Coordinates	39°30′″N3°00′″N
Native name	Puri
Type	city
Locator position	right
State name	Orissa
District	Puri
Leader title	Mayor
Leader name	Gourahari Pradhan
Altitude	0
Area telephone	06752
Postal code	75200x
Vehicle code range	0R-13
Footnotes	}}

Puri () is district headquarter, a city situated about south of state capital Bhubaneswar, on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian state of Orissa. It is also known as ''Jagannath Puri'' after the Jagannath Temple (built in the late eleventh century). It is a holy city of the Hindus as a part of the ''Char Dham'' pilgrimages. It is considered that a pilgrimage of the temples of India is not complete without making the journey to Puri.

Puri also has one of the best beaches for swimming in India and is also a popular beach resort, positioned in a unique place so that both sunset and sunrise can be viewed from the beach.

Name

Puri, the holy land of Lord Jagannath, has many names. It is mentioned in Puranas as Srikshetra, Shankhakshetra, Neelāchala, Neelādri, Purusottama Dhāma, Purusottama Kshetra, Purusottama Puri and Jagannath Puri. The word "Puri" in Sanskrit means 'town', or 'city' and is cognate with ''polis'' in Greek. It is possible that Puri is a shortened name for Jagannath Puri or Purusottama Puri. In some records pertaining to the British rule, the word 'Jagannath' was used for Puri. It is the only shrine in India, where Radha, along with Lakshmi, Durga, Sati, Parvati, and Shakti abodes with Krishna, also known as Jagannath.

History

Puri is the site of the Govardhana matha, one of the four cardinal institutions established by Adi Shankaracharya, the others being those at Sringeri, Dwaraka and Jyotirmath.

Puri is also famous for its annual Ratha Yatra, or "Festival of Chariots", when the deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Subhadra, are brought out of the temple, and placed in a chariot procession. This festival occurs on various dates of the Gregorian calendar, typically in the month of July.

The town is famous for its many Mathas (Monasteries of the various Hindu sects). It also houses the relics of many Hindu figures as traditionally it is seen as a holy place to die in or to be cremated. As a result, it has had a disproportionate number of widows. Like other old Hindu religious towns it has a lot of character that is difficult to be glimpsed or picked up on easily by a casual visitor.

In 1903, Sri Yukteswar established an ashram in the sea-side town of Puri, naming it "Kararashram". From two ashrams, Yukteswar taught students, and began an organization named "Sadhu Sabha." Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, founder of 64 Sri Gaudiya Maths performed the final past-times of his life in Puri.

Culture and Tradition of Puri

Puri is one of the fascinating littoral district of Odisha. The Cultural heritage of Puri with its long recorded history beginning from third century B. C till present day, The monuments and religious sanctity, way of life of the people with their rich tradition possess emphatically to be the cultural heart of Odisha. In deed Puri is considered cultural capital of Odisha. The culture here is flourished with its manifold activities.

The District has the happy conglomerate of different religions, sects and faith in course of history, Hindu, Buddhist, Jaina, Muslim, Christian, Sikh found here in the District.

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, an incarnation of Lord Krishna, appeared 500 (five hundred) years ago, in the mood of a devotee to taste the sublime emotions of ecstacy by chanting the holy name of Krishna. Stalwart scholars of Puri like Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya (head priest and great Sanskrit pandit) and others followed His teachings. Even kings and ministers of His period became His disciples. One famous King, Prataparudra, became His great admirer and ardent follower.

;Traditional Fairs and Festivals

13 festivals are celebrated in a calendar year relating to Lord Jagannath are:

! Festival	! When celebrated	! Notes
Car Festival (Ratha Yatra)	July
Chandan Yatra	April
Gosani Yatra	September/October	Dasahara
Sahi Yatra	March/April	for 7 days from Rama Navami
Maha Shiva Ratri	February/March	in all the Saiva Pithas
Magha Mela	January	Konark
Boita Bandan	October/November	Konark
Harirajpur Melan	March	Harirajpur
Jhamu Yatra Kakatapur	May
Dayana chori		Ghorodia in Pipil Block
Aunla Navami	November	Sakshigopal
Makar Mela	January	Chilika
Bali Harachandi Mela	during the Raj Festival in June	Brahmagiri
Anabasar Yatra Alaranath Pitha		Brhamagiri
Siruli Mahavir Mela		Panasankranti- Siruli, Sadar Block

;Other Festivals for Tourists

Konark festival – Department of Tourism – Government of Odisha – 1st week of December

Konark Music & Dance Festival – Konark Natya Mandap – February

Basant Utshav – Parampara Raghurajpur – February

Puri Beach Festival at Puri – Organised by Hotel & Restaurant Association of Odisha Bhubaneswar – November

Sriksetra Mohoshav, Puri – Organised by Srikshetra Mahoshav committee – April

Gundicha Utshav at Puri – Organised by Urreka, Puri – June

In all the festivals Odissidance folk dances from different party of the country are staged.

CULTURAL PROGRAM ON SECOND SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH:

With the objective to encourage the young artist and to display our rich performing art form, Cultural programmee for two hours, in the evening of 2nd Saturday of each month is organized at the collector's conference Hall C (Near Sea bech Police Station) Puri by District Council of culture. The majestic Odissi dance, the lucid Odissi Song and enchanting folk dances are staged in this programmes.

Puri is also famous for its 'Sahi Jatras' which represent the spirit of 'Sahis' (Sahi: Geographical barriers based on occupation) Every year, strong young men dresees as mythological characters like Ravaan, Durga Madhab, Naga Sanyassi go around the town after seeking blessings from the Shri Jagannath Temple.

;Monuments

The important monuments of the District are:

Jagannath Temple, Puri

Gundicha Temple, Puri

Shyamakali Temple, Puri

Siddha Mahavir Temple, Puri

Swetaganga Tank, Puri

Lokonath Temple, Puri

Jambeswar temple, Puri

Karar Ashram, Kriyayoga Teaching & Meditation Centre, Puri

Sapta Matruka images near Markandeswar tank Puri

Sun Temple, Konark

Barahi Temple, at Chourasi, in Nimapara Block.

Mangala Temple, Kakatpur

Sakhigopal Temple, at Sakhigopal

Amareswar Temple, at Amareswar, Nimapara Block

Sculpture shed at Bishnupur, Nimapara

Gramswar Temple, Terundia, Nimapara

Alarnath Temple, Brahmamgiri

Baliharachandi Temple, Brahmagiri, Block

Kunteswar Temple, Araorh, Pipil Block

Harihar Temple, near Pipil

Shiva Temple, Jagadalpur at Delang Block

Tara image at Badatara, Gop

Bayalisbati Temple, near Gop

Mohabir Temple, Siruli Sadar Block

Gopaljeeu Temple, Ganeswar Pur, Gop

Nilakantheswar Temple,Dighalo,Nimapara

Daskhina Kali Mandir ,Biragovindpur,Puri

The grandeur of architecture and the crafts maintop of the sculptures speak high of the cultural history of Puri District.

;Excavated Archeological Sites

The following are the Excavated archeological Sites of Puri District.

Kurum is 80 km away from Konark. The excavation work conducted here reveal the remains at Buddhists artifacts at 10th century AD

Manikapatana – It is in Krushnaprasad block from which the remains at mediaeval period are found.

Klkha patana on Puri-Konark Marine drive road where the remains of 15th century was found.

