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Om Puri

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Jewel in the Crown, The (TV Mini series)Jewel in the Crown, The (TV Mini series) (1984) Aro Favourite
Dir. Christopher Morahan
Feat. Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Dance, Art Malik
One of the supreme TV events of the 1980s, this epic adaptation of Paul Scott's novels 'The Raj Quartet' is set in 1930–40s India: the 'jewel…
Brothers in TroubleBrothers in Trouble (1995)
Dir. Udayan Prasad
Feat. Om Puri, Angeline Ball
A Pakistani illegal–immigrant family struggle to maintain an income and dignity in a grim '60s Midland town. Bittersweet tragicomedy.
My Son The FanaticMy Son The Fanatic (1997)
Dir. Udayan Prasad
Feat. Akbar Kurtha, Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths
Penned by Hanif Kureishi (MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE), this Brit drama conflates various issues of British–Asian culture as a family is polarised…
Such a Long JourneySuch a Long Journey (1998) Recommended
Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Naseeruddin Shah
Set in the turbulent India of 1971, just prior to the war with Pakistan, this artfully fashioned drama centres on the political and personal crises…
East Is EastEast Is East (1999) Recommended
Dir. Damien O'Donnell
Feat. Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry
Polished bittersweet comedy about a family of Pakistani Brits living in 1970s Manchester, headed by a traditionalist patriarch whose keen to make…
Zookeeper, TheZookeeper, The (2001)
Dir. Ralph Ziman
Feat. Sam Neill, Gina McKee, Ulrich Thomsen
A quiet, little–seen drama set in a wartorn Communist country in Eastern Europe, with a zookeeper (Neill) struggling to care for the animals…
Mystic Masseur, TheMystic Masseur, The (2002)
Dir. Ismail Merchant
Feat. Om Puri, James Fox
An ambitious adaptation of V.S. Naipul’s first novel, that traces the rise of a poor Indian student in 1950s Trinidad who emigrates to Oxford…
Canterbury Tales, The (TV Mini-Series)Canterbury Tales, The (TV Mini-Series) (2003)
Feat. James Nesbitt, Julie Walters, Billie Piper
A contemporay retelling of six tales from Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval classic, which dispenses with the framing journey to concentrate on the…
King of BollywoodKing of Bollywood (2004)
Dir. Piyush Jha
Feat. Kavita Kapoor, Sophie Dahl, Om Puri
A tongue–in–cheek satire of the Bollywood movie industry, in which a star (Puri) with notions of his own timeless importance becomes…
DonDon (2006)
Dir. Farhan Akhtar
Feat. Shahrukh Khan, Om Puri
Far–fetched story of a Mumbai man recruited by police to masquerade as the ruthless head of the Malaysian drug mafia, known as "the Don". When…
Shoot on SightShoot on Sight (2007)
Dir. Jag Mundhra
Feat. Naseeruddin Shah, Greta Scacchi, Om Puri
Not so much hot potato as lukewarm, this political thriller bases its story on the real–life shooting of an innocent Brazilian man gunned down…
Reluctant Fundamentalist, TheReluctant Fundamentalist, The (2012)
Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber
A Pakistani Princeton graduate's life in America is shattered in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in this searing adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's…
Hundred-Foot Journey, TheHundred-Foot Journey, The (The 100 Foot Journey) (2014)
Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Charlotte Le Bon
A humble Indian family encounter fierce competition when they set up restaurant opposite an acclaimed haute cuisine establishment in this 'good…
Viceroy's HouseViceroy's House (2017) Recommended
Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon
Another handsome chronicle of Britain's imperial history, this one depicting events of 1947, when Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy, was charged…

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