Actor-Director Om Puri dies of heart attack in Andheri, Mumbai today

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NEW DELHI: Movie Actor -Director Om Puri who was one of the biggest actors in India, has died on Friday, 6 January 2017 at the age of 66 years due to heart attack at his home Andheri, Mumbai. The veteran actor starred in several award-winning Indian movies and also featured in crossover ventures. He was also awarded with Padma Shri, National Film Awards. He got education in National School of Drama, Delhi Actor Om Puri  got achievement as name and fame with movie like ' Ardh Satya ' , ' Aakrosh ' and ' Paar ' . His popularity later enhanced to mainstream cinema, with iconic roles in films like ' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron ' and ' Maachis ' .
Om Puri was born in Ambala of the Haryana state on 18 October 1950 in a punjabi family. His father was worked in railways. He was also an alumnus of the 1973 class of the National School of Drama, where Naseeruddin Shah was a fellow student. He made his film debut in the 1976 Marathi film Ghashiram Kotwal, based on a Marathi play of the same name by Vijay Tendulkar. Actor Om Puri, along with Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil, were among the critically-acclaimed actors who thrived in what was then referred to as art cinema, defining films like Bhavni Bhavai (1980), Sadgati (1981), Ardh Satya (1982), Mirch Masala (1986) and Dharavi (1992). He appeared in Hollywood films like City of Joy (1992), opposite Patrick Swayze; Wolf (1994) with Jack Nicholson; and The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) opposite Val Kilmer. He played General Zia-ul-Haq in Charlie Wilson ' s War, which stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi including top leaders and film actors have expressed condolences on the Om Puri demise. Besides it, Film stars Anupam Kher - his co-star of many films - Karan Johar, Madhur Bhandarkar and Sujit Sarkar have also expressed condolence over Puri death.
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