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  • My Son The Fanatic
  • My Son The Fanatic review by A customer from Coventry
    Rated - 5.0 stars A moving and unconventional love story 15 August 2005
    ...ureishi's script (from his own short story) centres on Pakistani cabbie Parvez (Om Puri), whose respect and love for most things English - including local prostitute B...   Read customer review
  • City of Joy
  • City of Joy review by from Maidstone, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars The lost gem of Patrick Swayze's career 18 September 2009
    ... befriends Hazari, a struggling rickshaw driver sick with TB. Hazari (played by Om Puri) has moved to Calcutta because he lost his home and is now trying to earn a dow...   Read customer review
  • Chann Pardesi
  • Chann Pardesi review by from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars A rare gem! 24 March 2006
    ...ears. It is brilliantly acted by late Amresh Puri, and it was a pleasure to see Om Puri’s acting brilliance before he became famous in Bollywood and the western cinema...   Read customer review

Om Puri - filmography


  • Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Riteish Deshmukh,  Genelia Dsouza,  Om Puri
    Director: Mandeep Kumar
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Mini, a beautiful, free spirited tomboy's fate is determined by her money-hungry dad Bhatti. Bhatti has confirmed Mini's wedding to Sunny, whose only aim in life is to spend his wealthy father's money. Then there is Viren, a mild-mannered but ambitious guy employed by Bhatti. In an unusual turn of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 124 members
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  • Krishna Aur Kans (2012)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Juhi Chawla,  Manoj Bajpai
    Director: Vikram Veturi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    ‘Krishna Aur Kans’- an animated feature film is based on the timeless tale of Lord Krishna – one of India’s legendary characters from Indian mythology revered across the globe. The film chronicles his early years – from his birth as the nemesis of his evil uncle Kans, to his combat against ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 2 members
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  • Agneepath - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Hrithik Roshan,  Priyanka Chopra,  Sanjay Dutt
    Director: Karan Malhotra
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a small Indian village, Mandwa, Vijay is taught by his principled father about the path of fire -- Agneepath. His life is completely shattered when the evil drug dealer Kancha hangs his father to death. Vijay leaves for Bombay with his pregnant mother and has only one mission in life -- to come ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 129 members
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  • Chakravyuh on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Arjun Rampal,  Esha Gupta,  Abhay Deol
    Director: Prakash Jha
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    There is a war raging in India. A war whose end can't be seen. A war that isn't being waged by outsiders. The enemy is our own! The youth of the country are rebelling. Against injustice, against tyranny, against exploitation. Inequality will not be tolerated forever. There is anger, and there is ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 40 members
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  • Agneepath on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Hrithik Roshan,  Priyanka Chopra,  Sanjay Dutt
    Director: Karan Malhotra
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a small Indian village, Mandwa, Vijay is taught by his principled father about the path of fire -- Agneepath. His life is completely shattered when the evil drug dealer Kancha hangs his father to death. Vijay leaves for Bombay with his pregnant mother and has only one mission in life -- to come ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 327 members
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  • Don 2 on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Shah Rukh Khan,  Priyanka Chopra,  Om Puri
    Director: Farhan Akhtar
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Having conquered the Asian underworld, Don (Shah Rukh Khan) now has his sights set on European domination. In his way are the bosses of the existing European underworld and all law enforcement agencies. The action shifts from Kuala Lumpur to Berlin as Don must avoid assassination or arrest, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 299 members
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  • Don 2 - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Shah Rukh Khan,  Priyanka Chopra,  Om Puri
    Director: Farhan Akhtar
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Having conquered the Asian underworld, Don (Shah Rukh Khan) now has his sights set on European domination. In his way are the bosses of the existing European underworld and all law enforcement agencies. The action shifts from Kuala Lumpur to Berlin as Don must avoid assassination or arrest, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 80 members
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  • West Is West on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Jimi Mistry,  Om Puri,  Linda Bassett
    Director: Andy DeEmmony
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 8,564 members
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  • Dabangg - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Salman Khan,  Sonakshi Sinha,  Om Puri
