Om Puri dead age 66

Acclaimed Indian actor Om Puri, who starred within the hit movie East is East and the 1982 epic Gandhi, has died aged 66 after struggling a coronary heart assault.

Tributes have flooded in from the world of movie and leisure after Puri died at his residence in Mumbai, the house of Bollywood.

Throughout a prolonged profession, the actor appeared in various British tv dramas, together with White Enamel, and mainstream films - most just lately, 2014's 'The Hundred-Foot Journey', the place he starred reverse Britain's Helen Mirren. 

Acclaimed Bollywood actor Om Puri, who performed a task in Richard Attenborough's epic Ghandi, has died in Mumbai aged 66

Tributes have flooded in from the world of movie and leisure after Puri died at his residence in Mumbai, the house of Bollywood

Om Puri starred within the 2014 movie 'The Hundred-Foot Journey', alongside Britain's Helen Mirren

Puri made his movie debut in a Marathi-language film within the mid 1970s earlier than happening to star in various main Hindi hits in addition to, controversially, in some Pakistani films. 

His breakthrough movie was the 1983 gritty drama 'Ardh Satya' or 'Half Reality,' a couple of younger policeman's disaster of conscience as he offers with the nexus of crime and politics in India.

He additionally acted within the British comedy East is East, concerning the lifetime of a Pakistani immigrant in England, whereas he additionally had a task in Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic on the lifetime of India's independence motion chief Mahatma Gandhi.

Throughout a prolonged profession, the actor appeared in various British tv dramas, together with White Enamel (pictured)

Om Puri appeared alongside Ben Kingsley within the 1982 epic Ghandi, about Indian independence

Simply weeks in the past, the 66-year-old actor had mirrored on his life in a sequence of Tweets

The actor mentioned he had completed 'fairly properly' over his 35-year profession as a Bollywood and Hollywood actor

A number of Bollywood stars, followers and Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to pay their respects

The star additionally labored in a number of Hollywood and British movies, together with 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist and 'Charlie Wilson's Conflict'.  

Simply weeks in the past, the actor had mirrored on his life in a sequence of Tweets, telling followers: 'I've no regrets in any respect. I've completed fairly properly for myself. I did not haev a traditional face, however I've completed properly, and I'm pleased with it.

'I've been within the movie business for 35 years, and everybody, together with the spot-boys, will vouch for my character.'

Puri, who was born in Haryana state to a Punjabi household in 1950, was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, for his companies to the movie business.

Puri acted within the British comedy East is East, concerning the lifetime of a Pakistani immigrant in England

He additionally appeared within the 2010 movie West is West - a sequel to the 1999 hit East is East

'He confirmed that you did not have to be 'honest' and 'handsome' to be a protagonist,' Saeed Akhtar Mirza, who directed Puri in one in all his earliest movies, 'Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai' (Why does Albert Pinto get Indignant?), informed Reuters.

'It was simply the power of his persona and his efficiency.'

A number of Bollywood stars, followers and Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to pay their respects.

'Who dare say Om Puri is not any extra? He lives by way of his work,' actor Kamal Hassan tweeted.

An alumnus of the Movie and Tv Institute of India and later, the Nationwide College of Drama, the actor's work in Govind Nihalani's 'Ardh Satya' (Half-Reality) and later 'Aakrosh' (Rage) received him a number of accolades.

Together with Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil, Puri was seen as one of many stars of the choice cinema motion that contrasted sharply with Bollywood's usually crass content material.

His distinctive baritone, and skill to change seamlessly between artwork home, Bollywood, Hollywood and British movie, made him a global star, one of many few Indian actors to cross over to the West earlier than the likes Irrfan Khan and Priyanka Chopra made the soar. 

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