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.
He
will
be
honoured
at
the
event's
awards
function
Feb
28,
next
year.
The
65-year-old,
whose
previous
accolades
include
a
lifetime
achievement
award
at
the
2009
Filmfare
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.
"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," festival
director
Abhishek
Arun
said
in
a
statement.
Hosted
by
Z&Z
Media
Pvt.
Ltd.,
IFFP
will
take
place
in
Allahabad
Feb
26-28,
next
year.
The
festival
aims
to
promote
cinema,
especially
in
the
country's
north-west
region.
"The
principle
objective
of
the
IFFP
is
to
promote
and
encourage
awareness,
appreciation
and
understanding
of
the
art
of
cinema
especially
in
this
region.
Filmmaking
professionals
and
students
belonging
to
the
northern
region
of
our
country
will
have
a
new
platform," said
the
festival's
founder
Hasan
Haider.
Om
Puri,
a
Punjab-born
talent,
is
a
graduate
from
the
Film
and
Television
Institute
of
India,
Pune,
and
the
National
School
of
Drama,
Delhi.
He
is
among
the
few
Indian
actors
to
represent
the
country
at
the
international
level.
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.