Om Puri

Om Puri
Om Rajesh Puri OBEis an Indian actor who has appeared in mainstream commercial Indian, British and Hollywood films, Independent films and art films. His credits also include appearances in American films. He has been awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 October 1948
CountryIndia
audience films hardly maximum people personally reach serious time
I personally enjoy theatre, but preferably I do films so that I can reach up to maximum audience. If you want to give a serious message, it will reach out to maximum people through films. But through theatre, you can hardly reach out to about 3,000 audience at a time.
films love people
I feel even old people can do a nice love story, but here we don't make that kind of films. In the West, such films are being made and they make a nice romance, which is more like compassion.
english exposure himself obvious shown since stretch wants
Every person wants to stretch himself and widen his audience. Since Hollywood has got more exposure and is shown all over the world, it's obvious that every actor would want to do an English film and explore himself.
worked
Theatre is live content, and you can tell if you have worked your audience.
expect life
I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old... Your days are gone; it is part of life.
expressed forgotten
When Nandita expressed a desire to write about me, I couldn't stop her because she's my wife, but she has forgotten who she is.
became join plays seemed shy voice
When I was at school, I wanted to join the army. At college, I started acting in college plays, and it became a kind of addiction. I was very shy when I was at school, but the plays seemed to give voice to my feelings.
beggars came disturb environment naturally paid roles
I was very sensitive to the environment around, and this disparity in people, seeing beggars and laborers not paid well, used to disturb me. So these emotions in these roles came very naturally to me.
cinema appeals subjects
I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
soldier actors command
Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
gone grows parts-of-life
I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old Your days are gone; it is part of life.
actors west noses
Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never been an actor.
fun son mad
The fact is I like Mumbai less and less. My son says, 'Baba, let's go for a drive', and I tell him, 'Where's the fun of a drive in this place?' You get caught in a million traffic jams, and you spend time cooped in your car with all that mad cacophony around you.
character boys years
I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character.