Amrish Puri's last film to hit screens

Nearly 20 months after the death of actor Amrish Puri, Bollywood's favorite villain, his last film is ready for release in Indian theaters, a newspaper report said Tuesday.
Puri plays a jail superintendent in "Kachchi Sadak," or "Rough Road," shot against the backdrop of an 18th century fort in the desert town of Jodhpur in western India, the Asian Age newspaper reported.
"In the film, Amrish Puri fights crime both inside and outside the jail," said Sanjay D. Singh, the movie's director.
The film also stars Bollywood actors Rahul Dev, Aman Verma and Madhoo, an actress who uses one name.
Puri died In January 2005 in Mumbai, earlier known as Bombay, which is the hub of India's entertainment industry popularly known as Bollywood. He had been suffering from a neurological disorder and died from a brain hemorrhage. He was 72.
Puri acted in some 220 Bollywood movies after his 1971 debut in Hindi films, often in a villain's role.
He was one of several Indian actors to land roles in British and American movies. He played a minor role in Richard Attenborough's Oscar-winning 1982 movie "Gandhi" as Khan, the nonviolent leader's Muslim sponsor in South Africa, where Mahatma Gandhi began his fight against injustice.
Puri shaved his head for the part of the villain Mola Ram in Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" in 1984.
Before joining the Hindi film industry, Puri had acted in Indian theater and did voiceovers for advertising campaigns. —Agencies