Veteran actor Om Puri passed away early on friday morning after suffering a massive heart attack.
The actor was 66. Om Puri’s friends and colleagues from film industry reached his Andheri residence to pay their last respects to the actor. Puri’s body was taken to Cooper hospital for postmortem, following which the funeral will take place.
An actor par excellence who has worked in Indian films across various languages, Pakistani, Hollywood and British films, Om Puri’s death left his friends and colleagues shocked. Tributes for the actor started flowing immediately after the news of death broke. Aamir Khan, Anupam Kher, Mahesh Bhatt, Soni Razdan, Boman irani were the first few to take to Twitter.
RIP Om Puri.— Boman Irani (@bomanirani) January 6, 2017
We have lost one of our finest.
A talent, A Voice, A Spirit.
Will miss you Puri Saab.
Great actor great human emotional man ... om Puri Jee 🙏RIP— Ravi Kishan (@ravikishann) January 6, 2017
Shocked to know that the immensely talented actor #OmPuri passed away. Big loss to our film industry. RIP 🙏— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) January 6, 2017
Seeing him lying on his bed looking so calm can’t believe that one of our greatest actors #OmPuri is no more. Deeply saddened & shocked.— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) January 6, 2017
Shocked beyond words to learn that #OmPuri ji is no more. Will miss you sir. Condolences to the family. RIP #HugeLosspic.twitter.com/REq9vDrtkk— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) January 6, 2017
RIP Om sir 😞😞 1 of d most versatile & brilliant actor ever. I'm fortunate tht I cld spend some w'ful time wid him talking abt acting & life.— Raj Kummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) January 6, 2017
Condolences on the passing away of one of our finest ever actors #OmPuripic.twitter.com/gBCK6mWwLF— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 6, 2017
R I P. Will miss you Om! pic.twitter.com/UD6S7y6qUi— Rishi Kapoor -"Book" (@chintskap) January 6, 2017