Veteran actor Om Puri will be felicitated with the lifetime achievement award at the first edition of the International Film Festival of Prayag (IFFP), Allahabad.
According to media reports Festival Director Abhishek Arun said, “It’s a great honour for us to welcome a personality like Om Puri at the very first year. We are very fortunate to get his support. We will honour him with the lifetime achievement award at this event as our respect towards him”.
The 65-year old, whose previous accolades include a lifetime achievement award at the 2009 ‘Film Fare Awards’ and the ‘Padmashri’, India's fourth highest civilian award in 1990, will receive the award for his prestigious and remarkable contribution to the film industry.
In a career of over four decades, Om Puri has portrayed varied roles in films like ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’, ‘Arohan’ and ‘Ardh Satya’. He featured in the 1982 classic ‘Gandhi’, and also starred in various international films like ‘My Son the Fanatic’, ‘East Is East’, ‘Charlie Wilson's War’ and ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’. He is among the few Indian actors to represent the country at the international level.
He will be honoured at the awards function on February 28, 2015.
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