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Prime Minister Narendra Modi mourns Om Puri's death

| | Jan 06, 2017, at 03:35 pm
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday mourned the death of Bollywood actor Om Puri.

"The Prime Minister condoles the passing away of actor Om Puri & recalls his long career in theatre & films," PMO India tweeted.

The Padma Shri winner passed away on Friday.

He was 66.

Om Puri was born in Ambala, Haryana, to a Punjabi family on Oct 18, 1950.

He made his film debut in the 1976 Marathi film Ghashiram Kotwal, based on a Marathi play of the same name by Vijay Tendulkar.

He later continued to act in movies like Aakrosh,Gandhi,Mirch Masala,Narsimha,The Ghost and the Darkness,My Son the Fanatic and many more.

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