Om Puri – A legend whose versatility knew no borders!
The year 2017 seems to have started off on a note which has not just shook the Hindi film industry but also created a huge void as veteran actor Om Puri left this world suffering a cardiac arrest on Friday morning (January 6).
The legend of an actor that Puri was, puts him on a pedestal like none. He was an example of how an actor can comfortably blend into what the masses and classes call parallel and commercial cinema. He was born in Ambala, Haryana, to a Punjabi family and graduated from the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Puri was also an alumnus of the 1973 class of National School of Drama where another veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah was a co-student.
Puri got married to Nandita Puri in the year 1993. However, the couple separated in 2013, together...