;Theatre Anna Purna Theatre, situated at the grand road Puri, is a pioneer institution in the field of theatrical performances.

;Opera

Opera is a popular mobile drama troupe is very popular in the state.

;Museum

District Museum Puri: With a view to preserve and project our rich cultural heritage, the district Museum at Puri is functioning since 1997. It is one of the branch museum of Odisha state museum and managed by Govt of Odisha. Different veshas of Lord Jagannath, Sculptures of various Kinds, Patta paintings palm leaf paintings, Handicrafts of numerous varieties are displayed in this museum. It is located at the Station Road, Puri-2. There is no entry fee for visiting this museum.

Another handicraft museum is situated at Batagaon, 5 km from Puri on Puri Bhubaneswar road. It is managed by a Co-operative Society.

A museum has been established inside the Jagannath Temple which showcases history of Jagannath Temple as well as the epics such as Mahabharata and Ramayana.

;Libraries

District library: The district library of Puri is situated at station road and having more than 15000 books daily newspapers and magazines are brought to this library regularly. It is managed by dept of culture, Govt of Odisha. Anyone interested can read in this library. There is no lending facilities.

Panchasakha memorial hall library, Sakhigopal: This library is also managed by the department of culture, Odisha. It has more than 4000 books at its stock. Monday is the weekly holidays.

To extend library activities in rural areas, registered libraries functioning at different parts of the district are encouraged with various distance from Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation Calcutta through State Govt.

;Cyber Cafe

Alley Technology, Jhadeswari Club, Puri: Alley is one of the best internet browsing center in Puri(Orissa) that explores the true potential of the Internet.It offers high speed, high quality, low cost and easy to use Internet connection in Alley's stores.Alley keeps pace with the new, fast, and ever-changing world of Internet needs. For more detail visit www.alleytechnology.com

Places of interest

Puri is considered a holy place of pilgrimage in India.

The beautiful sea beach with its unique and fantastic views of sunsets and sunrises.

The world famous Jagannath Temple (Bada Deula).

Hare Krishna Movement, Puri – originally started by SriChaitanya Mahaprabhu 500 years back & inspired by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, preaching the sublime method of purifying heart & soul by chanting the Lord Krishna's (Jagannath) holy name.

The gateway to heaven (as per Hindu mythology – Swargadwara). ''Swargadwara'' means direct gateway to Heaven. Here, there is a Burning Ghat for Hindus. ''Swarga'' means Heaven and ''Dwara'' means gate.

One of the four cardinal institutions established by Adi Shankaracharya – Puri matha

Ratha Jatra.

Gateway to famous Sun temple (from Puri 36 km.) at Konark from Konark towards north "Kuruma" is the location of a famous Buddhist place. It is possible to walk along the beach from Puri all the way to Konark (or Konarak the name it is also known by) in order to see the Konark Sun Temple.

Bada Thakura(Lord Jagannath), Bada Danda(Grand Road), Bada Deula(Jagannath temple), Bada Raja(King of puri), Maha Prasada(cooked food from the temple), Maha Dipa(oil candel) etc. are notable persons and things in Puri.

Tota Gopinatha mandira, Alharanatha mandir at Bramhagiri.

Jayadeba, the famous Oriya poet who has written "Gita Gobinda" in Sanskrit was born in Kenduli Sasan on the outskirts of Puri.

Sakhigopala otherwise known as Satyabadi is a very significant religious place and tourist destination of Puri district. Utkalamani Gopabandhu Dasa with his four friends set up Bakula Bana Bidyalaya here, an open air school which played pivotal role in building character of students. Also immensely contributed to the freedom struggle of India.

Geography

Puri is located at . It has an average elevation of 0 metres (0 feet).

Demographics

India census, Puri had a population of 157,610. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Puri has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 70%. In Puri, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Tourism

Puri has a very long, broad sand beach. The sea produces very big waves here. It attracts many national and international tourists because of its beautiful long beach and world famous Jagannath Temple The place to start a pilgrimage is here and Puri is a pilgrim's destination too. There are many ashrams and sacred temples in Puri.

Nearby Tourist Spots

Sri Yukteswar Samadhi Temple, Karar Ashram

Konark, Sun Temple

Chandrabagha

RamaChandi

Beleswar

Chilika

Bhubaneswar

Gopalpur Beach

Kenduli Sasan

Sakhigopala (Satyabadi)

Politics

Current MLA from Puri Assembly Constituency is Maheswar Mohanty of BJD, who won the seat in State elections in 2009. He won this seat for BJD in 2000 and 2004 and representing JD in 1995. Other previous MLAs from this seat were Braja Kishor Tripathy who won this seat representing JD in 1990, representing JNP in 1985 and 1977, Gadadhar Mishra of INC(I) in 1980.Mr Uma Ballav Rath also became the MLA in 1991 in a Bi election as a JD candidate.

Puri is part of Puri (Lok Sabha constituency).

See also

Patali Srikhetra

Sambalpur

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

References

current M.P of puri is pinaki mishra.

External links

www.puri.nic.in – Official website of Puri District (Government website)

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Coordinates	39°30′″N3°00′″N
name	Om Puri
birth date	October 18, 1950
birth place	Ambala, Haryana, India
yearsactive	1976 – present
spouse	Seema Kapoor (divorced), Nandita Puri
occupation	Actor
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Om Puri (, , born 18 October 1950) is an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Indian films and art films. His credits also include appearances in British and American films. He has received an honorary OBE.

Early life

Puri was born in Ambala, Haryana in a Punjabi Khatri family and spent the early part of his life living with his maternal uncle in Sanaur (Patiala), Punjab, India. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India. He is also an alumnus of the 1973 class of National School of Drama where Naseeruddin Shah was a co-student.

Career

Puri has worked in numerous Indian films and also in many films produced in the United Kingdom and the United States. He made his film debut in the 1976 film ''Ghashiram Kotwal'', a film based on a Marathi play of the same name. He has claimed that he was paid "peanuts" for his best work. He has collaborated in many films with Amrish Puri as well as Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil in art films such as ''Bhavani Bhavai'' (1980), ''Sadgati'' (1981), ''Ardh Satya'' (1982), ''Mirch Masala'' (1986) and ''Dharavi'' (1992).

He has also been active in Punjabi cinema. In the 1980s, Puri also made two highly successful Punjabi films called ''Chan Pardesi'' (1980) and ''Long Da Lishkara'' (1986). After nineteen years, Puri returned to Punjabi cinema with the film ''Baghi'' (2005). He recently acted in another Punjabi film, Gurdas Mann's ''Yaariyan'' (2008).

He was critically acclaimed for his performances in many unconventional roles such as a victimized tribal in ''Aakrosh'' (1980) (a film in which he spoke not a single line of dialogue, save for during flash-back sequences), Jimmy's manager in ''Disco Dancer'' (1982), a police inspector in ''Ardh Satya'' (1982), where he revolts against life-long social, cultural and political persecution and for which he got the National Film Award for Best Actor, the leader of a cell of Sikh militants in ''Maachis'' (1996), as a tough cop again in the commercial film ''Gupt'' in 1997, and as the courageous father of a martyred soldier in ''Dhoop'' (2003).

In 1999, Puri acted in a Kannada movie ''A.K. 47'' as a strict police officer who tries to keep the city safe from the underworld which went on to become a huge commercial hit. Puri's acting in the movie is very memorable. He has rendered his own voice for the Kannada dialogues. In the same year, he starred in the successful British comedy film ''East is East'', where he played a first generation Pakistani immigrant in the north of England, struggling to come to terms with his far more westernised children.

