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Amrish Puri
Sir Amrish Lal Puri
(; 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005) was an Indian actor, who was an important figure in
Indian theatre
and
cinema
. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as
Satyadev Dubey
and
Girish Karnad
. He is remembered for playing 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). Puri has won three
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
.
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