Amrish Puri
Amrish Puri Amrish Puri at the premiere of The Hero: Love Story of a Spy Born Amrish Lal Puri (1932-06-22)22 June 1932 Lahore, Punjab Province, British India Died 12 January 2005(2005-01-12) (aged 72) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Cause of death Cerebral Haemorrhage Occupation Actor Years active 1970–2005 Spouse(s) Urmila Diveker (1957–2005) (his death) Children Rajiv, Namrata Signature Amrish Lal Singh Puri (Hindi: अमर श ल ल प र ; 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005 ) was an Indian leading theatre and film actor, who was a key player in the Indian theatre movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad. However, he is primarily remembered for essaying iconic negative roles in Hindi cinema as well as other Indian and international film industries. To Indian audiences he is the most remembered for his role as Mogambo in Shekhar Kapur's Hindi film Mr. India (1987), and to Western audiences he is best known as Mola Ram in Steven Spielberg's Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).