What was Amrish Puri's first and last movie?

 Amrish Puri’s has acted totally in 450 films, his first appearance happened in 1955 in an unrecognisable or in an unimportant charachter in the film Bhai-Bhai in which he did the role of a goon.

It surprises that such an iconic figure of Bollywood did very small unimportant roles in several films in the early 1970. Amrish Puri didn't even have proper dialogues in many films. In the 1970’s film Prem Pujari he had a small role of Jerry, a hench man. In this film his brother Madan Puri also acted.

In 1971 he did a supporting role of Rehmat Khan in Sunil Dutt's film Reshma Aur Shera.

Amrish Puri had struggled very much in his early career before he established himself as an iconic villain of Bollywood. In his 50s he got the opportunity to act as a main villain in the films. Throughout 1970s he appeared as an associate to main villain.

For the first time he received wider recognition in 1980s film Hum Paanch in which he performed as a main villain for the first time. He did the role of Thakur Veer Pratap Singh and for the first time his strong performance, impressive baritone voice got noticed..

After this film he got several opportunities to exhibit his dominating screen presence as a main villain in several films like Vidhaata, Shakti, Hero, Meri Jung, Mr. India, Ghayal and Damini throughout 1980s and 90s.

Amrish Puri's last acted film acted is Kachichi Sadak which was released in 2006 in which he did the role of a jailor Hasin Kairanvi.

But his another film Aahat: Ek Ajeeb Kahani was released posthumously in 2010 as he had passed away on 12th January 2005. But this film was shot in 1971.

Amrish Puri for the last time appeared in 2023s film Gadar 2 in a computer generated imagery. His character Ashraf Ali, father of Sakina (Ameesha Patel) was briefly featured in a scene as he was the main villain in Gadar first part which was released in 2001.

So, one can consider that Amrish Puri's last acted film is Kachichi Sadak which was released in 2006.

Amrish Puri had given numerous memorable performances throughout his career as a dominating villain or as a supporting actor. He also acted in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali films.. His character Mogambo in the film Mr. India and Mola Ram in the Hollywood film Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom are very popular. Amrish Puri is one of the greatest villains of the Indian cinema.

How did Amrish Puri get into movies?

 Amrish Puri has acted in over 450 films and was one of the most successful villians in Bollywood. He was nearly 50 years old when he first played his leading character as main villain in a film.

Puri family had some film connections with actor - singer K.L. Saigal because of which his brothers Chaman Puri and Madan Puri moved to Mumbai and worked as character artists. In the mid 50s Amrish Puri also tried his luck but failed in his first screen test. He managed to get a job and joined a stage group.

He often performed plays at the Prithvi Theatre and was a well-known stage actor. This theatre recognition soon led him to work in television advertisements at the age of 40.

He hardly had a dialogue to utter in his first few films because of his baritone voice which worked wonders for him later. Hum Paanch was his first hit film in which he played the main villain.

He was appreciated for his voice and acting. In 1982, Puri played the main villain Jagavar in Subhash Ghai’s Vidhata followed by Shakti and Hero.

He also went on to work in Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malyalam, Punjabi, Tamil and Hollywood films.

There is a long list of films where he has given brilliant performances as villain and character artist.

Few mentions are Mr. India, Shahenshah, Nagina, Tehalka, Meri Jung, Shakti, Hero, Qurbani, Ghayal, Damini, Karan Arjun, Tridev, Ghatak, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Pardes, Diljale,

Phool Aur Kaante, Saudagar, Koyla, Chachi 420, Baadshah, Virasat, China Gate, Aitraaz, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha and Nayak: The Real Hero.

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