RIP Om Puri: I Am Conflicted About Your Personal Life, But Okay With You As an Actor

I just got a panicked text from a friend “Om Puri died?!?!?”  And then another text with every emoticon available.  Which is kind of how I feel.  Confused, sad, angry, unsure.  I liked a lot of Om Puri’s characters, and he was a good actor.  But his personal life was confusing and unpleasant in a way that kind of affected his characters for me.

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