Amrish Puri
Amrish Puri is an Indian actor, best known for Tamil cinema. Amrish Puri began their career in 1982 and has been a prominent figure in the industry for over 44 years. With over 180 credits to their name, Amrish Puri remains one of the most prolific and celebrated talents in the industry.
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Biography
Amrish Lal Puri was an Indian leading theatre and film actor, who was a key player in the Indian theatre 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 playing iconic negative roles in Hindi cinema as well as other Indian and international film industries. To Indian audiences he is the most remembered for his role as Mogambo in Shekhar Kapur's Hindi film Mr. India (1987), and to Western audiences he is best known as Mola Ram in Steven Spielberg's Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).
Amrish Puri by the Numbers
If you watched every Amrish Puri film back-to-back, you'd be at it for roughly 17 days and 12h. Most-paired with Kareena Kapoor — 10 films together.
Filmography
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Collaboration Network
The Constellation
Top 10 most-paired collaborators. Bubble size and line thickness reflect how many films they share with Amrish Puri.
Top Co-Actors
See all →Amrish Puri has worked most frequently with Subhash Ghai (4 films), Abbas-Mustan (4 films), Priyadarshan (3 films), K. Raghavendra Rao (3 films), and Guddu Dhanoa (3 films).
