• Name: Amrish Puri
  • Date of Birth: June 22, 1932
  • Place of Birth: Punjab, India
Mini-bio: Believe it or not, Amrish Puri wanted to become a Bollywood movie hero but failed a screen test in 1954. And what a failure it was! Mr. Puri went on to become one of the most renowned and credible vil...( read more)lains in Bollywood's history. His most memorable and most-often quoted role as Mogamba "Mogambo" Khush Huva is still remembered from Mr India (1987). Shyam Benegal cast him in movies such as Nishaant (1975), Bhumika: The Role (1977), and Manthan (1976). Yash Chopra cast him in Mashaal (1984), the same year that Steven Spielberg cast him in his best-known role outside of India, as Mola Ram in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). His elder brother is none other than Bollywood actor Madan Puri. Amrish Puri died in Mumbai on January 12, 2005, due to a brain hemorrhage.
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  • suveshranjit
    Mogambo, Thakur Durjan Singh, Lala Khurana, Rana Ji, Raja Saab, Thakur Bishwombar Nath,Tara, Bhairo Singh, Kishori Lal, Shovraj, Shambhu Nath, Pasha, Inspector Samar Singh, Jagira, Yashpal Chaudhary, Balaraj Chauhan, Kailash Nath, Balwant Raya, ACP Ranjit Singh, Pilot Baba, Maha prabhu Janak Sagar Jagat Narayan Chintamani...
    posted 769 days ago
  • wayko
    Going to miss him he was a great actor
    come on who can go and rip a man's heart out with his bare hand :)
    may he rest in peace
    posted 848 days ago
  • hmblm
    Mogambo khushua haha
    posted 1064 days ago

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