

Listen to Gagan Baderiya Malgudi Days (Teaser Theme) MP3 song. And several others were extraordinarily entertaining.So, let's have a recap of the best serials of the 80s' and 90s'. Many others like Surabhi, Bharat Ek Khoj, Mahabharat were highly informative. Some even have their home video DVDs.Serials like Alif Laila, Malgudi Days, Shrimaan Shrimati are especially close to my heart. We can experience many of the classics as they are uploaded online. He is a part of their upcoming film Tubelight as well.Do you remember the old Doordarshan (DD) shows that you watched so affectionately? Those days were special and will not be forgotten.The magic that they had can't be replaced. Om Puri worked with director Kabir Khan and Salman Khan in 2015's Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Om Puri plays the chief of Marxist group in 2012's Chakravyuh. In 2012's The Reluctant Fundemantalist, Om Puri played a poet. In the 2010 film Kushti, Om Puri wants his team to win a wrestling match opposite Sharat Saxena's team so that he can become the trustee of the village.Īfter 12 years, a sequel to East is East was made called West Is West in 2010. He helped Akshay Kumar find his worth in 2008's Singh Is Kinng. Om Puri has done all kinds of movies, including this Rakhi Sawant-starrer Buddha Mar Gaya (2007). The film also stars Hollywood greats like Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Om Puri plays Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq. In Piyush Jha's King Of Bollywood (2004), Om Puri plays a faded Bollywood star. Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah play two corrupt police-men Maqbool (2003), who predict that the titular character (played by Irrfan Khan) will take over the current don, Abba ji (Pankaj Kapur). In the 1999 British comedy-drama East Is East, Om Puri plays Pakistani Zaheed Khan aka George Khan, who is married a Britisher (Linda Bassett) even though he has a wife in Pakistan. In My Son The Fanatic (1997), Om Puri plays Parvez, an alcoholic Pakistani taxi driver, who lives in the UK. In Stephen Hopkins's 1996 film The Ghost And The Darkness, Om Puri worked with Hollywood actors like Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. In Wolf (1994), he plays Jack Nicholson's doctor, who gives him an amulet to protect him from turning into a wolf completely. Om Puri has worked in many Hollywood movies. In Shyam Benegal's 1988 film Bharat Ek Khoj, he played Aurangzeb to Naseeruddin Shah's Shivaji.
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In Basu Chatterjee's 1988 television series Kakaji Kahin, Om Puri plays the titular role. Therefore, director Govind Nihalani had no choice but to telecast on Doordarshan Network in one-hour slots.ġ987's Mirch Masala saw Om Puri play Abu mian, an old factory gatekeeper, who shields Smita Patil's Sonbai from the subedar (Naseeruddin Shah) and even dies while doing so. T amas (1986) never saw a theatrical release.

In the National Award-winning film Giddh (1984), Om Puri played a man trying to save a girl from becoming a Devdasi. Om Puri was a part of Roland Joffe's French-British film City of Joy. When his co-star P atrick Swayze lost the battle to pancreatic cancer in 2009, Puri had been very emotional. In Goutam Ghose's Paar (1984), Om Puri reunited with Shabana Azmi and Mohan Agashe once again. In Shyam Benegal's 1983 film Mandi, Om Puri played a photographer. Nihalani gives us interesting anecdotes from the film here.Govind Nihalani's Ardh Satya, made in 1983, was a turning point in Om Puri's career. In 1983's hilarious Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Om Puri played builder Ahuja, who takes home a corpse in a drunken state. Om Puri's first commercial film was 1982's Disco Dancer, where he played Mithun Chakraborty's secretary.
