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Amrish Puri was an Indian stage and film actor whose career spanned from 1967 to 2005. He was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, on June 22, 1932, and died in Mumbai on January 12, 2005, due to a cerebral hemorrhage resulting from natural causes. A Hindu male, he was the sibling of Madan Puri and had two children. He was a citizen of the British Raj, Dominion of India, and India.
Puri received several awards, including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Zee Cine Awards. His notable works include the films Tridev and Baadshah. He spoke, wrote, or signed in Hindi, Malayalam, and Telugu. His name in his native language is अमरीश पुरी.
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Jalandhar, Punjab, India
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…
Known for
- Kachchi Sadak — Hasan Kairanvi2006
- Kisna — Bhairo Singh2005
- Hulchul — Angar Chand2004
- Mujhse Shaadi Karogi — Colonel Dugraj Singh2004
- Garv: Pride and Honour — Police Commissioner Samar Singh2004
- Dev — Chief Minister Bhandarker2004
- Police Force: An Inside Story — Mr. Panday2004
- Aitraaz — Ranjit Roy2004
- Love — Saligrama Oberoi2004
- Lakshya — Brig. Gautam Puri2004
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Jalandhar
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Telugu
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Award
- Zee Cine Awards
- Notable work
- Baadshah
- Image
- Amrish Puri.jpg
- Height
- 1.75
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1932-06-22
- date of death
- 2005-01-12
- Commons category
- Amrish Puri
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- end of work period
- 2005-00-00
- name in native language
- अमरीश पुरी
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