Amrish Puri on his 87th birth anniversary

Google Doodle honours Bollywood's 

iconic actor Amrish Puri on his 87th 

birth anniversary

Google, today, celebrated the 87th birth anniversary of legendary Bollywood actor Amrish Puri with a doodle. The tech giant paid tribute to the actor's contribution to cinema. 

Puri was popular for playing iconic characters like Mogambo in 'Mr India' and Baldev Singh in 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaenge'. He is considered as one of the best villains in the history of Bollywood. 

Puri was born in Punjab on June 22, 1932, and landed his first role at the age of 39. That marked the beginning of his journet in Bollywood as one of the most iconic villains of all time. The youngest brother of Madan and Chaman Puri, Amrish auditioned for a lead role in 1954 but was rejected. He then moved on to work in theatre as a voice over artist. 

mrish Puri, who is known for his iconic and some of the most memorable roles as a villain in innumerable movies in the Indian cinema, is best remembered for his role as Mogambo in Mr India.

His dialogue "Mogambo khush hua' went on to become his signature dialogue and is popular to this day.

He made his Bollywood debut in 1971 with the film Reshma Aur Shera. He made it big into Hollywood with his role in the Oscar-winning movie, Gandhi. He also acted in Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

He worked in over 200 films and also acted in films from other languages like Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil as well.

Puri passed away on December 27, 2004 after suffering from myelodysplastic syndrome.