Lifetime Achievement award to Om Puri

 

 

Om Puri, the veteran Hindi film actor, who is known for performing offbeat roles in both Bollywood and Hollywood, will be receiving Lifetime Achievement award at International Film Festival of Prayag, Allahabad. The event will be held on Feb 28, next year.

The 65 year old who is followed by a major fan base throughout India and abroad has already fetched the prestigious Lifetime award at 2009 Filmfare Award and Padamshri, India’s fourth highest Civilian award for his remarkable contribution in film industry.

“It will be a matter of great honor for us to welcome a personality like Om Puri who will be receiving the Lifetime Achievement award from us,”  festival director Abhishek Arun said in a statement.

Om Puri is a Punjabi born talent and a graduate from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune and the National School of Drama, Delhi. He has featured in a number of projects like Arohan, Ardh Satya, Gandhi, East is East, My Son The Fanatic, among others.

Yash Chopra never insisted his heroines to lose weight

 

 

On the occasion of celebrating 1000 weeks of success, DDLJ star Kajol showed her tribute to late director Yash Chopra by stating that he never made his actresses to lose weight for his films. He was so particular about the fact that all his crew members were well-fed on the sets so that they could deliver their best output.

Yash Chopra always went a step further to ensure that none of his actresses had to undergo any kind of rigorous weight loss programs or crash diets to look slim. His love for 3F’s i.e. films, family and food was the only mantra that he always used to stick to, be it in personal life or in professional one.

In today’s era, when directors are so fussy about their star-cast to trim down those extra calories to fit in the role, Kajol says that she is lucky to have worked with such a great person like Yash Chopra.