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Om Puri passes away at 66: A tribute to the veteran actor:

Om Puri in film Ardh Satya. (Source: Express archive photo)
Director Shashi Lal Nair, Om Puri, Supriya Pathak, Rakesh Roshan and Producer BS Grover on the set of film Bahu Ki Awaaz. (Source: Express archive photo)
Om Puri in KIRDAR. (Source: Express archive photo)
Film star Anupam Kher, Abhishek Bachchan and Om Puri on the set of film Om Jai Jagdish. (Source: Express archive photo)
Film star Abhishek Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Vashu Bhagnani, Om Puri, ?, Fardeen Khan, Mahima Chaudhary, Anupam Kher and Urmila Matondkar on the set of film Om Jai Jagdish. (Source: Express archive photo)
Actor Om Puri. (Source: Express archive photo)
Actor Javed Jaffrey, Saira Bano and Om Puri. (Source: Express archive photo)
Actor Om Puri in Kirdar. (Source: Express archive photo)
Actor Om Puri being felicitated by Rajesh Khanna. (Source: Express archive photo)
Film star Kamal Hassan, Anup Jalota and Om Puri. (Source: Express archive photo)
Film star Anuradha Patel and Om Puri in film Patthar. (Source: Express archive photo)
Actor Om Puri and Supriya Pathak in film Bahu Ki Awaaz (Source: Express archive photo)
Actor Om Puri and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. (Source: Express archive photo)
Actor Om Puri with Revathi. (Source: Express archive photo)
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Director Dinkar Chowdhury briefing Om Puri on the set of film Akanksha. (Source: Express archive photo)
Film star Om Puri and director Yash Chopra. (Source: Express archive photo)
Actor Kanwaljit Singh and Om Puri in TV serial Aahat. (Source: Express archive photo)
Nikhil Advani, Kiran Shantaram, Vinod Kumar, Dhirubhai Shah, Anil Nagrath, Prakash Jha, Pooja Shetty, Om Puri and Anurag Basu. (Source: Express archive photo)
Film star Om Puri and Director Pradeep Maini on the set of Miss India - the Mystery. (Source: Express archive photo)
Film Director Shyam Benegal and Om Puri on the set. (Source: Express archive photo)
Film Director Shyam Benegal and Om Puri. (Source: Express archive photo)
Om Puri in film Ardh Satya. (Source: Express archive photo)

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Om Puri passes away at 66: A tribute to the veteran actor:

1/6/178:35 AM

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He has also acted in English and Pakistani movies, and is a Padma Shri awardee.

Veteran actor Om Puri, who delivered riveting performances in Hindi films and shone in character roles, passed away on Friday morning. He was 66. He has also acted in English and Pakistani movies, and is a Padma Shri awardee.

Puri has done defining roles in art films such as Aakrosh, Arohan and Ardh Satya ,among others. He was not confined to one language in the world of cinema. He played roles in Marathi, Telugu, Kannada and Punjabi films as well. Puri also played a much-acclaimed cameo in Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi.

Born in Ambala in a Punjabi family, Puri graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He was also an alumnus of the 1973 class of National School of Drama, where Naseeruddin Shah was a co-student.

Puri made his film debut in 1976 Marathi film Ghashiram Kotwal. Some of his most notable films include Sandgate, Ardh Satya, Mirch Masala, Dharavi, Maachis, Gupt, Dhoop, Yuva, Don, Agneepath, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and others.

He earned international fame through British films such as My Son the Fanatic, East Is East and The Parole Officer, among others.

Puri also appeared in Hollywood films such as City of Joy, Wolf, The Ghost and the Darkness ,among others.

1/6/178:37 AM

DjangoAdmin

Om Puri,

Gone too soon,he was indeed a great actor.

1/6/179:05 AM

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Om Puri passes away after a massive heart attack, funeral at 6 pm

Om Puri dead: Om Puri's body is at his residence in Andheri and his old friends and colleagues from Bollywood have arrived to pay their last respects.

Om Puri died early on Friday morning. His death was mourned by Bollywood colleagues and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Veteran actor Om Puri has passed away after a massive heart attack early on Friday morning. The actor was 66. Om Puri’s friends and colleagues from Bollywood reached his Andheri residence to pay their last respects to the actor. Puri’s body was taken to Cooper hospital for postmortem, following which the funeral will take place.

Confirming the news to indianexpress.com, filmmaker Ashoke Pandit — a close friend of Puri — said,”Omji suffered from a massive heart attack in the morning today. We have just reached his residence.”

Also read | RIP Om Puri: His journey from rag picking to cinematic success, see pics

Actor Shabana Azmi shared more details via tweet. She posted, “OM Puri undergoing postmortem at Cooper Hospital.Will be taken to Trishul around 3pm Funeral at Oshiwara electric crematorium around 6pm.”

1/6/179:14 AM

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Om Puri passes away after a massive heart attack, funeral at 6 pm

Om Puri dead: Om Puri's body is at his residence in Andheri and his old friends and colleagues from Bollywood have arrived to pay their last respects. Om Puri died early on Friday morning. His death was mourned by Bollywood colleagues and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Om Puri dead: Om Puri's body is at his residence in Andheri and his old friends and colleagues from Bollywood have arrived to pay their last respects.

Om Puri died early on Friday morning. His death was mourned by Bollywood colleagues and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.