Amrish Puri is one the most evergreen actors the Bollywood industry has ever had. Best known for playing villainous roles, Amrish Puri is best known for his roles in ‘Dilwaale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, ‘Nayak: The Real Hero’, ‘Vidhaata, ‘Mr.India’, ‘Tridev’, ‘Karan Arjun’ and many more. The actor is known for essaying the villainous role of Mola Ram, a high priest and leader of a cult in the movie ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’. While Amrish Puri’s work was highly appreciated in the movie, did you know the actor actually refused to audition for this world-famous role? According to Hindustan Times reports, In his book The Act of Life, the actor mentioned that instead of auditioning for the role, he asked the American casting agents to watch him perform on the actual film sets. But to his surprise, they actually turned up on the sets and watched the iconic Amrish Puri deliver his mind-blowing performance.
Amrish eventually agreed to do the role and that’s how we have the iconic villain Mola Ram played by Amrish Puri. The filmmaker Stephen Spielberg described Amrish Puri as his favorite villain and the best one the world has ever produced and ever will, according to Hindustan Times reports.
Amrish had also talked about the crew of Indiana Jones and he stated ‘None of them had any ego, problems or reservations about my being an Indian. Unlike many of our actors in Indian films, there was expertise at all levels, and you couldn’t just do anything and get away with it’, according to reports. Take a glance and know all about how Amrish Puri got cast in the film Indiana Jones.