From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Amrish Lal Puri June 22 1932 January 12 2005 was an iconic theater and film actor from India who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s He worked with notable playwrights of the time such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad However he is primarily remembered for essaying some iconic negative roles in Hindi cinema He is most remembered for his role as Mogambo in the Hindi film Mr India 1987 As Mola Ram in the Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 he crossed over to international cinema as well Description above from the Wikipedia article Amrish Puri licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia