridden with guilt, Nathu takes his ailing mother and pregnant wife and leaves town.
Jeene Do
A powerful landlord gives a poor man a loan to pursue his studies in Mumbai. However, when the man leaves the village, the thakur exploits his father and his brother.
Phaansi Ke Baad
Public Prosecutor Vijay Kumar is the only son of Surinder Nath, who is the DIG of Police. Vijay is quite popular as the only Public Prosecutor to have succeeded in bringing down the crime rate, resulting in the highest number of convictions. He also gets to prosecute Abbas Mohamed Riyaz for killing Inspector Bhagwat and Sukhdev Walia, a former gangster. Abbas is tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. Then Vijay's girlfriend, Sapna, finds evidence that it was someone else who was responsible for these killings. Vijay agrees to represent Abbas, find the real culprit(s), and ensure that the sentence is overturned. Before that could happen, Vijay is himself arrested for killing a woman by the name of Neena, thus making Abbas' hanging a certainty.
Haadsaa
Asha lives in poverty with her alcoholic father in Bombay, before being sold to an impotent husband. A series of events leads her to love.
Mar Mitenge
Akbar lives with his widowed mother in a small shanty hut. One day, his mother finds two young orphans, Ram and Laxman, and brings them home. Years later, Akbar, Ram and Laxman have grown up. While Ram has fallen in love with Radha, Laxman's sweetheart is Jenny, a pickpocket and petty thief. One day they come across a blind woman, and come to her assistance. They find out that she is their long-lost mother, who was blinded by a man named Ajit Singh, who also killed their father. Ram and Laxman decide to seek vengeance against Ajit Singh, but before they could do so, Akbar's mother and their mother are abducted, and it looks like Ajit is all set to send the rest of the family to their deaths.
Vijeta
Vijeta (The Victor) is the coming of age story of Angad (Kunal Kapoor). Confused like any other teenager trying to find himself and caught in between the marital problems of his mother Neelima (Rekha) and father Nihal (Shashi Kapoor). It is time for him to decide what he wants to do with his life. To select a profession and be someone, Angad chooses to become a fighter pilot with the Indian Air Force. What follows is his struggle to become a victor both with his self and the outer world.
Silence! The Court Is in Session
A political and social satire on middle-class society's hypocrisy. A group of teachers plan to stage a play in a village. When a cast-member does not show up, a local stagehand is asked to replace him. An improvised, free-flowing 'rehearsal' is arranged and a mock trial is staged to help the novice understand court procedures. A (mock) charge of infanticide is levelled against Miss Benare, another cast-member. Suddenly the pretend-play turns into an accusatory game when it emerges from the trial that Miss Benare is carrying an out-of-wedlock child from her failed illicit relationship with Professor Damle, the missing cast-member.
Rukhsat
Arjun Rai lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay, and works as an auto mechanic for a living. He and wealthy Sapna are in love with each other, much to the chagrin of Sapna's dad, who wants her to get married to someone wealthy. Arjun decides to buy his own garage and borrows money from a client, Jagdish Chopra. He works hard and is able to save some money. When he goes to propose for Sapna's hand, her dad asks his watchmen to throw him out, while doing so they find out he was armed, as a result police are summoned and he is arrested. Sapna re-locates to the U.S. to stay with her aunt, who subsequently convinces her to get married to Gautam Saigal.
The Sage from the Sea
The film involves the life of a young man who comes to believe that he has been bestowed supernatural powers. As the story unfolds, this boon eventually leads to a tragedy.
Aadat Se Majboor
Dinanath Shastri (Madanpuri) is a devout Hindu firefighter. One day his son, Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty) brings home a young girl, Salma (Rameshwari) as he felt sorry for her. Dinanath thinks she is Hindu and calls her Shanti, and thinks of making her his daughter-in-law, as she nurses him and looks after the entire household after he has an accident. One day Dinanath meets with a blind man who he recognizes as Dr. Varma (Om Shivpuri), who he has known for many years. Dr. Varma's daughter, Neetu (Ranjeeta Kaur) and Shankar were childhood sweethearts. This news breaks Salma's heart but she does not let anyone know. Dr. Varma's arch enemy the wealthy, powerful, and seemingly generous Agnihotri (Amrishpuri) finds out he is alive and sets his goons out to kill him. Why would a rich and generous man want to kill a harmless blind man? What will be the reaction of the devout Dinanath when he finds out that Shanti is Muslim?