    Director: Abhinav Kashyap
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in Uttar Pradesh, Dabangg is the story of a corrupt police officer played by Salman Khan and highlights the flaws and loopholes in the system. The film primarily deals with the unlawful practices in the states of UP and Bihar.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 318 members
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  • Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Rahul Aggarwal,  Neena Gupta,  Ehsan Khan
    Director: Rahul Aggarwal
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Bollywood culture-clash comedy. Rahul Aggarwal stars as Devaki, a simple-minded Bihari villager who moves to Mumbai with his new bride, Mithlesh (Narayani Shastri). As they struggle to overcome the linguistic and cultural barriers and adjust to the fast and furious pace of city life, the newlyweds ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 49 members
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  • West Is West - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Jimi Mistry,  Om Puri,  Linda Bassett
    Director: Andy DeEmmony
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,682 members
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  • Dabangg on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Salman Khan,  Sonakshi Sinha,  Om Puri
    Director: Abhinav Kashyap
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in Uttar Pradesh, Dabangg is the story of a corrupt police officer played by Salman Khan and highlights the flaws and loopholes in the system. The film primarily deals with the unlawful practices in the states of UP and Bihar.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 644 members
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  • Kushti on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Asrani,  Nargis Bagheri,  Asif Basra
    Director: Rajeev Kumar
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Bollywood romantic comedy set in a small village in Northern India. When village simpleton and postmaster Chander (Rajpal Yadav) falls in love with the beautiful Laadli (Nargis Bagheri), he is asked by her father, Avtar Singh (Sharat Saxena) to prove his prowess by taking on the seven-and-a-half ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 38 members
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  • Billu Barber on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Irrfan Khan,  Shahrukh Khan,  Lara Dutta
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Billu Barber is a story of a simple ordinary man who led an extraordinary life. Bilas Rao Pardesi was living in his village with his wife Bindiya and two great kids. Life was bitter sweet, but one day, a superstar came into their lives and everything changed. The people around him changed, life ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 983 members
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  • Bolo Raam on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Rishi Bhutani,  Krishan Khatra,  Padmini Kolhapure
    Director: Rakesh Chaturvedi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Rishi Bhutani stars as Raam, a boy who is charged with the murder of his mother and subsequently becomes mute. Despite attempts by doctors and psychiatrists, Raam's silence proves unbreakable. But could it be his very silence that holds the key to the mystery?
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 11 members
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  • Kurbaan on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Saif Ali Khan,  Kareena Kapoor,  Rupinder Nagra
    Director: Rensil D'Silva
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Avantika is a teacher in a university in Delhi. She has come back from New York where she teaches, because her father has suffered a heart attack. During this period, she meets a temporary Professor called Ehsaan Khan. Soon they begin seeing each other and love blossoms. A few months later, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 667 members
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  • Life Goes On (2009)
    Starring: Mukulika Banerjee,  Misha Crosby,  Christopher Hatherall
    Director: Sangeeta Datta
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The drama explores the relations between a grief stricken father and his three daughters. Set in London, the time is now, the family of Indian origin. With his wifes sudden death, Sanjay is suddenly thrown into close proximity with his three daughters. The drama unfolds over six days from the day ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 3 members
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  • Baarbar on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Soham,  Mithun Chakraborty,  Urvashi Sharma
    Director: Aashu Trikha
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A 12 year old boy picks up a country made gun and shoots a man in cold blood! His eyes, devoid of any emotion, and his heart exhibits no remorse. After shooting the person in broad day light, this 12 year old boy walked the streets of Aman Ganj, with a gun in one hand. Everyone present in the ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 29% from 30 members
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  • Billu Barber - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Irrfan Khan,  Shahrukh Khan,  Lara Dutta
