Unlikely Hero Om Puri

UNLIKELY HERO OFFERS AN EXCLUSIVE GLIMPSE INTO OM PURI S PRIVATE LIFE, HIS STRUGGLE AND ANXIETIES, AND THE WOES OF HIS HEART. DISCOVER THE OM PURI NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THE TONGUE-TIED ACTOR FROM PUNJAB WITH STARS IN HIS EYES; THE INCORRIGIBLE FLIRT IN DRAMA SCHOOL; THE CONNOISSEUR OF FOOD AND EXPERT COOK; AND THE COMPLETE FAMILY MAN. FEATURING AMUSING ANECDOTES WITH HIS FAMILY, SHOCKING EPISODES WITH THE STALWARTS OF INDIAN AND BRITISH CINEMA, AND THE NAIL-BITING SUSPENSE OF HIS LOVE LIFE, THE TALE IS COMPLEMENTED BY RARE AND UNUSUAL PHOTOGRAPHS. TOLD WITH WIT, HONESTY, AND ELAN, THIS BOOK IS A FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE INSPIRATIONAL TALE OF OM PURI-ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED ACTORS OF INDIA.THE LATE PATRICK SWAYZE, OM PURI S CO-ACTOR IN CITY OF JOY, RECOUNTS THE IMPACT OM HAD ON HIS LIFE, WHILE NOTABLE FILM CRITIC, DEREK MALCOLM TALKS ABOUT OM S IMMENSE TALENT AND VAST REPERTOIRE. NASEERUDDIN SHAH FONDLY REMEMBERS HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH OM THAT BEGAN AT THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA AND OM S RISE IN THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FILM INDUSTRY." अनलाइकली हिरो या पुस्तकात ओम पुरी यांचे खासगी आयुष्य, त्यांनी केलेला संघर्ष, त्यांची अस्वस्थता, त्यांच्या हृदयातील वेदना यांचे दर्शन घडते. पंजाबातून डोळ्यांत स्वप्ने घेऊन आलेला मुखदुर्बळ कलाकार, 'एनएसडी'मधील जातिवंत 'फ्लर्ट', खाण्याचा शौकीन व उत्तम कूक आणि पूर्णत कुटुंबवत्सल माणूस! ओम पुरी यांची ही विविध रूपे या पुस्तकात पाहायला मिळतील. कुटुंबातील सदस्यांबरोबरच्या गमतीदार प्रसंगांची मालिका, भारतीय आणि ब्रिटिश चित्रपटसृष्टीतील व्यक्तींच्या सहवासातील अनेक धक्कादायक घडामोडी, प्रेमप्रक