1. Madan Puri was an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films.
12 Facts About Madan Puri
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Madan Puri's brothers were actors Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri.
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Madan Lal Puri was born in Nawanshahr, Punjab, in a Punjabi Hindu family, to Nihal Chand Puri and Ved Kaur.
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Madan Puri was the second of five children, with elder brother Chaman Puri, younger brothers Amrish Puri and Harish Lal Puri and younger sister Chandrakanta Mehra.
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Madan Puri was a cousin of singing sensation Kundan Lal Sehgal.
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Once Madan Puri was an established star he did the same for his brother, Amrish Madan Puri, by helping him in establishing himself in the movie world.
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Madan Puri had an acting career which spanned over 40 years from the 1940s through to the mid-1980s.
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Madan Puri made an average of eight films per year, playing villains and negative characters and the hero's or heroine's uncle, father or elder brother, grandfather, police officer and politician.
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Madan Puri starred in a number of Punjabi films throughout his career such as Jatti, Jatt Punjabi and so on.
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Madan Puri died in 1985 of a heart attack at the age of 69.
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Madan Puri was a resident of R P Masani Road in Matunga, Mumbai, known as Punjabi Galli, with other actors of that era including the Kapoors.
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Kamlesh K Puri, published a book about the life and times of Madan Puri titled "My Father, the Villain" in 2015.