Puri also had a cameo in the highly acclaimed film ''Gandhi'' (1982, directed by Richard Attenborough). In the mid 1990s, Puri diversified to play character roles in mainstream Hindi cinema, where his roles are more tuned to mass audiences than film critics. He also became known internationally for starring in many British films such as ''My Son the Fanatic'' (1997), ''East is East'' (1999) and ''The Parole Officer'' (2001). As well as these he appeared in Hollywood films including ''City of Joy'' (1992), opposite Patrick Swayze; ''Wolf'' (1994) alongside Jack Nicholson and ''The Ghost and the Darkness'' (1996) opposite Val Kilmer. In 2007, he appeared as General Zia-Ul-Haq in ''Charlie Wilson's War'', which stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.

He has also worked in Hindi television serials like ''Kakkaji Kaheen'' (1988) (roughly meaning "Uncle says") as a paan-chewing 'Kakkaji', which was a parody on politicians and ''Mr. Yogi'' (1989) as a suave 'Sutradhaar' who enjoys pulling the protagonist's leg. These two serials underlined Om Puri's versatility as a comedian. He received critical acclaim for him performance in Govind Nihalani's television film ''Tamas'' (1987) based on a Hindi novel of the same name. He also essayed comic roles in Hindi films like ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' which reached a cult status, followed by ''Chachi 420'' (1997), ''Hera Pheri'' (2000), ''Chor Machaye Shor'' (2002) and ''Malamaal Weekly'' (2006).

His more recent Hindi film roles include ''Singh Is Kinng'', ''Mere Baap Pehle Aap'' and ''Billu''. Puri was seen in the role of Mohammad Ali Kasuri in ''Road to Sangam'' (2009). In 2010, he appeared in ''The Hangman''.

Partial filmography

{|class="wikitable" style= border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- |1976 || ''Ghashiram Kotwal'' || Ghashiram || |- |1977 || ''Godhuli'' || |- |1977 || ''Bhumika'' || |- |1978 || ''Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan'' || Marxist man || |- |1980 || ''Aakrosh'' || Lahanya Bhiku || Won, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award |- |1982 || ''Gandhi'' || Nahari || |- |1982 || ''Arohan'' || Hari Mondal || Won, National Film Award for Best Actor |- |1983 || ''Ardh Satya'' || Anant Velankar || Won, National Film Award for Best Actor |- |1984 || ''The Jewel in the Crown'' || Mr De Souza || TV series |- |1985 || ''Mirch Masala'' || |- |1990 || ''Ghayal'' || ACP Joe Dsouza || Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor |- |1991 || ''Sam & Me'' || Chetan Parikh || |- |1992 || ''Maya Memsaab'' || || adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's ''Madame Bovary'' |- |1992 || ''City of Joy'' || Hazari Pal ||adaptation of Dominique Lapierre's novel |- |1993 || ''In Custody'' || Deven || |- |1994 || ''Wolf'' || Dr. Vijay Alezias || |- |1994 || ''Drohkaal'' || || |- |1996 || ''The Ghost and the Darkness'' || Abdullah || |- |1996 || ''Maachis'' || Sanatan || Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor |- |1997 || ''My Son The Fanatic'' || Parvez || |- |1997 || ''Aastha'' || Amar || |- |1997 || ''Gupt: The Hidden Truth || Inspector Udham Singh || Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor |- |1998 || ''Such a Long Journey'' || Ghulam Mohamed || |- |1998 || ''Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha'' || Inspector Khan || Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor |- |1999 || ''East Is East'' || George Khan || |- |2000 || ''Hey Ram'' || Goel || |- |2000 || ''Hera Pheri'' || Khadak Singh || |- |2001 || ''The Mystic Masseur'' || Ramlogan || |- |2001 || ''Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'' || Narrator || |- |2001 || ''The Parole Officer'' || George || |- |2002 || ''Awara Paagal Deewana'' || || |- |2002 || ''Chor Machaye Shor'' || || |- |2002 || ''White Teeth'' || Samad || adaptation of ''White Teeth'' de Zadie Smith |- |2004 || ''Aan: Men at Work'' || Police commissioner Khurana || |- |2004 || ''Lakshya'' || Maj. Pritam Singh || |- |2004 || ''Yuva'' || Prosonjit Bhatacharya || |- |2005 || ''The Hangman'' || Shiva || |- |2006 || ''Rang De Basanti'' || Amanullah Khan, father of Aslam || |- |2006 || ''Malamaal Weekly'' || Balwant 'Balu' || |- |2006 ||''Chup Chup Ke'' || Prabhat Singh Chauhan || |- |2006 || ''Don - The Chase Begins Again'' || CBI Officer Vishal Malik || |- |2007 || ''Fool and Final'' || father of Rahul/Raja || |- |2008 || ''Charlie Wilson's War'' || ''Mohammed Zia'', president of Pakistan || |- |2008 || ''Billu'' || || |- |2009 || ''London Dreams'' || Arjun's uncle || |- |2010 || ''Khap'' || Sarpanch of the village || |- |2010 || ''Dabangg'' || police inspector || |- |2010 || ''Action Replayy'' || Rai Bhahadur || |- |2010 || ''West Is West'' || George Khan || |- |2011 || ''Don 2 - The Chase Continues'' || || |- |2011 || ''Teen Thay Bhai'' || Chixie Gill || |- |2011 || ''Agneepath'' || || |- |}

Awards and nominations

;Wins

1981: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for ''Aakrosh''

1982: National Film Award for Best Actor for ''Arohan''

1984: National Film Award for Best Actor for ''Ardh Satya''

1984: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Best Actor for ''Ardh Satya''

1998: Brussels International Film Festival Best Actor for ''My Son the Fanatic''

1990: Padmashri, India's fourth highest civilian award

1998: Grand Prix Special des Amériques Montréal World Film Festival for exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art

2004: Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to The British Film Industry

2009: Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

;Nominations

1990: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for ''Ghayal''

1997: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for ''Maachis''

1998: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for ''Gupt: The Hidden Truth''

1999: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for ''Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha''

2000: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for ''East Is East''

References

External links

Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri Category:1950 births Category:Film and Television Institute of India alumni Category:Indian film actors Category:Living people Category:Filmfare Awards winners Category:National Film Award winners Category:National School of Drama alumni Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:Indian television actors Category:Hindi film actors

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Coordinates	39°30′″N3°00′″N
name	Puri Jagannath
birth name	Puri Jagannath
birth date	September 28, 1966
birth place	Kothapalli, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
yearsactive	2000–present
occupation	Director
website	}}

Puri Jagannath Petla (), born 28 September 1966, is a prominent Tollywood film director and producer. He is also a two-time Nandi Award recipient.

