Om Puri Death

Om Puri's Aakrosh, Ardh Satya director Govind Nihalani: 'He was forever hungry for a good role'

For Om Puri — who passed away on Friday, 6 January 2017 — his big break came with filmmaker-cinematographer-screenwriter Govind Nihalani's Aakrosh(1980) followed by Ardh Satya(1983), Aaghat(1985), Tamas (tele-serial, 1987) and many more thought-provoking and socially relevant films when the parallel cinema movement was at its peak. In an exclusive chat with Firstpost, Nihalani spoke about Puri — an unlikely hero and versatile actor — whose filmography ranged from art cinema to commercial movies and includes even British and American productions

Om Puri's story is every struggling actor’s fantasy: Naseeruddin Shah remembers close friend

Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah were classmates, friends, rivals ('for roles, not girls') and colleagues. In this moving tribute from Nandita C Puri's Unlikely Hero, published by Roli Books, Shah recalls how he saw Om Puri transform from a scrawny young struggling actor to an international star of repute.