(12 Jan 2005) SHOTLIST
APTN New Delhi, India 27 December 2000-Cencor premiere
1. MS Amrish Puri dancing and clapping ( together with Hini Kaushick )
APTN-Mumbai, India 11 July 2002 -devdas premiere
2. WS arrival Amrish Puri
BOLLYWOOD STAR DIES AT 72.
Bollywood''''s favourite villain Amrish Puri died Wednesday in a Bombay hospital from a brain haemorrhage, a hospital official said. He was 72.
Puri, who suffered from a neurological disorder, was admitted to Bombay''''s Hinduja Hospital on Dec. 28 after falling at his residence the day before, said Anupam Verma, hospital administrator.
"He suffered a head injury due to the fall and didn''''t really recover," Verma said.
Puri had suffered from myelo dysplastic syndrome for the past 10 months. Among other complications, the syndrome stops blood from clotting.
Puri acted in some 220 Bollywood movies after his 1971 debut in the Hindi film "Reshma Aur Shera."
Some of Puri''''s best known movies were "Naseeb" ("Fate"), "Ardh Satya" ("Half Truth"), "Andha Kanoon" ("Blind Law"), "Shakti" ("Strength"), "Coolie" ("Porter") and "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" ("The big-hearted will walk away with the bride").
With his deep voice and gruff, evil laughter, he was one of a growing breed of Indian actors to find roles in British and American movies.
Puri played a small role in Richard Attenborough''''s Oscar-winning 1982 movie "Gandhi" as Khan, the nonviolence leader''''s Muslim sponsor in South Africa, where Mahatma Gandhi began his fight against injustice.
He shaved his head for the part of the villain Mola Ram in Steven Spielberg''''s "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" in 1984.
Before joining the Hindi film industry, Puri acted in Indian theater and did voiceovers for advertising campaigns.
He is survived by his wife, a son and daughter. The funeral will take place Thursday.
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