Om Puri: Rag-picker who became a legend

January 06, 2017 11:52

"I belonged to the working class, not the middle class.
"I was a rag-picker. I used to pick up coal from the railway tracks.
''I was rejected from the FTII, as I was very unkempt and skinny.'
"I did not look like a hero, villain or comedian.
''But Girish Karnad and Jairaj said I should be taken based on merit, not looks."

We repost this 2009 story of the book launch of Om Puri's biography. If you want to know more about the man, this is where you go. Do read

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