D O B June 22,1932
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Jalandhar, Punjab
Known For Actor, Singer
Married Yes

Biography Amrish Puri was born in Nawanshahr former Tehsil of District Jalandhar Punjab to Sri Nihal Singh Puri and Ved Kaur as the third of five children His siblings include elder brothers Chaman Puri and Madan Puri both actors and elder sister Chandrakanta and younger Harish Puri He later moved to Shimla and graduated from B M College Himachal Pradesh Amrish Puri came to Mumbai in the footsteps of his elder brothers Chaman Puri and Madan Puri both actors who was already an established actor known for playing negative roles He failed his first screen test and found a job with the Employees State Insurance Corporation ESIC At the same time he started performing at the Prithvi Theatre in plays written by Satyadev Dubey He eventually became well known as stage actor and won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in This theatre recognition soon led to work in television ads and eventually to films at the late age of He went on to work in Hindi Kannada Marathi Hollywood Punjabi Malayalam Telugu and Tamil films Though he was successful in all of these industries he is best known for his work in Bollywood cinema He has appeared in over four hundred More films His dominating screen presence and baritone voice made him stand out amongst the other villains of the day He is best known for his role as Mogambo in the blockbuster Mr India and for his portrayal of Mola Ram the antagonist in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom In he appeared in his first film Prem Pujari although the first film he had signed for was Reshma Aur Sheraaa which was released in This was followed by many villain or supporting roles in numerous art films such as Shyam Benegal's Nishant Manthan and Bhumika and Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda He also appeared in Govind Nihalani's film Party in Amrish Puri grew to became a staple of Hindi films in the s playing mostly villainous roles and attracting the most acclaim for his work in the hit film Mr India directed by Shekhar Kapur He played an egotistical international super-villain Mogambo who frequently refers to himself in the third-person expressing satisfaction at the actions of his underlings with the phrase Mogambo khush hua Mogambo is pleased Since then the Mogambo catchphrase has become one of the best recognized lines in Hindi Cinema He also went on to play many positive supporting roles including his famous role as Baldev Singh the conservative father who eventually lets his daughter marry her love instead of being forced into an arranged marriage in the Bollywood blockbuster Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge Other positive roles include Group Captain Varghese a Malayali officer in the Indian Air Force based film Vijeta an ailing idealistic father in Ghatak Lethal He was a kind-hearted American businessman in Pardes and a genial grandfather in the films Chori Chori Chupke Chupke and Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai He is also known to play a strict old man in comedy films like Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate where he played a retired cop and Muskurahat where he played a retired judge His last films included Kisna The Warrior Poet and Kachchi Sadak which were released some time after his death