Director

''Itlu Sravani Subramanyam'' ''Appu (2002 film)Ravi Teja, Rakshitha, Prakash Raj, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ali (actor) ''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'' ''Andhrawala'' ''Super (2005 film) ''Pokiri (Telugu film) ''Desamuduru'' ''Bujjigadu'' ''Ek Niranjan'' ''Golimaar (film) ''Nenu Naa Rakshasi''

Year
rowspan="2">2000	Badri (2000 film) > Badri''	Pawan Kalyan, Amisha Patel
''Baachi''	Jagapathi Babu, Neelambary
rowspan="1"	2001	|	Ravi Teja, Tanu Roy, Samrin
rowspan="2"	2002	Appu'' ||	Puneeth Rajkumar, Rakshitha, Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy	Kannada film
''Idiot (film)	Idiot''	Ali || Remake of ''Appu''
rowspan="2"	2003	|	Ravi Teja, Asin, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, Subbaraju
''Shivamani 9848022338	Shivamani''	Akkineni Nagarjuna>Nagarjuna, Asin, Rakshitha, Prakash Raj
rowspan="3"	2004	|	NTR Jr., Rakshitha, Sayaji Shinde
''Shart: The Challenge''	Tusshar Kapoor, Gracy Singh, Amrita Arora, Prakash Raj
''143 (film)	143''	Sairam Shankar, Samiksha, Mayuri Kango, Nagendra Babu
rowspan="1"	2005	Super'' ||	Akkineni Nagarjuna>Nagarjuna, Ayesha Takia, Anushka Shetty, Sonu Sood
rowspan="1"	2006	Pokiri'' ||	Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz>Ileana, Ashish Vidyarthi, Prakash Raj
rowspan="2"	2007	|	Allu Arjun, Hansika Motwani>Hansika, Subbaraju, Ramaprabha, Pradeep Rawat
''Chirutha''	Ram Charan Teja, Neha Sharma, Ashish Vidyarthi, Prakash Raj
rowspan="2"	2008	|	Prabhas, Trisha Krishnan>Trisha, Mohan Babu, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Supreet
''Neninthe''	Ravi Teja, Siya, Subbaraju, Supreet, Sayaji Shinde
rowspan="1"	2009	|	Prabhas, Kangana Ranaut, Sonu Sood, Mukul Dev
rowspan="1"	2010	Golimaar'' || Gopichand, Priyamani, Kelly Dorji, Roja, Nassar ||
rowspan="4"	2011	|	Rana Daggubati, Ileana, Nagineedu, Ahuti Prasad
''Bbuddah... Hoga Tera Baap''	Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon, Prakash Raj, Hema Malini
''The Business Man (film)	The Business Man''	Mahesh Babu, Kajal Aggarwal

Writer

Bumper Offer (2009)- story, dialogues

''Neninthe'' (2008) - screenplay, story-Winner of Nandi Award 2008 for best story

''Bujjigadu'' (2008) - screenplay, story, dialogue

''Chiruta'' (2007) - screenplay, story, dialogue

''Desamuduru'' (2007) - screenplay, story, dialogue

''Pokkiri'' (2007) (TAMIL) - story

''Pokiri'' (2006) - screenplay, story

''Super'' (2005) - screenplay, story

''143'' (2004) - screenplay, story

''Itlu Sravani Subramanyam'' (2001)-story -Winner of Nandi Award 2001 for best story

''Shart'' (2004) (HINDI)

''Badri'' (2000) - screenplay, story

''Yuvaraja'' (2000)

Actor

''Itlu Sravani Subramanyam''

''Ye Maaya Chesaave'' (2010)

References

External links

Official Website

References

Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Indian film directors Category:Telugu people Category:Telugu film directors Category:Telugu cinema

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Coordinates	39°30′″N3°00′″N
name	Shabana Azmi
birth date	September 18, 1950
birth place	New Delhi, India
years active	1972–present
spouse	Javed Akhtar
occupation	Actress
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Shabana Azmi (, }}; born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and neo-realism. Regarded as one of the finest actresses in India, Azmi's performances in films in a variety of genres have generally earned her praise and awards, which include a record of five wins of the National Film Award for Best Actress and several international honours. She has also received four Filmfare Awards.

Azmi has appeared in over 120 Hindi films in both mainstream and independent cinema, and since 1988 she has acted in several foreign projects. In addition to acting, Azmi is a social and women's rights activist, a Godwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA), and a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. She is married to Indian poet and screenwriter Javed Akhtar.

Early life and background

Shabana Azmi was born in a Muslim family. Her parents are Kaifi Azmi (an Indian poet) and Shaukat Azmi (a veteran Indian People's Theatre Association stage actress), both of whom were members of the Communist Party of India. Her brother, Baba Azmi, is a cinematographer. Her parents had an active social life, and their home was always thriving with people and activities of the communist party. It was not unusual for her to wake up in the morning and find members of the communist party sleeping about, from a previous night's communist social that ran late. Early in childhood, the environment in her home was inculcated into her a respect for family ties, social and human values; and her parents always supported her to develop a passion for intellectual stimulation and growth.

Azmi did her schooling from the premier girl's school, Queen Mary School, Mumbai. She completed a graduate degree in Psychology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and followed it with a course in acting at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. She described the reason she decided to attend the film institute, saying, "I had had the privilege of watching Jaya Bhaduri in a (Diploma) film, ''Suman,'' and I was completely enchanted by her performance because it was unlike the other performances I had seen. I really marvelled at that and said, 'My god, if by going to the Film Institute I can achieve that, that's what I want to do.'" Azmi eventually topped the list of successful candidates of 1972.

Career

Azmi graduated from the FTII in 1973 and went on to sign on Khwaja Ahmad Abbas' ''Faasla'' and began work on Kanti Lal Rathod's ''Parinay'' as well. Her first release, however, was Shyam Benegal's directorial debut ''Ankur'' (1974). Belonging to the arthouse genre of neo-realistic films, ''Ankur'' is based on a true story which occurred in Hyderabad. Azmi played Lakshmi, a married servant and villager who drifts into an affair with a college student who visits the countryside. Azmi was not the original choice for the film, and several leading actresses of that time refused to do it. The film went on to become a major critical success, and Azmi won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performances. Upperstall.com described her work in the film as "an outstanding psychologically penetrating performance very different from those seen normally till then in mainstream Hindi cinema", and famous independent filmmaker Satyajit Ray commented, "In ''Ankur'' she may not have fitted immediately into her rustic surroundings, but her poise and personality are never in doubt. In two high pitched scenes, she pulls out the stops to firmly establish herself as one of our finest dramatic actresses".

She went on to receive the National Film Award consecutively for three years from 1983 to 1985 for her roles in movies, ''Arth'', ''Khandhar'' and ''Paar''. Another film ''Godmother'' (1999) earned her another National Film Award, taking her tally to five.

Azmi’s acting has been characterized by a real-life depiction of the roles played by her. In ''Mandi'', she acted as a madam of a whorehouse. For this role, she put on weight and even chewed betel. Real life portrayals continued in almost all her movies. These included the role of a woman named Jamini resigned to her destiny in ''Khandhar'', and a typical urban Indian wife, homemaker and mother in ''Masoom''.

She also acted in experimental and parallel Indian cinema. Deepa Mehta’s 1996 film ''Fire'' depicts her as a lonely woman, Radha, in love with her sister-in-law. The on-screen depiction of lesbianism (perhaps the first in Indian cinema) drew severe protests and threats from many social groups as well as by the Indian authorities. Her role as Radha brought her international recognition with the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Chicago Film Festival and Jury Award for Best Actress at Outfest, Los Angeles.