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Billu Barber is a story of a simple ordinary man who led an extraordinary life. Bilas Rao Pardesi was living in his village with his wife Bindiya and two great kids. Life was bitter sweet, but one day, a superstar came into their lives and everything changed. The people around him changed, life ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 149 members
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  • Wanted - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Salman Khan,  Ayesha Takia,  Vinod Khanna
    Director: Prabhu Deva
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Radhe (Salman Khan) is a hard-core gangster known for brutality and commitments. He works for Gani Bhai (Prakash Raj), the dreaded Mafia leader, on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single headedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies, one by one making more enemies in the process. Into Radhe's life ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 253 members
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  • Kurbaan - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Saif Ali Khan,  Kareena Kapoor,  Rupinder Nagra
    Director: Rensil D'Silva
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Avantika is a teacher in a university in Delhi. She has come back from New York where she teaches, because her father has suffered a heart attack. During this period, she meets a temporary Professor called Ehsaan Khan. Soon they begin seeing each other and love blossoms. A few months later, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 18 members
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  • Wanted on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Salman Khan,  Ayesha Takia,  Vinod Khanna
    Director: Prabhu Deva
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Radhe (Salman Khan) is a hard-core gangster known for brutality and commitments. He works for Gani Bhai (Prakash Raj), the dreaded Mafia leader, on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single headedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies, one by one making more enemies in the process. Into Radhe's life ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 878 members
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  • Delhi 6 on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Abhishek Bachchan,  Sonam Kapoor,  Om Puri
    Director: Rakeysh Mehra,  Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Roshan travels from the United States to India with his ailing grandmother. Little does he know that this quick trip will turn into the longest journey of his life--a journey within! The story is told against the backdrop of the ancient walled city of Delhi which is a character by itself. A city ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 837 members
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  • London Dreams on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Salman Khan,  Ajay Devgn,  Asin
    Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Two childhood friends had little in common, except the connection their families had with music. While Arjun's life was consumed by a passionate drive to get on stage and realize his grandfather's unfulfilled dream, Mannu had little interest in his father's music instruments and was content with ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 430 members
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  • Mere Baap Pehle Aap on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Genelia D'Souza,  Akshaye Khanna,  Paresh Rawal
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Janaradhan Wishvanbhar, a widower, has spent his life bringing up his two children Chirag and Gaurav. Janaradhan has done everything to bring them up in the best possible manner. Now they have grown up and have to take on the responsibility of their father. Gaurav being the younger son treats his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 296 members
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  • Yaariyan on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Asrani,  Rana Jung Bahadur,  Bhoomika Chawla
    Director: Deepak Grewal
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Every human being in order to fulfill his dream travel on the wings of desires to meet his destiny. Some do so within the walls of their villages, some travel to towns and cities and some cross over all the seas to distant lands. We have over the years, left a mark on almost every aspect of life, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 28 members
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  • Krazzy 4 on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Hrithik Roshan,  Arshad Warsi,  Dia Mirza
    Director: Jaideep Sen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    It's a mad, mad, mad world out there. Someone's nutty about money. Someone's deranged by power. Someone's cracked with stress. Someone's unhinged by overwork. Someone's insanely in love. It's a mad, mad, mad world out there, and everybody's worried they're going bananas--except the Krazzy 4 because ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 923 members
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  • Singh Is Kinng on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Akshay Kumar,  Katrina Kaif,  Om Puri
    Director: Anees Bazmee
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Bollywood comedy. Magnanimous but accident-prone Happy Singh (Akshay Kumar) is sent by his fellow Punjab villagers to Australia to track down the corrupt Lakhan Singh (Sonu Sood), aka 'Lucky', who left the village several years before and has since become the self-proclaimed king of the Australian ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,060 member
