Amrish Puri: Amrish Puri has been the most popular and dreaded villain in the history of Hindi cinema. His tall stature and imposing voice really presented him as a perfect villain. Amrish Puri, who was seen playing the role of a villain on the big screen, also did good roles in films.
Amrish Puri was an actor who would stun the audience with his powerful presence. In many films, Amrish would even overshadow the hero. It is said that Amrish used to work in a government job before coming to Bollywood but he left his government job for Bollywood.
Born on 22 June 1932 in Nawanshahr, Punjab, Amrish Puri entered Bollywood at the age of 40. Today he is no longer amongst us but many of his stories are quite famous. Two such stories are when he scolded Aamir Khan on the set and slapped Govinda.
When Aamir got scolded by Amrish Puri on the set
This is about the time when Amrish Puri was shooting for the film ‘Jabardast’. This film, which was released on 21 June 1985, was directed by Aamir Khan’s uncle Nasir Hussain. Aamir was assisting his uncle on the sets of the film. Aamir interrupted Amrish Puri two-three times during the shooting of a scene. On this, Puri got very angry with Aamir.
In anger, Amrish started scolding Aamir Khan loudly on the set itself. However, when Amrish Puri came to know that Aamir was Nasir’s nephew, he apologized to Aamir Khan. He realized his mistake.
Amrish Puri has slapped Govinda
Another incident is related to famous actors Govinda and Amrish Puri when Amrish Puri slapped Govinda in anger. Amrish Puri was completely dedicated and disciplined towards his work. He used to reach on time for shooting of films. Whereas Govinda used to be late.
During the shooting of a film, Amrish Puri reached on time at 9 am but Govinda did not reach the set even after it was quite late. Govinda had to come for shooting at 9 am but he came to the set at 6 pm. Govinda was 9 hours late. Amrish was very angry about this.
When Govinda came on the set, Amrish Puri’s anger was at its peak. Both the actors started arguing about this. Meanwhile, Amrish Puri slapped Govinda in anger. After this, Govinda vowed not to work with Amrish Puri.