Filmography
as Hasan Kairanvi
as Bhairo Singh
as Angar Chand
as Ranjit Roy
as Kartar Singh
as Colonel Dugraj Singh
as Saligrama Oberoi
as Police Commissioner Samar Singh
as Brig. Gautam Puri
as Chief Minister Bhandarker
as Mr. Panday
as Jatta Singh Bedi
as Self (archive footage)
as Brig. Sarfaroz Khan
as Major Amrish Kaul
as I.S.I Chief Ishak Khan
as Vir Bhadra Singh
as Mr Chaddha
as Yashpal Chaudhary
as Sadhu
as Guruji
as Prajapati
as CM Balraj Chauhan
as J.K. Malhotra
as Ashraf Ali
as Balram Singh
as Kailashnath Malhotra
as Suleiman Seth
as Major General Khanna
as The Sufi Saint
as Yogi Grewal
as ACP Ranjeet Singh
as Nahar Singh
as C.K. Oberoi
as Suraj Singh Thapar
as Jagmohan Mehta
as Ret. Col. Mohandas
as Balraj Dutt
as Dayashankar
as Thakur Dhayal Singh
as Baba
as Col. Kewal Krishan Puri
as Mr. Abhyankar
as Singhal
as Jaspal Rana
as Collector Bhim Singh
as Durgaprasad Bhardwaj
as Pilot Baba
as Kishorilal
as Appa Rao
as Raja Thakur
as Raja Saab
as Mr. Malhotra
as Shambu Nath
as ACP Amritlal Bakshi
as Dara
as Gajraj Choudhary
as Hemraj
as Commissioner Suryadev Singh
as Thakur Gajendra Singh
as Mirza Khan
as ACP. Shivcharan
as Chaudhry Baldev Singh
as Police Inspector
as Don Qixote
as Thakur Ugranarayan Singh
as Ratan Seth
as Vanraja
as Thakur Ranvir Singh 'Daata Guru'
as Thakur Jaswant Singh
as Thakur Durjan Singh
as Shobraj
as IGP Pathak
as Hukum Singh
as Ramakant Chaudhry
as Constable Purushottam Sathe
as Indrajit Chaddha
as Tau
as Mahesar Dalal
as Anil Vyaghra & Sunil Vyaghra
as Gopichand Verma
as Dong
as Dhirendra Pratap
as Vilasrao Chaudhary
as Ajgar Jurrat
as Nageshwar
as Kalivardhan
as Raja Verma
as Chuniya
as Singhania
as Nahar Singh
as Vazir-E-Alla
as Jaikal
as Durjan Singh
as Shamsher Singh / Rana
as Chhotey Thakur Raghuvir Singh
as Thakur Bhupendra Singh
as Balwant Rai
as Mahadrashtha
as Magician Kamlaq
as Gadra
as Lala Gendamal
as Thakur Sher Bahadur Singh
as Zaka
as Khan
as CBI Inspector Ranveer Pushp
as Bhujang / Bhairav Singh
as Gopaldas
as Naagar
as Jai Kishan "J. K."
as Chandidas Khurana
as K.K.
as Bhishambar Nath
as Gangadhar Chaudhary
as Thakur Hansraj Singh
as Dacoit Daku Purkhiya
as Marcelloni
as Inspector Ratan Singh
as Sardar Teja Singh
as Diwan
as Chandraprakash Singh (Vishal's dad)
as Jagdish Chopra
as Shahbaaz Khan
as Anantananda Swamy
as J.K.
as Pashrutam Das / Din Dayal
as Sardar Teja Singh
as Raza Khan
as Raja Shamsher Singh / Shamshera
as Dharamdas
as Mogambo
as Raja Bahadur A.M. Singh
as Sher "Shera" Singh
as Seth Dhanraj
as Narrator
as Daga
as Durjan Singh
as Bhairon Nath
as Sher Khan /Dilawar Khan
as Raizada Narsingh
as Rana Vikram Singh
as Nihavand Ruler
as Thakur Digvijay Singh
as Razoulli Al-Jabber Al-Nasser
as Bhim Singh
as Persha
as Chakradev
as G. D. Thakral
as Thakur Vijay Singh
as Balram Singh
as Chaudhary
as Damodar Seth
as Sohanlal Puri
as Gorkha
as Mulchand Malhotra
as Lakhan Singh / Thakur Suryapratap Singh
as Balwant Singh Kalra
as Swami Kashinath Singh
as Bhanupratap
as Mola Ram
as Udaybhan Singh
as Doctor of Philosophy
as Prof. Jay
as S.K. Vardhan
as Pasha
as John D'Costa
as Faujdar Velankar
as Mr. Ram Gupta
as (The Voice of God)
as Darvish
as R.K. Chakravarty
as Khan
as J.K. 'JK' Verma
as Jagawar Chaudhary
as Agnihotri
as Raja Bheesham Bahadur Singh
as Joshi
as Group Captain Varghese
as Gopal
as Jangirdar Joginder Singh
as Don
as Kishan Chand
as Vir Pratap Singh
as Balwant Singh
as Rakka
as Public Prosecutor Dushane
as Kidnapper
as Chandrika's Father
as Kondura
as Vinayak Kale
as Michael (uncredited) (voice)
as Ganga Prasad Mishra
as Narrator
as Master
as Eldest Zamindar
as Chandre Gowda
as Rehmat Khan
as Public Prosecutor
as Fanatic