Amrish Puri Villain Character will always be remembered till Bollywood exist. Google has dedicated its doodle to the veteran actor of Bollywood known for his Villainous roles Late Mr. Amrish Puri. He has been the villain in the Hindi cinema for 3 decades. His most revered role as a villain was in the movie Mr. India as Mogambo.
The Dialogue “Mogamo Kush Hua” is still in the minds of Hindi Cinema Lovers all across the globe. There hasn’t been any Villain in the Indian Cinema Industry as famous as Amrish Puri. He has set the bar so high that hardly anyone will even be able to match up to his accomplishments.
Amrish Puri has done around 400 Movies in Bollywood
Amrish Puri has done around 400 Movies ranging from Hindi and other languages. But he has predominantly focused only on Hindi Cinema. He has even acted as the main villain in a Hollywood movie starring the great Harrison Ford directed by the renowned Steven Spielberg. The movie was ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’.
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He has won numerous awards including the coveted Filmfare awards. He has mainly won Best Villain many times and Best supporting Actor thrice. Best Villain was obvious but his skills as an actor was not just limited to doing negative roles, he has acted in other character roles as well. He excelled in that too. But he was stereotyped to doing villainous roles for which he was fondly remembered.
Amrish Puri had two brothers who were already part of Bollywood
Very few people know this but Amrish Puri had two siblings that were already villains in Bollywood. His Brothers Madan Puri and Chaman Puri were established actors in Hindi Cinema back in the 60s and 70s. Amrish Puri failed his first screen test and took up a job in the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation under the Ministry of Labour also known as ESIC. But he did not quit acting he joined Prithvi Theatre and acted in many plays.
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His acting career progressed from the stage to the cinema. He started off as the main henchman for villains in Hindi Movies and then went onto become the main villain and ruled that space for more than 30 Years. Steven Spielberg has even said this in many interviews, “Amrish is my favourite villain. The best the world has ever produced and ever will!”. On this note, all of us here at the ThePost24.com pay our humble respects to the Great Amrish Puri.