Some of her notable films include Shyam Benegal's ''Nishant'' (1975), ''Junoon'' (1978), ''Susman'' (1986), and ''Antarnaad'' (1992); Satyajit Ray’s ''Shatranj Ke Khiladi''; Mrinal Sen’s ''Khandhar'', ''Genesis'', ''Ek Din Achanak''; Saeed Mirza’s ''Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai''; Sai Paranjpye’s ''Sparsh'' and ''Disha''; Gautam Ghose’s ''Paar''; Aparna Sen’s ''Picnic'' and ''Sati'' ; Mahesh Bhatt’s ''Arth''; Vinay Shukla’s ''Godmother''. Her other films include the commercially successful Manmohan Desai's ''Amar Akbar Anthony'', and ''Parvarish'' and Prakash Mehra’s ''Jwalamukhi''. Azmi starred in Hollywood productions such as John Schlesinger’s ''Madame Sousatzka'' (1988) and Roland Joffe’s ''City of Joy'' (1992).

Azmi debuted on the small screen in a soap opera titled ''Anupama''. She portrayed a modern Indian woman who, while endorsing traditional Indian ethos and values, negotiated more freedom for herself. She had also participated in many stage plays, and notable among them include M. S. Sathyu’s ''Safed Kundali'' (1980), based on ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle''; and Feroz Abbas Khan's ''Tumhari Amrita'' along with actor Farooq Sheikh, which ran for five years. She toured Singapore on an assignment with the Singapore Repertory Theatre Company, acting in Ingmar Bergman’s adaptation of Ibsen’s ''A Doll's House'', which was directed by Rey Buono. Pointing out the differences in all these media, she once remarked that theatre was really the actor’s medium; the stage was actor’s space; cinema was the director’s medium; and television was a writer’s medium.

Personal life

In the initial stage of her career, she was linked to film director Shekhar Kapur. She married Javed Akhtar, a lyricist, poet and Bollywood scriptwriter on 9 December 1984, making her a member of the Akhtar-Azmi film family. It was Akhtar’s second marriage, the first being with Bollywood scriptwriter, Honey Irani. Indian actresses Farah Naaz and Tabu are her nieces.

Social activism

Shabana Azmi has been a committed social activist, active in supporting child survival and fighting AIDS and injustice in real life. Azmi has voiced her opinion on a variety of issues. Initially, her activism drew skepticism and was dubbed by some as a publicity gimmick. However, she proved her critics wrong and used her celebrity status to emerge as a high-profile social activist.

She had participated in several plays and demonstrations denouncing communalism. In 1989, along with Swami Agnivesh and Asghar Ali Engineer, she undertook a four-day march for communal harmony from New Delhi to Meerut. Among the social groups whose causes she has advocated are slum dwellers, displaced Kashmiri Pandit migrants and victims of the earthquake at Latur (Maharashtra, India). The 1993 Mumbai riots appalled her and she emerged as a forceful critic of religious extremism. After the 11 September 2001 attacks, she opposed the advice of the grand mufti of Jama Masjid (chief leader of Indian Muslims) calling upon the Muslims of India to join the people of Afghanistan in their fight by retorting that the leader go there alone.

She has campaigned against ostracism of victims of AIDS. A small film clip issued by the Government of India depicts an HIV positive child cuddled in her arms and saying: "She does not need your rejection, she needs your love". In a Bengali film named ''Meghla Aakash'' she played the role of a physician treating AIDS patients.

She has also given her voice to an HIV/AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organization TeachAIDS.

Since 1989, she has been a member of the National Integration Council headed by the Prime Minister of India; a member of National AIDS Commission (of India); and was nominated (in 1997) as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. In 1998, the United Nations Population Fund appointed her as its Goodwill Ambassador for India.

Selected filmography

She has acted in more than one hundred Hindi films, both in the mainstream as well as in parallel cinema. Several of her films have received attention in the international arena, including at the Norwegian Film Institute, the Smithsonian Institution and the American Film Institute. She has appeared in a number of foreign films, most of which have won international acclaim, including John Schlesinger’s ''Madame Sousatzka'', Nicholas Klotz’s ''Bengali Night'', Roland Joffe’s ''City of Joy'', Channel 4’s ''Immaculate Conception'', Blake Edwards' ''Son of the Pink Panther'', and Ismail Merchant’s ''In Custody''.

''Ankur'' (1974) - Laxmi

''Nishant'' (1976) - Sushila

''Fakira'' (1976) Geeta / Neeta C I D Police Inspector

''Shatranj Ke Khiladi'' (1977) - Khurshid

''Amar Akbar Anthony'' (1977) - Laxmi

''Junoon (1978) - Firdaus

''Swami'' (1978) -

''Sparsh'' (1980) - Kavita

''Arth'' (1982) - Mrs. Pooja Inder Malhotra

''Masoom'' (1983) - Indu D. Malhotra

''Mandi'' (1983) - Rukmini Bai

' Shart (film)" (1986)- Kiran Dutt

''The Bengali Night'' (1988) - Mrs. Sen

''Madame Sousatzka'' (1988) - Sushila

''City of Joy'' (1992) - Kamla Pal

''In Custody'' (1993) - Imtiaz Begum

''Son of the Pink Panther'' (1993) - Queen

''Fire'' (1996) - Radha

''Saaz'' (1997) - Bansidhar (Bansi) Vrundavan

''Side Streets'' (1998) - Mrs. Chandra Bipin Raj

''Earth'' (1998) - voice of older Lenny

''Godmother'' (1999) - Rambhi

''Makdee'' (2002) - Makdee

''Tehzeeb'' (2003) - Rukhsana Jamal

''Morning Raga'' (2004) - Swarnlatha

''15 Park Avenue'' (2005) - Anjali "Anju" Mathur

''Waterborne'' (2005) - Heera Bhatti

''Umrao Jaan'' (2006) - Khannum Jaan

''Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.'' (2007) - Nahid

''Loins of Punjab Presents'' (2007) - Rita Kapoor

''Sorry Bhai!'' (2008) - Mother Gayatri

''It's a Wonderful Afterlife'' (2010) - Mrs. Sethi

Awards and honors

National Awards

Azmi has received the National Film Award for Best Actress five times, making her the overall most-awarded actor in the function:

1975 - National Film Award for Best Actress, ''Ankur''

1983 - National Film Award for Best Actress, ''Arth''

1984 - National Film Award for Best Actress, ''Khandhar''

1985 - National Film Award for Best Actress, ''Paar''

1999 - National Film Award for Best Actress, ''Godmother''

Filmfare Awards

Winner:

1978 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for ''Swami''

1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for ''Arth''

1985 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for ''Bhavna''

2006 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominated:

1975 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for ''Ankur''

1981 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for ''Thodisi Bewafaii''

1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for ''Masoom''

1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for ''Avtaar''

1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for ''Mandi''

1985 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for ''Sparsh''

2003 - Filmfare Best Villain Award for ''Makdee''

2004 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for ''Tehzeeb''

International awards

1993: Best Actress award for ''Libaas'' in North Korea

1994: Best Actress award for Gautam Ghose’s ''Patang'' at the Taormina Arte Festival in Italy

1996: Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress for ''Fire'' at the Chicago International Film Festival 1996: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film, for ''Fire'' in L.A. Outfest

Other awards

Azmi won the award for Best Actress (Hindi) at the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards (BFJA) for ''Ankur'' in 1975, ''Paar'' in 1984, ''Khandaar'' in 1985, ''Ek Pal'' in 1987, and ''Godmother'' in 1999. She won the Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) award for ''Tehzeeb'' in 2003.

1998: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for ''Mrityudand''.

2004: Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female for ''Tehzeeb''.

2005: Star Screen Awards - Best Performance in an Indian Film in English for ''Morning Raga''

Honours and recognitions

1988: Awarded the Padma Shri from the government of India.

