Remembering Amrish Puri on his 87th birth anniversary

Amrish Puri continues to be Bollywood's favourite villain even 14 years after he passed away. And this was evident on his birth anniversary right from the start of the day. Google paid a tribute to the villain with a doodle on the iconic villain on his

87th birth anniversary

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Among the many in the film industry who paid tribute to the actor was filmmaker Subhash Ghai. He took to the social media, shared an old picture and tweeted: "Sharing an old picture with the late actor and Shah Rukh Khan which appears from the sets of the 1997 musical drama film 'Pardes', the director captioned, "ON 87th BIRTHDAY OF GREAT AMRISH PURI I pay my humble tribute to great man n actor who was a famijy to mukta arts always with his great performances in our VIDHATA- MERI JUNG- HERO-RAM LAKHAN -SAUDAGAR- PARDES-YADEIN- KISNA."

Anil Kapoor wrote, "Remembering the legend #AmrishPuri saab on his birth anniversary. Had the honour of working with him in so many movies like Mr India, Nayak, Ram Lakhan, Virasat, Meri Jung to name a few. These films would not have been the same without him. Always in our memories."

The youngest of the Puri brothers - Madan and Chaman, Amrish went on to act in over 400 films in various languages. Known for his memorable roles a

Mogambo

in 'Mr India', he is also of the most successful actors to make an effortless transition from villain to character roles like the patriarch of 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' and 'Virasat'. Hollywood's legendary filmmaker, Steven Spielberg, who cast the actor in his film 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom', considered him to be one of the finest actors in the world.