The Padma Shri awardee Om Puri worked in numerous Indian films, as well as many films produced in the United Kingdom and the United States including My Son the Fanatic, East Is East, The Parole Officer and others.
Puri has done a lot of defining roles in art films, some of which are Aakrosh, Ardh Satya and Arohan.
“OM Puri undergoing postmortem at Cooper Hospital. Will be taken to Trishul around 3pm. Funeral at Oshiwara electric crematorium around 6pm”, actor Shabana Azmi tweeted.