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Amrish Puri

Amrish Puri is an Indian bhairo singh, best known for Tamil cinema. Amrish Puri began their career in 1994 and has been a prominent figure in the industry for over 32 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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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).

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BornJune 22, 1932
Known Credits180+

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