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  • Shoot On Sight on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Taru Devani,  Clemency Burton-Hill,  Jamie Doyle
    Director: Jag Mundhra
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    "Shoot On Sight" is a gripping thriller and riveting family drama that unfolds the turmoil in the life of Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer at Scotland Yard. Commander Ali, born in Pakistan, married to an English woman, and with two kids, is tasked to investigate the police shooting of a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,375 members
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  • Dhol on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Sharman Joshi,  Tusshar Kapoor,  Kunal Khemu
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dhol is a comedy starring four characters Sam (Tusshar Kapoor), Pakya (Sharman Joshi), Maru (Rajpal Yadav) and Goti (Kunal Khemu). The four characters are good friends as they all have similar views of life and leisure. Sam, Pakya, Maru and Goti have no aim or ambition in life. They want to live a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 271 members
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  • Charlie Wilson's War on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Erick Avari,  Tom Hanks,  Julia Roberts
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 51,153 members
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  • Malamaal Weekly on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Reema Sen,  Ritesh Deshmukh,  Paresh Rawal
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Bollywood drama about the struggles and survival of people in a small town who are plagued by poverty, bad harvests and a monster of a moneylender called Karamkali (Sudha Chandran). Leelaram (Paresh Rawal), earns a meager source of income through his business selling Malamaal Weekly Lottery Tickets...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 890 members
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  • Kyon Ki on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jackie Shroff,  Rimi Sen,  Salman Khan
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Bollywood romantic drama. When Anand (Salman Khan) is admitted to an asylum for the mentally ill, his case attracts the attention of female doctor Tanvi Khurana (Kareena Kapoor). She soon learns of his tragic love affair that ended when his fianceé was brutally murdered, a crime for which Anand has ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 273 members
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  • Dev on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Amitabh Bachchan,  Om Puri
    Director: Govind Nihalani
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Farhaan, has just graduated as a lawyer, but discovers that Bombay Police have been targeting the Muslim community, under the guise of fighting terrorism, but have in fact been killing innocent Muslim men, women and children. Uncovering that Joint Commissioner of Police, Dev Pratap Singh, is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 842 members
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  • Maqbool (2004)
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Om Puri,  Pankaj
    Director: Vishal Bharadwaj
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Maqbool is the Indianized adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic ‘Macbeth’. The movie is set against the backdrop of Mumbai's mafia world. King Duncan of Scotland in ‘Macbeth’ is replaced by Mafia don Abbaji (Pankaj Kapoor) in this thriller. Maqbool (Irfaan Khan) is Abbaji’s most trusted lieutenant. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 288 members
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  • Kisna on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Isha Sharvani,  Antonia Bernet,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Subhash Ghai
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Bollywood epic set in the 1930s, when Indian nationals are beginning to rise against British rule. Kisna (Vivek Overoi) is a young Indian man who saves a British girl, Katherine (Antonia Bernath), from the violence of a rioting mob. As he escorts her to New Dehli he finds himself slowly falling in ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 573 members
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  • Kagaar: Life on the Edge on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Nandita Das,  Amitabh Dayal
    Director: N. Chandra
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Naive, simple-minded, and illiterate Bhaskar Sarnaik (Amitabh Dayal) comes to Bombay from his far-off village, to look for his missing brother, Raghuvir. He comes in contact with Sub-Inspector Gokhale (Om Puri), who feels sorry for him, and not only offers to find his brother, but also employment ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 6 members
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  • Code 46 on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Samantha Morton,  Tim Robbins,  Om Puri
    Director: Michael Winterbottom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Sci-fi romance directed by Michael Winterbottom. In a Brave New World-style dystopian near future, family man William (Tim Robbins) is a government investigator sent to get to the bottom of a counterfeiting ring which is producing fake 'papelles' - the compulsory travel permits issued to the elite ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 11,290 members
