Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Madan Puri

Madan Puri was an actor in Hindi and Punjabi films. He was born in 1915, Nawanshahr, Punjab, India. His father's name was Lala Nihal Chand and mother's was Ved Kaur.Madan Puri had three brothers and one sister, his elder brother Chaman Puri,younger brother Amrish Puri(an Indian actor),younger brother Harish Puri and a younger sister Chandrakanta Meh.

Madan Puri
Madan Puri has spent over 40 years in Indian cinema,he has done more than 300 films.He made a debut with movie Ahinsa in 1946. He has performed different kinds of roles in the movies, playing not only negative characters,but also the hero's or heroine's father, uncle, brother, grandfather,politician and police officer .Madan Puri has appeared in many Punjabi movies like Jatt Punjabi and Jatti.

Madan Puri left the world in 1985 at the age of 69. He died of a heart attack. Many films he had completed were released after his death right until 1989, his last film was Santosh. Some of his movies are-Anmol Ratan (1950), Deewana (1952), Howrah Bridge(1958), Taqdeer(1958), Kashmir Ki Kali (1964) and so on.

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