http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4166943.stm

May his soul rest in Peace.

My condolence to his family. :(

R.I.P.

JB dukh huwa.

One of the reasons i quit watching Hindi movies was due to the fact that people like Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapur, Paresh Rawal etc always got ass-kicked towards the end.

I remember him as MOLARAM in Steven Speilberg's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". If anyone hasn't watched this movie, go get it. It is worth watching.
Besides being a scary Bad guy of the Indian Cinema, Mr. Puri was equally good in his comedy roles as well. May his soul rest in peace.

He will be missed. He was one of my favorite actors. Very sad to here such an unnatural death!

Nepal mourns the death of Amrish Puri:
[Cinema India, Bollywood]: Kathmandu, Jan 12 : The Nepalese film industry Wednesday mourned the death of charismatic Hindi film actor Amrish Puri who died in a Mumbai hospital after a brain haemorrhage.

Directors and actors remembered the "soft-spoken", "kind-hearted" gentleman who was such a sharp contrast to his screen persona of a cruel, bloodthirsty villain.

Besides having his films screened in cinemas in Nepal, the 72-year-old talented actor, who essayed so many different kinds of roles, visited Nepal in the late 1990s for the shooting of a film directed by N. Chandra.

Two Nepalese actors who have now established themselves as directors in the Nepalese film industry were approached for roles in the Bollywood film "Beqabu" starring Sanjay Kapoor and Mamta Kulkarni.

Veteran Nepalese actor-director Neer Shah, who played the role of a tour operator, remembers the week he spent with Puri when they shot in Sisling, a picturesque site in western Nepal on the way to Pokhara.

"He was a very good actor, not just a good villain," Shah said. "I have always liked the two Puris of Indian cinema - Amrish and Om Puri - and I regard Amrish Puri as a versatile actor. From his earlier role of villain, he moved on to other roles, like the stern father, and played these too to perfection."

The "Beqabu" unit stayed in the same hotel in Narayanghat for a week when Shah came to know Amrish Puri, the man.

"He was totally different from his screen persona," Shah said. "I remember him as a soft-spoken, kind-hearted man fond of a joke. We are saddened by his death, he left an indelible influence on Bollywood as well as Kollywood (the Nepalese film industry)."

Another Nepalese director Ashok Sharma, who opted out of "Beqabu", was also impressed by his first meeting with Amrish Puri.

"I was to play a 'chamcha' (sycophant) of Puri but I pulled out because I didn't like the role," Sharma told IANS.

"But I was singularly impressed by the man himself. He didn't smoke or drink and I thought, what a contrast to the drinking, devilish man he was on screen. In some of his films, he is also shown as lusting after girls whereas in real life, he had brought his wife with him and showed her great affection.

"I was also struck by how active he was, though at that time he must have been in his 60s

I liked the movie in which Anil Kapoor was offered as chief minister
for 1 day and the offer comes from Omrish Puri. That was great movie.
I forgot its title. That was the best movie, I have ever seen where Omrishi
Puri and Anil Kapoor Played very well.

Indiana Jones was not good for Omrish Puri, because he was shown
acting inhuman conditions. that role was not good for Omrishi Puri
who has great roles in Indian Movies. That did not raise his image.

GP

Ohh ma gwad!! Brain hemorrhage , How come???? He looks so healthy in all his movies, did he had some kinda accident? Well, my heartfelt condolence to his family and friends.:o(

May his soul rest in peace!

He was by far one of the most prominent actor in the history of hindi cinema. I would like to thank him for entertaining us for all these decades.My prayers for his deceased soul. May it rest in peace.

I rem once as a kid, i saw him dying in one of the movie... and next tyam, when i saw him again... in another movie ( i guess it was " kasam paida karne wale ki :P"... i was like KASARIIIIIIIIIIIII? Asti mareko hoina????

Now i'd miss his brilliant acting.

Ohh shantiiiiiiiiii,
IndisGUIse:)

awww thats so sweeet Indi.... "kasariiii??". How old were you 3-4?

May his soul rest in peace. He was a fine artist.

euta cinema ma hai amris puri halka halka luga laka taruniharulai maalis garudai dhalki ra samjhera katti raat ta nindrai khalbaliyo gathe! lagthyo---tyasto jindagi po jindagi---afno ta parkaseko ghar banuda baluwa chalne euti kt lai side dida dida hai haina---tara ghar banera sakiyo side lagya sagya haina--ajha ek din ta murdar bhanera ghureki ye! kasari sakeki ta! khai ke bhako ke bhako---

ani yeah! kumarima cinema heri ra hai amris puri aayo--cinema ma ni feri--- hai ani ma ta chit! asti jay nepal ma marya thyo yo villian ...ahile ta kumari ma kaha bata aayo feri bhanera ---

Indian cinema lost a major hasti.

Lol @ Deep.
Well, he certainly was one of the greatest actor of hindi cinema. One of my fav movie of his is... I don't remember the name hehe, but i remember the scene and the actors. He played sunny deols dad and the villian drags him on the street, humiliates him and eventually kills him (I think.. damn wot is happening to my memory). Gosh wot was the name.. Gardish, is it???

Gardish has Jackie shroof in it.. duh!.. its one of the really good indian movie... " Ma gunda huna chandina daddy" bhanne hoina :P..hehehe

ummmmmmmmm Amrish puri playin sunny's dad... hmmmmmmm khai yoo yoo bhaneko jasto lagcha... tara kun ho khai... been ages.. saal ma 2-3 wota herincha.. kinda lost it:(

Oops my bad, So its not Gardish, Or may be it was Gardish but not Sunny deol, or may be it wasn't both?? Hmm, now i am totally confused.

Darling Bizarre!!! thats "GHATAAK" with SUNNY DEOL thats one of the finest movie. Do u remember the dialogue Sunny says something like Haddiyon ma surma bhara something like that . thats nice oh GARDISH too. I remeber about GARDISH my thulobaba keep on showing that to my cuzin he he he he he. My cuzin used to be hoodloom that time.

"Mogambo soo gaya", ash to ash dust to dust , fade to black...AMEN

Thanks Swaati, Huh! wot a relief, I was gonna think abt it all day, but thanks for saving ma time :o)
Isn't that scene awesome. I creid so much *sob sob* i felt so bad for him.... And solly i don't remember that dialogue. all i know is it has lotsa good dialogues.

I was shocked when I heard he died..Looking at him in his recent movies ..he looked like he was going to live another 25 years easily....looked healthy.
Well, HONI KO KAUN TAAL SAKTA HAI.....Mogambo So gaya.

one of my fav personalities...

Congratulations