1988: Yash Bhartiya Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for highlighting women’s issues in her work as an actress and activist.

1994: Rajiv Gandhi Award for "Excellence of Secularism"

2002: Martin Luther King Professorship award by the University of Michigan conferred on her in recognition of her contribution to arts, culture and society.

2006: Gandhi International Peace Award, awarded by Gandhi Foundation, London. 2007: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Art by Chancellor of the University Brandan Foster by the Leeds Metropolitan University in Yorkshire 2009: She was honoured with the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award

Notes

References

''India’s 50 Most Illustrious Women'' (ISBN 81-88086-19-3) by Indra Gupta

Holt, Julia; Phalke, Shubhra; Basic Skills Agency. ''Shabana Azmi''. London : Basic Skills Agency, 1995. ISBN 1859900224.

External links

Shabana Azmi NGO in India

''One on One - Shabana Azmi'' - interview on Al Jazeera English (video, 25 mins)

Time: Shabana Azmi

Indian American Arts Council

Article from the Village Voice

EveryOne campaign brand ambassador: Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi on Twitter

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Coordinates	39°30′″N3°00′″N
name	Amrish Puri
birth name	Amrish Nihal Puri
birth date	June 22, 1932
birth place	Jalandhar, Punjab, India
death date	January 12, 2005
death place	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
other names	Mogambo
years active	1970–2005
occupation	Film actor
spouse	Urmila Diveker (1957-2005)(his death)
children	Rajiv }}

Amrish Nihal Puri (), (); June 22, 1932 - January 12, 2005) was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater 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 essaying iconic negative roles in Hindi cinema as well as other Indian and international film industries. To South Asian audiences he is 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).

Early life and background

Amrish Puri was born in Nawanshahr (former Tehsil of District Jalandhar), Punjab to Sri Nihal Puri and Ved Kaur as the third of five children. His siblings include elder brothers Chaman Puri and Madan Puri (both actors) and elder sister Chandrakanta and younger Harish Puri. He later moved to Shimla and graduated from B.M. College, Himachal Pradesh.

Amrish Puri came to Mumbai in the footsteps of his elder brothers Chaman Puri and Madan Puri (both actors), who was already an established actor known for playing negative roles. He failed his first screen test, and found a job with the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). At the same time, he started performing at the Prithvi Theatre, in plays written by Satyadev Dubey. He eventually became well-known as stage actor and won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1979. This theatre recognition soon led to work in television ads and eventually to films at the late age of 40.

He went on to work in Hindi, Kannada, Hollywood, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films. Though he was successful in all of these industries, he is best known for his work in Bollywood cinema. He has appeared in over four hundred films. His dominating screen presence and baritone voice made him stand out amongst the other villains of the day. He is best known for his role as Mogambo in the 1987 blockbuster, Mr. India and for his portrayal of Mola Ram, the antagonist in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

National Cinema

;Hindi In 1971 he appeared in his first film, ''Prem Pujari'' although the first film he had signed for was ''Reshma Aur Sheraaa'' which was released in 1971. This was followed by many villain or supporting roles in numerous art films such as Shyam Benegal's ''Nishant'', ''Manthan'', and ''Bhumika'' and Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda. He also appeared in Govind Nihalani's film, Party in 1984.

Amrish Puri grew to became a staple of Hindi films in the 1980s playing mostly villainous roles, and attracting the most acclaim for his work in the 1987 hit film ''Mr. India'', directed by Shekhar Kapur. He played an egotistical international super-villain, Mogambo, who frequently refers to himself in the third-person, expressing satisfaction at the actions of his underlings with the phrase, ''Mogambo khush hua'' (Mogambo is pleased). Since then the Mogambo catchphrase has become one of the best recognized lines in Hindi Cinema.

He also went on to play many positive supporting roles, including his famous role as Baldev Singh, the conservative father who eventually lets his daughter marry her love instead of being forced into an arranged marriage, in the Bollywood blockbuster ''Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge'' (1995). Other positive roles include Group Captain Varghese, a Malayali officer in the Indian Air Force based film ''Vijeta'', an ailing idealistic father in Ghatak: Lethal. He was a kind-hearted American businessman in ''Pardes'' (1997) and a genial grandfather in the films ''Chori Chori Chupke Chupke'' and ''Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai''. He is also known to play a strict old man in comedy films like ''Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate'', where he played a retired cop and ''Muskurahat'' where he played a retired judge.

His last films included ''Kisna: The Warrior Poet'' and ''Kachchi Sadak'', which were released some time after his death.

;Kannada He acted in some Kannada films during the early days of his career. He played the protagonist role in a black & white off beat Kannada film Kaadu directed by Girish Karnad.He also acted in some other mainstream films.

;Malayalam He starred as the sadistic jailor in ''Kalapani'' in which co-acted Padmashri Mohanlal.

;Punjabi He is best known in Punjabi cinema for his role as the landlord villain Joginder Singh in the legendary film ''Chan Pardesi'' (1980). He also starred as the villain Zalam Singh in the religious Punjabi film ''Sat Sri Akal'' (1977). After twenty years, he returned to Punjabi cinema to make a brief appearance as the Sufi Saint in the acclaimed film ''Shaheed Uddham Singh'' (2000).

;Telugu He also appeared in Telugu films such as ''Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari'', ''Major Chandrakanth'', ''Aditya 369'', ''Kondaveeti Donga'', ''Aswamedham'', ''Aakhari Poratam'' etc.

;Tamil He appeared in the Tamil film ''Dalapathi'' (1991), directed by Mani Ratnam, opposite Rajnikanth and Mammootty, Tamil and Malayalam superstars respectively. After Dalapathi, Amrish Puri made his second and last appearance in the Rajinkanth's film "Baba" (2002) in which he played the role of an evil tantrik who helps politicians and other evil elements to succeed in their hideous schemes.

International

He is known to international audiences for his roles as Khan in Richard Attenborough's ''Gandhi'' (1982) and as the main antagonist Mola Ram in the Steven Spielberg's ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984). He shaved his head for the role, and it created such an impression that he kept his head shaved and became one of the most popular villains in Hindi Cinema. Amrish and Spielberg shared a great rapport and Spielberg often said in interviews that, "Amrish is my favorite villain- The best the world has ever produced and ever will!"

Death

He died on 12 January 2005, due to brain haemorrhage, in Mumbai, Maharashtra at the age of 72.

Awards

1968: won: Maharashtra State Drama Competition

1979: won: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre

1990: Nominated: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-''Tridev''

1986:won:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, ''Meri Jung''

1991:won:Maharashtra State Gaurav Puraskar

1994:won:Sydney Film Festival, Best Actor Award – ''Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda''

1994:won:Singapore International Film Festival, Best Actor Award – ''Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda''

1996:Nominated:Filmfare Best Villain Award for''Karan Arjun

1996:Nominated:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge''

1993:Nominated:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award ''Muskurahat''

1994:Nominated:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-''Gardish''

1997:won:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-''Ghatak''

1997:won:Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor-''Ghatak''

1999:Nominated:Filmfare Best Villain Award for''Koyla

1998:won:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award-''Virasat''

1998:won:Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor-''Virasat''

2000:Nominated:Filmfare Best Villain Award for''Baadshah

2002:Nominated:Filmfare Best Villain Award for ''Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

Filmography

Amrish Puri acted in more than 400 films between 1967 - 2005. Some of them are listed below.

