Amrish Puri Birth Anniversary: On Amrish Puri's 91st birth anniversary, we revisit the time iconic actor went bald for the first time for screen. It was for the 1984 Hollywood film 'Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom' directed by Steven Spielberg that the actor debuted a bald look which he then went on to use in several films (All Photos/Mid-day Archives)
Updated On: 2023-06-22 01:13 PM IST
Compiled by : Athulya Nambiar
Amrish Puri portrayed the character of Mola Ram, a Thuggee priest in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom which was released in 1984
In one of his interviews, Spielberg commented, 'Amrish is my favourite villain -- The best the world has ever produced and ever will.'
At first, Amrish Puri was reluctant to act in Indiana Jones', but Sir Richard Attenborough convinced him to take up the character.Amrish Puri had a brief role as Khan in Attenborough's Gandhi (1982). In Indiana Jones, Amrish Puri shaved his head for the first time, and it went on to become a trademark in subsequent Bollywood films, where he played the dreaded villain
Amrish Puri had a passion for hats and had a collection of nearly 200 gathered from across the globe
Amrish Puri was suffering from myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare kind of blood cancer, and had undergone some brain invasive surgery for his condition after he was admitted to the Hinduja hospital in 2004
Amrish Puri died following a brain haemorrhage in 2005. His condition required frequent removal of the blood accumulated in the cerebral region of the brain