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  • Bollywood Calling on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Perizaad Zorabian,  Navin Nischol,  Pat Cusick
    Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An alcoholic and cancer-ridden U.S.-based film-maker, Patrick Stormaire (Pat Cusick), travels to India with the determination to produce a Bollywood movie. Met at the airport by the owner of Subramaniam Arts, Mr. Subramaniam (Om Puri), he is soon introduced to the lead actors, Manu Kapoor (Navin ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 296 members
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  • Canterbury Tales (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Bill Nighy,  John Simm,  Andrew Lincoln
    Director: Marc Munden,  Julia,  Marc Munden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The BBC's highly-acclaimed modern retelling of six of Chaucer's classic tales. In 'The Miller's Tale', young wannabe popstar (Billie Piper) thinks that her dreams have come true when smooth-talking Nick (James Nesbitt) arrives in a flash car, inciting the jealousy of her husband John (Dennis ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,915 member
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  • Chor Machaaye Shor on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Bobby Deol,  Shilpa Shetty,  Bipasha Basu
    Director: David Dhawan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A thief on the run hides a highly precious diamond in a building under construction. He is arrested and jailed. Months later, he is freed from jail and goes back to that site only to find it has become a police headquarters.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 142 members
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  • White Teeth (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christopher Simpson,  Mona Hammond,  Sophie Winkleman
    Director: Julian Jarrold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    TV adaptation of Zadie Smith's award-winning novel that charts the lives of two wartime friends and their families through the cultural 'melting pot' of 1970s England and into the 1990s. On the verge of suicide, 47-year-old Archie Jones (Philip Davis)'s life is turned around when he meets and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 75 members
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  • The Parole Officer on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Steve Coogan,  Lena Headey,  Stephen Dillane
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    TV comedian Steve Coogan makes the move to the big screen with this crime caper. Parole officer Simon Garden (Coogan) is transferred from Blackpool to Manchester and soon finds himself on the trail of corrupt cop Burton (Stephen Dillane). Burton then realises what Simon is up to and threatens to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 4,170 members
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  • Farz (2001)
    Starring: Sunny Deol,  Om Puri,  Jackie Shroff
    Director: Raj Kanwar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bollywood action feature starring Sunny Deol and Om Puri. Arjun (Puri) and his brother-in-law Tayaji (Dara Singh) work together as police officers. When Tayaji is killed while on a job, Arjun fears that the rest of his family may be in danger. Meanwhile, he is assigned a new partner, Karan (Deol), ..read more »
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  • Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Kashmira Shah,  Salman Khan,  Paresh Rawal
    Director: David Dhawan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sapna was orphaned at an young age and lives with her three quirky uncles - Bhola Nath a fitness fanatic, Prabhu Nath who is devoutly religious and Vicky Nath a disco-savvy dude. Sapna is tired of their idiosyncrasies and runs away to Europe where she meets Raja. After her purse is stolen, she is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 309 members
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  • Happy Now (2001)
    Starring: Ioan Gruffudd,  Susan Lynch,  Om Puri
    Director: Philippa Cousins
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A teenage girl whose eerie resemblance to a local Welsh beauty queen killed 14 years earlier disturbs one of the men responsible for her accidental death.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 7 members
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  • Pukar on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Anil Kapoor,  Madhuri Dixit,  Namrata Shirodkar
    Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When the dreaded International Mercenary Abrush (Danny Danzongpa) is trapped by the Army in a valley near the border, he retaliates by kidnapping a minister called Mishra (Govind Namdeo). Even as Abrush starts negotiations with Col. Hussain (Om Puri) for a safe passage, the officer sends in his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 140 members
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  • Kurukshetra on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Sanjay Dutt,  Mahima Chaudhry,  Om Puri
    Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Kurushetra is a story of war between evil and truth. A.C.P. Prithvi Raj Singh is an honest and brave Police Officer. All dishonest police officers, rogues, criminals and corrupt politicians are scared of him. The day he joins duty in Mumbai city, he destroys all the illegal business of Iqbal Pasina...
