Bollywood Home » Popular Male Actors in Bollywood » Amrish Puri Amrish Lal Puri was an Indian actor who appeared primarily in Bollywood movies, but who also worked in Hollywood, Punjabi, Telugu and Tamil films. Born on 22nd June, 1932 in the Distt. Nawanshehar near by Jalandhar in the Punjab region of India, Amrish Puri acted in as many as 400 movies as both main and supporting role. Playing various character roles, most of them as a villain, Amrish Puri with his striking bass voice and an outsize acting style made a convincing villain in even the most melodramatic movies. He played some of most The Unforgettable Characters in Bollywood, which people still remember today.

Amrish Puri is also remembered by his many international audiences for his roles as Khan in Richard Attenborough's biopic of Mahatma Gandhi titled 'Gandhi' (1982) and as the main antagonist Mola Ram in the Steven Spielberg movie 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' (1984). Amrish Puri died in Mumbai in 2005, after a brain hemorrhage at the age of 72.



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Bollywood actor- Akshay Kumar has been honored with many awards and nominations for different kinds of roles. His latest realeases Bhagam Bhag and Namastey London are also great hits. He is an active stage performer and has performed on many major events. He shares his married life with one time actress Twinkle Khanna and the couple have son named Araav.