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Celebrating Om Puri, one of Bollywood's finest actors, through his best films

FP Staff • January 6, 2017, 21:33:56 IST
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[caption id=“attachment_3191762” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] ![Jaane bhi do yaaron](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jaane-bhi-do-yaaron1.jpg) Kundan Shah’s Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron went on to be considered one of the best comedy films of all time[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3191764” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] ![Paar](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paar.jpg) Paar, released in 1984, featured Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi, three stars who’d go on to define alternative cinema of the 80s[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3191760” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] ![Gandhi](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/gandhi.jpg) Om Puri had a minor role in Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, but the Oscar-winning movie gave him much international acclaim[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3191756” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] !

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Kundan Shah’s Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron went on to be considered one of the best comedy films of all time

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Paar, released in 1984, featured Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi, three stars who’d go on to define alternative cinema of the 80s

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Om Puri had a minor role in Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, but the Oscar-winning movie gave him much international acclaim

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Considered one of the best cop films made in India, Ardh Satya was the first time audiences sat up and took notice of Om Puri’s acting talents

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Om Puri received a National Award for his role as a farmer in Shyam Benegal’s Arohan

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Om Puri played a tribesman accused of murdering his wife in Aakrosh

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Om Puri truly reserved his best works for Govind Nihalani. Tamas, based on a book by Bhisham Sahni, was no different.

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