Amrish Singh Puri , ; 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005 was a leading theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad. However, he is primarily remembered for essaying iconic negative roles in Hindi cinema as well as other Indian and international film industries. To Indian audiences he is most remembered for his role as Mogambo in Shekhar Kapur's Hindi film Mr. India , and to Western audiences he is best known as Mola Ram in... Steven Spielberg's Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom . Amrish Lal Puri was born in Nawanshahr , Punjab to Sri Nihal Singh Puri and Ved Kaur as the third of five children. His siblings include elder brothers Chaman Puri and Madan Puri and elder sister Chandrakanta and younger Harish Puri. He later moved to Shimla and graduated from B.M. College, Himachal Pradesh.
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| Birthdate: | June 22, 1932 |
| Birthplace: | Nawanshahr |
| Date of death: | January 12, 2005 |
| Religion: | Hinduism |
| Also known as: | Amrish Lal Puri, Amrish Singh Puri |