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 100 members
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  • Kunwara on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Govinda,  Urmila Matondkar,  Kader Khan
    Director: David Dhawan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A hot-headed young girl (Urmila Matondkar) decides to teach Raju (Govinda) a lesson when he mauls a friend of hers. He returns post-haste to India and meets a pregnant Sharmila (Nagma) who has been ditched by her lover (Inder Kumar). Raju agrees to go home with Sharmila as her husband to face her ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 21 members
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  • Ghaath on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Manoj Baipai,  Raveena Tandon,  Om Puri
    Director: Akashdeep,  Akshdeep
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Krishna Patil (Manoj Bajpai) is eager to begin his police training and join the local force, but when he runs into trouble with corrupt local cop Godbole (Mukesh Tiwari), his future begins to look uncertain. Thus even when he completes his training with an exemplary record of achievement, he still ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 53 members
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  • East Is East on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Linda Bassett,  Jordan Routledge
    Director: Damien O'Donnell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Salford, 1971 and Pakistani chip shop owner George Khan (Om Puri) lives with his white wife Ella (Linda Bassett) and their seven children. George wants to raise his children as devout Muslims, but things go wrong when his eldest son Nazir (Ian Aspinall) flees his arranged marriage midway through ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 6,470 members
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  • East Is East - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Linda Bassett,  Jordan Routledge
    Director: Damien O'Donnell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    George Khan is a proud Pakistani, and a chip shop owner. He has seven children and believes that he is raising them to be respectable Pakistanis. But the kids have other ideas... A hilarious story of what happens when two cultures meet in one family. Also contains cast and crew interviews and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 939 members
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  • Khoobsurat (1999)
    Starring: Sanjay Dutt,  Paresh Rawal,  Johnny Lever
    Director: Sanjay Chhel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Bollywood comedy in which a man desperate for money attempts to convince a wealthy family that he is their relative. Sanju (Sanjay Dutt) is in debt to loan shark Jogia (Paresh Rawal) and must pay up soon or face the consequences. With the aid of his friend, Natwar (Johnny Lever), he hatches a plan ..read more »
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  • China Gate on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Jagdeep,  Ila Arun,  Anjan Shrivastava
    Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    As the end of the French phase of the Vietnam War nears, a group of mercenaries are recruited to travel through enemy territory to the Chinese border, to blow up an arms depot. A Eurasian smuggler, Lucky Legs, agrees to use her connections to help them, in return for getting her illegitimate son ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 132 members
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  • Such A Long Journey (1998)
    Starring: Roshan Seth,  Soni Razdan,  Om Puri
    Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    It is 1971 - Bombay, India, and the country is on the verge of war. Gustad Noble finds his modest life unraveling when he agrees to do a clandestine favor for an old friend.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 4 members
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  • Chachi 420 on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Paresh Rawal,  Kamala Haasan
    Director: Kamal Haasan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Rich Janki falls in love with the unwealthy Jaiprakash, much to the displeasure of her parents, and ends up getting married, and living with her husband. She later gives birth to a daughter. Differences surface between the couple, and Janki leaves Jaiprakash and moves back in with her parents. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 347 members
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  • My Son The Fanatic (1997)
    Starring: Stellan Skarsgard,  Rachel Griffiths,  Akbar Kurtha
    Director: Udayan Prasad
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Asian taxi driver Parvez (Om Puri) lives in a northern England town with his wife, Minoo (Gopi Desai), and son, Farid (Akbar Kurtha), an aspiring accountant. The parents are shocked when Farid breaks off his engagement to Madeleine, a white girl, and seeks strict religious instruction from a Muslim ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 74 members
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  • The Ghost And The Darkness (1996)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Tom Wilkinson,  Malcolm Douglas
    Director: Stephen Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1896, engineer John Patterson (Val Kilmer) is hired to oversee the construction of a bridge at Tsavo, a vital part of the new trans-African railway. When the workers are slaughtered by two lions, whom the African workers believe to possess supernatural powers, Patterson calls in hunter Charles ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,311 member
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  • In Custody on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Shashi Kapoor,  Shabana Azmi,  Om Puri
    Director: Ismail Merchant
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Ismail Merchant makes his directorial debut, after acting as producer for the successful series of James Ivory films. A college teacher takes a freelance assignment to interview an Urdu poet in India and becomes a witness to the death throws of the country's indigenous culture, under assault from ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 124 members
