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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
  • Chachi 420
  • Chachi 420 review by from UK
    Rated - 5.0 stars One of the Funniest Movies Ever! 23 May 2005
    ... Amrish Puri as a father in law in love with his son in law posing as nanny and Om Puri as a hilarious servant. ...   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

Om Puri - filmography


  • Agneepath (2012)
    Starring: Hrithik Roshan,  Priyanka Chopra,  Sanjay Dutt
    Director: Karan Malhotra
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 8 members
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  • Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (2012)
    Starring: Riteish Deshmukh,  Genelia Dsouza,  Om Puri
    Director: Mandeep Kumar
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 2 members
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  • Don 2 (2011)
    Starring: Shah Rukh Khan,  Priyanka Chopra,  Om Puri
    Director: Farhan Akhtar
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 74% from 33 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 249 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 59% from 2,009 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 38% from 30 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 67% from 551 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 6,214 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 46% from 41 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 57% from 695 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 »
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  • Qurbaan (2009)
    Starring: Kareena Kapoor,  Saif Ali Khan,  Om Puri
    Director: Renzil D'Silva
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Real-life couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor play the leads in a romance and thriller, about a couple who moves into a suburban US town only to get entangled in a terrorist plot where all is not what it seems.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 11 members
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  • Delhi 6 on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Abhishek Bachchan,  Sonam Kapoor,  Amitabh Bachchan
    Director: Rakeysh Mehra
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 801 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 54% from 10 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 65% from 881 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 60% from 214 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 28% from 26 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 137 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 607 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?
    1.5 stars out of 5 27% from 8 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 51% from 375 members
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  • Singh Is Kinng on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Akshay Kumar,  Katrina Kaif,  Om Puri
    Director: Anees Bazmee
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Singh Is Kinng, the year's most anticipated romantic action-comedy, revolves around a gang of serio-comic criminals who are transformed by a good man and his selfless love for a pretty girl - Lakhan. Singh aka Lucky is the 'King' of the Australian underworld accompanied by his associates. Far away, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,022 member
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  • Yaariyan on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Gurdas Maan,  Bhoomika Chawla,  Gulshan Grover
    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 48% from 26 members
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  • Maharathi on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Neha Dhupia,  Boman Irani,  Om Puri
    Director: Shivam Nair
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Maharathi, based on Paresh Rawal's popular Gujarati play by the same name, revolves around a wife who hires a hit man to murder her husband but the killer becomes a source of harassment to the wife.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 120 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 51% from 870 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 264 members
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  • Shoot On Sight on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Clemency Burton-Hill,  Clemency Burton-Hill,  Brian Cox
    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 2,279 members
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  • Malamaal Weekly on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Paresh Rawal,  Ritesh Deshmukh
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Lilaram sells lottery tickets and one customer has hit the jackpot but dies of shock upon finding out that he has won. Now, Lilaram wants all the money, and so does everyone around him.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 879 members
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  • Kyon Ki on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Salman Khan,  Kareena Kapoor,  Rimi Sen
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Arnand is a charming, handsome young man; madly in love with his sweetheart, he's all set to marry her. Until one day fate intervenes, and robs him of the life he'd planned for them. The stunning Dr. Tanvi is understanding and compassionate. She is caught in the crossfire of emotions; torn between ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 264 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 286 members
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  • Kisna on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Vivek Oberoi,  Antonia Bernet,  Isha Sharvani
    Director: Subhash Ghai
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Kisna is a poor rural boy with extraordinary powers. While he appears to be a typical native, he in fact shares the traits of Lord Krishna and emerges as a hero amongst the tyranny of the British rule.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 569 members
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  • Dev on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Amitabh Bachchan,  Om Puri
    Director: Govind Nihalani
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dev is the saga of Dev and Tej's friendship a bond stronger than blood ties in which Farhaan emerges as the wedge driving them apart. The story unfolds against the vitiated atmosphere of present times where innocent lives become fodder for political expediency.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 839 members
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  • Code 46 on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Tim Robbins,  Samantha Morton,  Om Puri
    Director: Michael Winterbottom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Set in Shanghai in the near future, CODE 46 takes place in a world where in-vitro fertilization, embryo splitting, and cloning have become so widespread that the government monitors all pregnancies to avoid incestuous births, whether on purpose or accidental. In Michael Winterbottom's science-..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 10,929 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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 43% from 3 members
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  • Bollywood Calling on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Pat Cusick,  Navin Nischol
    Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bollywood - India's answer to Hollywood, producing an annual quota of "masala" films or what are better known as musical soap operas - is the backdrop for the bittersweet comedy "Bollywood Calling". Thrust into the circus of Bollywood is unsuspecting Pat Stomare (Pat Cusick), an out-of-luck ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 292 members
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  • White Teeth (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Naomie Harris,  Philip Davis
