美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Om Puri Had Roles In More Than 300 Movies During His Life

 

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: 

And now we're going to take a few minutes to mark the passing of an artist you've probably seen many times without even realizing it. Indian actor Om Puri worked in short films, TV series and hundreds of movies including "Gandhi."

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GANDHI")

OM PURI: (As Nahari) Here. Eat, eat. I'm going to hell, but not with your death on my soul.

MARTIN: Om Puri died Friday at the age of 66 in Mumbai. NPR's Andrew Limbong has this appreciation¹.

ANDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE²: If you didn't recognize his scene in "Gandhi," maybe you caught him as the strict patriarch in the 1999 British movie "East Is East."

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "EAST IS EAST")

PURI: (As George Khan) You've been married to me 25 years and know nothing?

LIMBONG: Or as a thoughtful, empathetic policeman in the acclaimed³ Bollywood movie "Ardh Satya."

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ARDH SATYA ")

PURI: (As Sub-Inspector Anant Velankar, speaking in foreign language).

LIMBONG: Or more recently maybe you saw him working alongside Helen Mirren in 2014's "The Hundred-Foot Journey."

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY")

PURI: (As Papa) You seduced⁴ his mind with your awful, tasteless, empty sauces, with your pitiful little squashed bits of garlic.

LIMBONG: Om Puri was game to do all sorts of movies ranging from arthouse to more commercial works. He told WHYY's Fresh Air in 2000 that he treated all of them with equal respect.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST)

PURI: Like going on the set on time. But our stars are quite notorious. I mean, they don't show up on time. This is, you know, something which is very, very annoying.

LIMBONG: Om Puri was born in a small town in 1950. His father was in the military, and he wanted to be a soldier, too, until he got to college and started acting⁵ in socially relevant plays.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST)

PURI: I was very shy and very reserved as a child, very, very introvert⁶. And I think somewhere I feel that by acting in those social plays, those plays were giving voice to my emotions.

LIMBONG: And it was a voice that earned him honors from both British and Indian governments along with fans around the world. Andrew Limbong, NPR News.

1 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 acclaimed   

adj.受人欢迎的

参考例句：

• They acclaimed him as the best writer of the year. 他们称赞他为当年的最佳作者。
• Confuscius is acclaimed as a great thinker. 孔子被赞誉为伟大的思想家。

4 seduced   

诱奸( seduce的过去式和过去分词 )； 勾引； 诱使堕落； 使入迷

参考例句：

• The promise of huge profits seduced him into parting with his money. 高额利润的许诺诱使他把钱出了手。
• His doctrines have seduced many into error. 他的学说把许多人诱入歧途。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6 introvert   

n.性格内向的人

参考例句：

• You are very much an introvert.你是一位地道的内向性格者。
• The same conversation that energizes the extravert also drains the introvert.同样的交谈能让外向者荣光焕发，却让内向者精神颓靡。