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  • City of Joy (1992)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Om Puri
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Swayze stars as Max Lowe, a disillusioned surgeon who travels to India after a young patient dies on the operating table. But Lowe's determination to quit medicine is challenged when he meets a committed British nurse who runs a free clinic in Calcutta's most dangerous neighborhood. And when her ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 81 members
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  • Raat on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Revathi,  Om Puri,  Rohini Hattangadi
    Director: Ramgopal Varma
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Raat is a Psycho horror film which depicts the terrifying experiences of a family who have moved into a new house which has a dark past. Soon after they move into the house the daughter, Minnie, starts behaving very strangely and causes some extremely brutal deaths. The conflict between the mother ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 112 members
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  • Disco Dancer on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Kalpana Iyer,  Kim,  Mithun Chakraborty
    Director: B. Subhash
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Making money as a street entertainer with his widowed mother, Anil got his start as a dancer at a very young age. DISCO DANCER follows Anil's eventful life as he grows up and becomes a disco star, thanks to the help of his mother.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 77 members
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  • Ardh Satya (1983)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Smita Patil,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Govind Nihalani
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Anant Welankar (Om Puri) is an ethically strait-laced Bombay police officer who reluctantly joined the force at his father's instigation. Once working in the precinct, Anant learns about bribery as it seems that Rama Shetty (Sadashiv Amrapurkar), a well-known political aspirant known to be involved ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 134 members
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  • Chann Pardesi (1980)
    Starring: Raj Babbar,  Rama,  Khulbhushan Kharbanda
    Director: Chitrarath Singh
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The most acclaimed Punjabi Film. Theo nly Punjabi Film to ever win the "National Award". Studded with a mega Star Cast. A story of "Love, Betrayal, Truth , Happiness, Revenge & Sorrow" Nek (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) a happy go lucky farmer who works hard for his dream of marrying Kammo (Rama Vij). ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 65 members
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  • Zor on DVD
    Starring: Sunny Deol,  Om Puri,  Laxmikant Berde
    Director: Sangeeth Sivan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sangeeth Sivan's 1997 action/drama follows Arjun (Sunny Deol), a family man and successful photographer who seems to have found true happiness with the love of a terrific woman (Sushmita Sen)--only to find himself caught up, along with his father (Anupam Kher), in a massive conspiracy that ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 12 members
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  • Mrityudand on DVD
    Starring: Ayub Khan,  Dr. Mohan Agashe,  Harish Patel
    Director: Prakash Jha
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ketaki, a newly wed bride slowly begins to discover the undercurrents that lie beneath the apparent calmness of the household she has married into. Her husband’s brother is obsessed with religion and lives a celibate life while his beautiful wife, Chandravati, languishes in frustration. Kanti, a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 34 members
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  • Dhoop on DVD
    Starring: Gul Panag,  Sanjay Suri,  Om Puri
    Director: Ashwini Chaudhary
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Om Puri is a professor and his wife Revathi is a librarian. Their only son, Sanjay Suri, is honoured to be a captain in the Indian army. While the couple live their lives, the can never shake the worry for their son fighting at the border in Kargil. Gul Panag is the love interest of Sanjay. After ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 8 members
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  • Maachis on DVD
    Starring: Om Puri,  Tabu,  Chandrachur Singh
    Director: Gulzar
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Gulzar's directorial venture, Maachis (Hindi for match sticks), is set against the backdrop of the Bluestar Operation and the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, but interwoven with the plot of the spine chilling drama is a tender love story that hopes to reach its culmination. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 60 members
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Om Puri facts

5 most recent films

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya - 3.0 stars
Krishna Aur Kans - 3.0 stars
Agneepath - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Chakravyuh - 3.5 stars
Agneepath - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Rang De Basanti - 3.5 stars
Maachis - 3.5 stars
Don 2 - 3.5 stars
Dabangg - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
East Is East - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Farz - 3 stars
Khoobsurat - 3 stars
Khap - 1.5 stars
Khallas - The Beginning Of The End - 1.5 stars
Baarbar - 1.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Salman Khan - 11 times - show films
Paresh Rawal - 9 times - show films
Rajpal Yadav - 8 times - show films
Anupam Kher - 7 times - show films
Naseeruddin Shah - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Christopher Morahan - 18 times - show films
Jim O'Brien - 14 times - show films
Priyadarshan - 7 times - show films
Prabhu Deva - 5 times - show films
Karan Malhotra - 4 times - show films