New York Museum Pays Tribute to Actor Om Puri

NEW YORK: Veteran Indian actor Om Puri was honoured by a renowned museum for his contribution to cinema through a special tribute that showcased clips from some of his finest films and highlighted the actor's journey from a theatre student to one of the most prominent actors.

The tribute featuring Puri, 63 was held at the Museum of the Moving Image, the only U.S. museum devoted to film, television and digital media.

The tribute programme was followed by a preview screening of his latest film The Hundred-Foot Journey, in which he co-stars with Academy-Award winning actress Helen Mirren.

Om Puri was honoured by a renowned museum for his contribution to cinema.In the film, Puri plays the patriarch of a family displaced from their native India and trying to settle into a new life in France. Puri said his new movie is a "pleasant film with no guns and stunts. "Food is a character in the film," he added.?

Puri, in conversation with award-winning actress and bestselling cookery author Madhur Jaffrey, spoke about his journey in the world of cinema, beginning from his days as a young student at the National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi and the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.

He said since he was "not traditionally good looking" he joined the film institute in Pune hoping to enter the Hindi film industry, where being an alumnus of the institute would give him recognition and acceptance.