Film
director
Gurinder
Chadha
mourned
the
death
of
veteran
actor
Om
Puri
and
talked
about
her
experience
of
working
with
him.
Om
Puri
was
found
dead
at
his
residence
on
Friday
(6
January)
morning.
He
suffered
a
cardiac
attack.
Talking
about
Om
Puri,
Gurinder
Chadha
told
Mumbai
Mirror,
''We
had
been
trying
to
work
together
for
a
very
long
time,
so
when
I
had
sent
Omji
the
script
of
Viceroy's
House,
he
was
delighted
to
be
a
part
of
the
film,
as
it
was
set
in
the
same
time
period
as
Richard
Attenborough's
Gandhi
which
had
released
35
years
ago.
He
plays
Abba
to
Huma
Qureshi's
Aalia
who
is
in
love
with
a
Punjabi
Hindu
boy.''
She
added,
''In
one
of
the
party
scenes,
a
junior
artiste
was
supposed
to
hand
him
a
plate
of
pakodas.
The
actor
was
so
nervous
he
spoke
his
lines
too
loud
and
Omji
turned
to
him
and
said,
"Main
andha
hoon,
behra
nahin," and
the
whole
unit
burst
out
laughing.''
''He
was
so
jolly
on
the
sets,
never
once
complaining
about
the
many
nights
shoots.
He
would
arrange
a
few
chairs
together
and
lie
down
saying,
"Wake
me
up
when
you
need
me.
The
last
time
we
spoke,
he
wanted
to
see
the
film
and
I
was
going
to
show
it
to
him
on
my
next
visit
to
India,''
revealed
the
famous
director.