    Director: Julian Jarrold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the best-selling and multi-award-winning novel by Zadie Smith, White Teeth is superbly adapted to the screen in this outstanding drama which features a compulsively watchable cast including Robert Bathurst, Phil Davis, Geraldine James, James McAvoy, Om Puri and more. Set in the far from ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 42 members
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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 141 members
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  • The Parole Officer on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Steve Coogan,  Lena Headey,  Om Puri
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Simon Garden is a hugely unsuccessful parole officer who finds himself in the frame for a murder that he didn't commit. To prove his innocence he must break into a security vault and retrieve a CCTV video tape. He enlists the help of four incompetent ex criminals and a beautiful female police officer...
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 4,025 members
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  • The Mystic Masseur on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Aasif Mandvi,  James Fox
    Director: Ismail Merchant
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    THE MYSTIC MASSEUR is a delightfully warm, funny drama about Ganesh (Assif Mandvi), an ethnic Indian living in Trinidad. While working as a teacher in Port of Spain, Ganesh learns of his father's death. After returning home to his country village for the funeral, he decides to stay and write books. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 183 members
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  • Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Salman Khan,  Om Puri,  Paresh Rawal
    Director: David Dhawan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sapna (Karisma Kapoor) lost her parents at a very young age, and has been brought up by her three paternal uncles, namely Bholanath (Om Puri), who believes in exercise and keeping physically fit; Prabhunath (Paresh Rawal) who is very religious; and Vickynath (Anupam Kher) who is ultra modern, and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 302 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.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 4 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 139 members
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  • Ghaath on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Manoj Baipai,  Tabu
    Director: Akashdeep,  Akshdeep
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The story of Krishna Patil, who is preparing to join the police force. He manages to get himself into trouble but even so he passes out of the training with the blessing of a senior inspector... Hindi dialogue.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 53 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 56% from 102 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 stars out of 5 43% from 17 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 800 members
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  • East Is East - HD (1999)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Linda Bassett,  Jordan Routledge
    Director: Damien O'Donnell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in the early 1970s, EAST IS EAST, directed by Damien O'Donnell, follows the lives of a Pakistani-English family living in Northern England. George Khan (Om Puri), a proud Pakistani immigrant, and his British wife, Ella (Linda Bassett), run a fish and chip shop, while raising their seven ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 145 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
    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 68% from 6,091 members
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  • Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Kajol,  Ajay Devgan
    Director: Anees Bazmee
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When her engagement to Rahul is called off Sanjuna flies from Paris to India to try and win him back. On the way a thief, Shekhar, hides a diamond necklace in her luggage. When the luggage is stolen Shekhar offers to help Sanjuna find it, and they gradually fall in love. But what happens when Rahul ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 424 members
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  • China Gate on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Naseeruddin Shah,  Danny Danzongpa
    Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This is a story of 10 men. 10 old men with a glorious past, a dark present, and no future... 17 years ago, these same men were brave soldiers - confident, deadly, and very proud. Commanded by Col. Krishna Kant, their formidable battalion was the honour of the Indian Army. And then, one fateful ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 131 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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  • My Son The Fanatic (1997)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Rachel Griffiths,  Stellan Skarsgard
    Director: Udayan Prasad
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A bittersweet story about a Pakistani taxicab driver in London who learns the hard way that multiculturalism is a myth. Actor Om Puri, typically the villain in Indian cinema, is likeable as the innocent Parvez, who for the first time in his life raises questions about the life he has made for ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 72 members
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  • The Ghost And The Darkness (1996)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Malcolm Douglas,  Om Puri
    Director: Stephen Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A man bringing modern transportation to the ancient jungles of Africa discovers one of man's oldest enemies lays in wait for him in this period adventure drama. John Beaumont (Tom Wilkinson) is the owner of a British railroad firm who is building a rail line through Uganda. A bridge is needed so ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,272 member
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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 110 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 65% from 73 members
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  • Disco Dancer (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 68% from 70 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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  • Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekai Hai on DVD
    Starring: Om Puri
    Director: Anubhav Sinha
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A father fears the possibility of his daughter falling in love and leaving him alone. When she meets a suspended cop visiting Canada, he has to come to terms with their love for one another.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 180 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 57 members
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  • Dhoop on DVD
    Starring: Om Puri,  Sanjay Suri,  Gul Panag
    Director: Ashwini Chaudhary
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Dhoop is a post - Kargil drama - a story of the parents of this young Captain who lays down his life in the war. Inspired by a real life incident, not your typical war - film. Dhoop is more about the war within. What happens after the guns and mortars fall silent on the borders, after territories ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 7 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 68% from 31 members
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Om Puri facts

5 most recent films

Agneepath - 4.0 stars
Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya - 2.5 stars
Don 2 - 3.5 stars
Khap - 0.5 stars
Dabangg - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

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

5 lowest-rated films

Life Goes On - 3 stars
Khap - 0.5 stars
Khallas - The Beginning Of The End - 1.5 stars
Bolo Raam - 1.5 stars
Baarbar - 1.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Salman Khan - 11 times - show films
Rajpal Yadav - 8 times - show films
Paresh Rawal - 8 times - show films
Archie Panjabi - 6 times - show films
Anupam Kher - 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
Abhinav Kashyap - 4 times - show films