Om Puri's career was full of iconic roles ... where he shared bold and intimate scenes with Rekha. The scenes were so daring for their time that they created a huge stir in the media.

Rekha is wonderful, and so is Om Puri. The only aspect that weakens the film is the story itself. Its not very convincing at the crucial moments, and there are some obvious directorial misjudgments.

He returned to the man-woman theme in his last film, Astha, featuring Rekha, Om Puri and Navin Nischol, and based loosely on Luis Bunuel's Belle de Jour. He was prominent in the movement for ...