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Bollywood stars including Bachchans attend Om Puri’s prayer meet.  The Bachchans, Prem Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah and various other celebrities attended Om Puri's prayer meet at ISKCON. If anyone had any doubts about how much loved late actor Om Puri was in the film industry, the two prayer meets held in Mumbai today provided ample evidence of the popularity this veteran had among his industry colleagues. A galaxy of actors arrived at ISKCON Temple in Juhu where Puri’s second wife Nandita Puri had organised a prayer meet along with her son Ishaan. The meet which was held between 4.30 to 5.30 in the evening, saw major Bollywood biggies trooping just the way they did at Puri’s funeral on Friday. Amitabh Bachchan arrived with son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a tow. The megastar and his family spent close to 20 minutes praying for the departed soul. The superstar also spoke to Nandita and other immediate family members. Other celebs who wer...

When Om Puri jumped to save Naseeruddin Shah’s life Did you know Om Puri once saved Naseeruddin Shah's life during a knife attack? That Om Puri was a close friend of Naseeruddin Shah is well-known, but little is known about the time when the Ardh Satya actor saved the latter’s life during a knife attack. The incident during which Jaspal, one of Shah’s former friends stabbed him with a knife at a restaurant, finds mention in Shah’s autobiography ‘And Then One Day: A Memoir’. Shah writes in the book that Puri, who passed away recently following a cardiac arrest, had jumped across their dinner table, subdued the attacker to prevent further strikes, took Shah to the hospital in a police van, and saved his life. “While the shooting for Bhumika (1977) was on, Om and I were in the middle of dinner when Jaspal, whom I had kept well away from for some time now, also entered and greeted Om. We ignored each other but, eyes fixed on me, he passed to sit on another table behind m...