Amrish Puri Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Amrish Puri appeared in more than 450 movies between 1967 and his death in 2005.

During his career, Puri had more than 400 acting credits across multiple languages including Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, and Punjabi films.

Puri won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1979, for becoming a well-known stage actor after failing his first-ever screen test.

He got recognition in the western world by starring as Mola Ram in the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Amrish Puri's best-known roles came as Mola Ram in the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Mogambo in the 1987 film Mr. India. He also won three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actor and two Best Supporting Actor award from the Screen Weekly.

Basic Information About Amrish Puri

Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Actor, Voice Actor, Playback Singer
Net worth	$20,000,000
Date of birth	1932-06-22
Place of birth	Lahore
Date of death	2005-01-12 (aged 72)
Nationality	India
Curiosities and Trademarks	Deep, baritone voice. Would often enlarge his eyes in the event he got happy or became furious at the failure of his men when playing the movie's main villain.
Spouse	5 January - Urmila Divekar ( 1957 - 12 January 2005) (his death) (2 children)
Gender	Male
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Amrish Puri win?

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Amrish Puri roles

Movie / Series	Role
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Mola Ram
Gandhi	Khan
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	Chaudhry Baldev Singh

Interesting Facts about Amrish Puri

Brother of Madan Puri
He made his debut at the age of almost 40 in 1971 in Reshma Aur Shera (1971).
He shaved his head for the role of the villian Mola Ram in Indiana Jones en de tempel des doods (1984). It created such an impression that he kept his head shaved and became one of the most popular villains in Hindi Cinema.
Daughter, Namrata, son, Rajiv.
Uncle of director Ramesh (Ramnesh) Puri. Madan Puri's son.
Although he was known for playing villains, he was described by co-star Harrison Ford as one of the nicest and kindest actors he had ever worked with.
Son Rajeev is married to Meena. They have two children. Harshvardhan and Sachi.
Daughter Namrata married Shirish Bagwe in 1987. They have two children. Krish and Shantanu.
First cousin of singer K.l. Saigal.
Starred in the shelved film Om Pictures AAKHIRI HATHIYAAR (1999) Starring Niranjan,Sharmili, Amrish Puri,Aruna Irani, Deepak Shirke,Raza Murad, Arjun,Shiva,,Music by Abhiraj, Produced by Mukesh Bansal, Directed by Rakesh Sinha, Mukesh Poonam.
Starred in the shelved film Kumar Mangat Productions KUDRAT KA INSAAF (1990) Starring Aasif Sheikh, Sabeeha, Amrish Puri,Raza Murad,Tej Sapru,Kunika,Aparajita, Produced by Kumar Mangat, Directed by V. Menon.
In the mid 80's Amrish Puri was involved with a married woman named Shobha Rane (Bhavna). She was married to Nitin Salhalkar.
Elder brother is actor Chaman Puri and elder sister Chandrakanta.
Younger brother named Harish Puri.
Nephew Anoop Puri is also a actor (Son of Chaman Puri.).
Grandnephew Rohin Puri is a musician. Rohin is Chaman Puri's grandson.
Cousin of actor S.L.Puri (Sunder Lal Puri). He was the CEO of Filmistan studio.
Starred in the shelved film "Dastaan E Majnu" (1985). Rajan Sippy, Mandakini, Suresh Oberoi. Amjad Khan, Amrish Puri, Music by Laxmikant -Pyarelal, Produced Pramod Shah, Directed by R. Sharma.