{|class="wikitable" !Year!!Film!!Role |- | 1970 || ''Prem Pujari'' || henchman in church |- |rowspan="3"| 1971 || ''Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe'' |- | ''Reshma Aur Shera'' || Rehmat Khan |- | ''Hulchul'' || Public Prosecutor |- |rowspan="2"| 1973 || ''Kaadu'' (Kannada) || Chandra Gowda |- | ''Hindustan Ki Kasam'' || |- |rowspan="2"| 1975 || ''Salaakhen'' || Master |- | ''Nishant'' || Eldest Zamindar |- | 1976 || ''Manthan'' || Mishraji |- |rowspan="4"| 1977 || ''Paapi'' || ''voice(uncredited)''...Michael |- | ''Alibaba Marjinaa'' || Jabbar |- | ''Immaan Dharam'' || Dharam Dhayal |- | ''Bhumika'' || Vinayak Kale |- | 1978 || ''Kondura'' || Konduraswamy |- |rowspan="4"| 1979 || ''Sawan Ko Aane Do'' || Chandrika's dad |- | ''Lakhan'' || |- | ''Jaani Dushman'' || Man in Ghost train reading horror story |- | ''Hamare Tumhare'' || General MAnager |- |rowspan="9"| 1980 || ''Patthar Se Takkar'' || |- | ''Maan Abhiman'' || Madhuraprasad Chowdhary |- | ''Kalyug'' || Kishan Chand |- | ''Chan Pardesi'' || Joginder Singh |- | ''Aakrosh'' || Dushane, Public Prosecutor |- | ''Qurbani'' || Rakka |- | ''Gehrayee'' || Tantric magician |- | ''Dostana'' || Balwant Singh |- | ''Hum Paanch'' || Veer Pratap Singh |- |rowspan="2"| 1981 || ''Krodhi'' || Madhavan |- | ''Naseeb'' || Don |- |rowspan="8"| 1982 || ''Vijeta'' || Chief Instructor Varghese |- | ''Vidhatha'' || Jagavar Chowdhary |- | ''Johny I Love You'' || |- | ''Ashanti'' || Ranvir |- | ''Aadat Se Majboor'' || Agnihotri (aka Johinder Singh) |- | ''Apna Bana Lo'' || Mr.Joshi |- | ''Shakti'' || J.K.Verma |- | ''Gandhi'' || Khan |- |rowspan="7"| 1983 || ''Mandi'' || Darvish |- | ''Hero'' || Pasha |- | ''Haadsa'' || |- | ''Ardh Satya'' || Anant's Father |- | ''Andha Kanoon'' || Mr.Ram Gupta |- | ''Coolie'' || John D'Costa |- | ''Nishaan'' || |- |rowspan="11"| 1984 || ''Zakhmi Sher'' || Swami Kashinath Singh |- | ''Yeh Desh'' || Dhulia |- | ''Party'' || Doctor |- | ''Jagir'' || Lakhan |- | ''Duniya'' || Balwant Singh Kalra |- | ''Awaaz'' || Moolchand |- | ''Mashaal'' || S.K.Vardhan |- | ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' || Mola Ram |- | ''Gangva'' || Special Appearance |- | ''Jhootha Sach'' || |- | ''Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki'' || Udaybhan |- |rowspan="10"| 1985 || ''Zabardast'' || |- | ''Teri Meherbaniyan'' || Thakur Vijay Singh |- | ''Phaansi Ke Baad'' || Damodar Seth |- | ''Patthar Dil'' || Rana Surajbhan Singh |- | ''Paisa Yeh Paisa'' || Jugal |- | ''Ek Aur Sikander'' ||Sher Khan |- | ''Mohabbat'' || Choudhary |- | ''Karmayudh'' || Sohanlal Puri |- | ''Aaj Ke Sholay'' || Balbir Gupta |- | ''Meri Jung'' || G.D. Thakral |- |rowspan="11"| 1986 || ''Ricky'' || |- | ''Pyar Ho Gaya'' || |- | ''Naseeb Apna Apna'' || |- | ''Nagina'' || |- | ''Mera Dharam'' || |- | ''Kaanch Ki Deewar'' || |- | ''Aap Ke Saath'' || Persha |- | ''Sultanat'' || Razoulli Al-Jabber Al-Nasser |- | ''Janbaaz'' || Rana Vikram Singh |- | ''Samundar'' || Raiszada Narsingh |- | ''Asli Naqli'' || Durjan Singh |- |rowspan="13"| 1987 || ''Tamas'' (mini TV series) || |- | ''Sher Shivaji'' || |- | ''Jawab Hum Denge'' || Dhanraj |- | ''Inaam Dus Hazaar'' || Captain S.P.Singh |- | ''Dance Dance'' || A.M.Singh |- | ''Dadagiri'' || Bhanupratap |- | ''Loha'' || Sher 'Shera' Singh |- | ''Pyar Karke Dekho'' || |- | ''Madadgar'' || |- | ''Mr. India'' || Mogambo |- | ''Hawalaat'' || Seth Dharam Das |- | ''Sadak Chhap'' || Dharamdas, MP |- | ''Pharam Dharam'' || Shamshera |- |rowspan="13"| 1988 || ''Yateem'' || Dacoit Porkhiya |- | ''Saazish'' || Diwan |- | ''Mohabbat Ke Dushman'' || Shahbaaz Khan |- | ''Mar Mitenge'' || Ajit Singh |- | ''Hamara Khandaan'' || Chandraprakash Singh (Vishal's dad) |- | ''Ganga Jamuna Saraswathi'' || Thakur Hansaj Singh |- | ''Aakhari Poratam'' || Anantananda Swamy |- | ''Hun Farishte Nahin'' || Pashrutam Das/Din Dayal |- | ''Shahenshah'' || J.K.Verma |- | ''Waris'' (TV series) || Dulla |- | ''Commando'' || Marcelloni |- | ''Rukhsat'' || |- | ''Dayavan'' || Inspector Ratan Singh |- |rowspan="16"| 1989 || ''Tujhe Nahin Chhodunga'' |- | ''Suryaa : An Awakening'' || Gangadhar Chowdhary |- | ''Ram Lakhan'' || Bhisambar Nath |- | ''Nigahen : Nagina Part II'' || Bhairon Nath - voice (uncredited) |- | ''Nafrat Ki Aandhi'' || Chandidas Khurana |- | ''Mujrim'' || Khan |- | ''Do Qaidi'' || K.K |- | ''Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe'' || |- | ''Farz Ki Jung'' || Jai Kishan (JK) |- | ''Ilaaka'' || Nagar |- | ''Daata'' || Gopal Das |- | ''Tridev'' || Bhujang/Bhairav Singh |- | ''Naa-Insaafi'' || |- | ''Batwara'' || Hanumant Singh |- | ''Jaadugar'' || Mahaprabhu Janak Sagar Jagat Narayan Chintamani |- | ''Aag Se Khelenge'' || Zakha |- |rowspan="10"| 1990 || ''Tejaa'' || Jarahwar |- | ''Muqaddar Ka Badshaah'' || Vikral Singh |- | ''Kishen Kanhaiya'' || Lala Gendamal |- | ''Jeene Do'' || Thakur Sher Bahadur Singh |- | ''Hatimtai'' || |- | ''Ghayal'' || Balwant Rai |- | ''Kondaveeti Donga'' || Gadra |- | ''Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari'' || Mahadrashta |- | ''Aaj Ka Arjun'' || Thakur Bhupendra Singh |- | ''Doodh Ka Karz'' || Raghuvir Singh |- |rowspan="14"| 1991 || ''Shikari : The Hunter'' || Nahar Singh |- | ''Trinetra'' || Singhania |- | ''Numbri Aadmi'' || Rana |- | ''Mast Kalandar'' || |- | ''Kohraam'' || |- | ''Aadmi Aur Apsara'' || Mahadrashta |- | ''Jigarwala'' || Dhurjan Singh |- | ''Iraada'' || |- | ''Benaam Badsha'' || Jaikal |- | ''Ajooba'' || Vazir-e-Ala (aka Vazir) |- | ''Saudagar'' || Chuniya |- | ''Aditya 369'' || Antique Collector |- | ''Dharam Sankat'' || Jagira |- | ''Phool Aur Kaante'' || Nageshwar "Don" |- |rowspan="9"| 1992 || ''Thalapathi'' || Kalivardhan |- | ''Vansh'' || |- | ''Time Machine'' (Incomplete film) || |- | ''Tehelka'' || Dong |- | ''Ashwamedham'' || |- | ''Vishwatma'' || Azghar Jurhad |- | ''Zindagi Ek Jua'' || Bhalla |- | ''Deewana'' || Dhirend (Ravi's uncle) |- | ''Muskurahat'' || Gopichand Verma (Former Justice) |- |rowspan="6"| 1993 || ''Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda'' || Mehesar Dalal |- | ''Sangram'' || Raja's father |- | ''Kundan'' || |- | ''Divya Shakti'' || Tau (Mafia Don) |- | ''Damini'' || Barrister Indrajit Chaddha (Scheming Lawyer) |- | ''Gardish'' || Purushottam Sathe |- |rowspan="6"| 1994 || ''Tejaswini'' || Lala Khurana |- | ''Pramaatma'' || |- | ''Maha Shaktishali'' || |- | ''Elaan'' || Ramakant Chaudhry |- | ''Pehla Pehla Pyaar'' || Hukam Singh |- | ''Droh Kaal'' || I.G.P Pathak |- |rowspan="10"| 1995 || ''Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!'' || Don Quixote |- | ''Kartavya'' || Thakur Ugranarayan Singh |- | ''Karan Arjun'' || Thakur Durjan Singh |- | ''Jai Vikraanta'' || Thakur Jaswant Singh |- | ''Hulchul'' || Shobraj |- | ''Maidan-E-Jung'' || Thakur Ranvir Singh 'Daata Guru' |- | ''Prem'' || Vanraja |- | ''Gundaraj'' || Police Inspector |- | ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' || Chaudhry Baldev Singh |- | ''Haqeeqat'' || ACP. Shivcharan |- |rowspan="9"| 1996 || ''Sardari Begum'' || Hemraj |- | ''Kala Pani'' || Mirza Khan |- | ''Jaan'' || Surya Dev Singh |- | ''Diljale'' || Dara |- | ''Vijeta'' || Wing Commander Varghese |- | ''Tu Chor Main Sipahi'' || Thakur Gajendra Singh |- | ''Jeet'' || Gajraj Choudhary (Underworld Don) |- | ''Beqabu'' || ACP Amritlal Bakshi |- | ''Ghatak'' || Shambu Nath |- |rowspan="9"| 1997 || ''Virasat'' || Raja Thakur (Best Supporting Actor- Filmfare award) |- | ''Pardes'' || Kishorilal |- | ''Nimayak'' || |- | ''Itihaas'' || |- | ''Himalay Putra'' || Malhotra, Seema's father (special appearance) |- | ''Dhaal: The Battle of Law Against Law'' || Pilot Baba |- | ''Koyla'' || Raja Saab |- | ''Mahaanta'' || Seth. Kedar Nath |- | ''Tarazu'' || Appa Rao |- |rowspan="7"| 1998 || ''Sham Ghansham'' || Collector Bhim Singh |- | ''Doli Saja Ke Rakhna'' || Jojo Pinto |- | ''Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge'' || Voice on the phone with Tiger |- | ''China Gate'' || Col. Kewal Krishan Puri |- | ''Chachi 420'' || Durgaprasad Bhardwaj |- | ''Barood'' || Mr.Singhal |- | ''Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate'' || Abhayankar (Police officer) |- |rowspan="9"|1999 || ''Kaala Samrajya'' || Kaalkeshwar Singh |- | ''Lal Baadshah'' || Thakur Dhayal Singh |- | ''Aarzoo'' || Dayashankar |- | ''Zulmi'' || Balraj Dutt |- | ''Jai Hind'' || |- | ''Taal'' || Jagmohan Mehta |- | ''Baadshah'' || Suraj Singh Thaper |- | ''Gair'' || C.K Oberoi |- | ''Thakshak'' || Nahar Singh (Ishaan's father) |- |rowspan="3"| 2000 || ''Shaheed Uddham Singh'' || The Sufi Saint |- | ''Badal'' ||ACP Ranjeet Singh |- | ''Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke'' || Yagvender Gareval |- |rowspan="9"| 2001 || ''Mohabbatein'' || General Khanna (special appearance) |- | ''On Wings Of Fire'' || Nihavand ruler |- | ''Zubeidaa'' || Suleiman Seth |- | ''Censor'' || Pandit Shiv Prasad (Censor Board Member) |- | ''Chori Chori Chupke Chupke'' || Kailashnath Malhotra |- | ''Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai'' || Balram Singh (Tau of Karan) |- | ''Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'' || Mayor Ashraf Ali (Sakina's father) |- | ''Yaadein'' || Jagdish Kumar Malhotra (Ronit's uncle) |- | ''Nayak: The Real Hero'' || Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan |- |rowspan="5"| 2002 || ''Badhaai Ho Badhaai'' || Mr. Chaddha |- | ''Shararat'' || Prajapati |- | ''Baba'' || Tantrik |- | ''Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani'' || Sadhu (sage) |- | ''Rishtey'' || Yashpal Chaudhary |- |rowspan="6"| 2003 || ''Surya'' || Thakur |- | ''Khushi'' || Vir Bhadra Singh |- | ''The Hero: Love Story of a Spy'' || I.S.I Chief Ishak Khan |- | ''Jaal: The Trap'' || Major Amrish Kaul |- | ''Out of Control'' || Jatta Singh Bedi (Jaswinder's father) |- | ''Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa'' || Brigadier Sarfaroz Khan |- |rowspan="9"| 2004 || ''Woh Tera Naam Tha'' || Ustad Samad Khan |- | ''Police Force: An Inside Story'' || Mr. Pandey |- | ''Dev'' || Chief Minister Bhandarker |- | ''Lakshya'' || Brigadier Gautam Puri (Sp. App.) |- | ''Garv: Pride and Honour'' || Inspector Samar Singh |- | ''Mujhse Shaadi Karogi'' || Colonel Dugraj Singh |- | ''Taarzan: The Wonder Car'' || Kartar Singh/Baa Ji |- | ''Aitraaz'' || Mr.Ranjit Roy |- | ''Hulchul'' || Angar Chand |- |rowspan="2"| 2005 || ''Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo'' || Narrator |- | ''Kisna: The Warrior Poet'' || Bhairo Singh |}

Further reading

''The Act of Life'' - An Autobiography by Amrish Puri with Jyoti Sabharwal.

References

External links

Obituary from rediff

Obituary from Times of India

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