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Om Puri

About: A superstar of Indian cinema with increasing visibility in English-language films, Om Puri was born October 18, 1950, in Ambala, India, to a military family. He studied acting at the National School of Drama in New Delhi and at the Indian Film Institute.In Bombay, the Hollywood of India, Puri's theatre background paid off with a steady stream of leading and character roles, starting with 1976's Ghashiram Kotwal. Puri would go on to make more than 100 Indian films in all genres; one of the biggest was 1981's Sadgati, for renowned director Satyajit Ray.Puri's fame eventually reached into Western productions with memorable roles in Gandhi (1982), City of Joy (1992), Wolf (1994) and The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). Puri also received rave notices for his lead performances in two British comedies, My Son the Fanatic (1997) and East Is East (1999).

Fool N Final

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2007

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About: In this star-studded comedy, the nephew (Chunky Pandey) of a British don (Gulshan Grover) steals a diamond, setting a Dubai mobster (Arbaaz Khan) and his ragtag gang (Shahid Kapoor and Ayesha Takia) on a collision course with an all-powerful crime boss (Zakir Hussain), a runaway dancer (Sameera Reddy) and a true hero (Sunny Deol). With so many players in the mix, who will ultimately walk off with the precious stone?
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Such a Long Journey

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2000

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About: Set against the backdrop of the 1971 India-Pakistan conflict, Such a Long Journey is a funny, heartfelt drama that underscores both political and personal crisis. Roshan Seth is a bank clerk and family man whose life begins to slowly fall apart despite his best efforts. Mixing family drama and political intrigue, this adaptation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel is a masterpiece of modern Indian cinema.
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Panga Naa Lo

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2006

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About: Good friends Karsan (Satish Shah) and Kakkee (Om Puri) have lived next door to each other for 25 years. When the friendship between their teenage kids, Vera (Priyanka Yadav) and Bhura (Kunal Roy Kapoor), turns romantic, the doting dads hatch a series of schemes in an effort to fan the flames of love. But their attempts to encourage the shy youngsters are thwarted again and again by bad luck and Bhura's bashful behavior.
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Maati Maangey Khoon

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1984

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About: Left homeless after his family's land is stolen by an unscrupulous villager, the orphaned Hariya (Shatrughan Sinha) grows into a streetwise gambler determined to regain his place and property in his village in this intense drama. Raised by the temple priests, Hariya eventually learns the awful truth about what really happened to his family and decides to set things straight. Raj Babbar, Amjad Khan, Om Puri, Sudhir Dalvi and Reena Roy also star.
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Buddha Mar Gaya

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2007

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About: On the eve of a public offering that will make his company record-setting profits, Laxmikant Kabadiya (Anupam Kher) dies. His family, fearing that their fortunes may have expired with him, conspires to conceal the news of his death until the deal goes through. But each time the moment seems right, some new crisis arises to force them to keep the secret a little longer. Om Puri co-stars in this uproarious farce from director Rahul Rawail.
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Marte Dam Tak

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1987

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About: Life changes for an honest police officer (Raaj Kumar) who's spent his career fighting crime on the right side of the law when he becomes a criminal himself. But is he really a "bad guy" if he's waging a personal war against injustice? Om Puri, Aruna Irani, Govinda, Farha Naaz, Shakti Kapoor, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Alok Nath, Paresh Rawal and Ashalata co-star in this ensemble Bollywood drama.
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Code 46

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2004

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About: In this futuristic sci-fi romance, William (Tim Robbins) is an insurance examiner whose company assigns him to investigate the use of papelles, fake travel insurance papers required by the strict government. Along the way, he meets Maria (Samantha Morton), the woman responsible for the phony papelles. Although he knows who she is, he engages in a fiery affair with her … but he'll have to end it within 24 hours, when his own papelles expire.
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In Custody

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1993

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About: In director Ismail Merchant's homage to a nearly extinct language, milquetoast professor Deven (Om Puri) is elated to land an assignment profiling the great Urdu poet Nur (Shashi Kapoor) for a scholarly journal. But when they meet, a dismayed Deven finds that Nur is hardly the man of his repute -- awash in liquor and lamenting his artistic decay to a bunch of sad-sack groupies. Puri and Kapoor deliver superb performances in this engaging opus.
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