Ompaki Puri (born 18 October 1950) is an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Indian Cinema films and art films . His credits also include appearances in British and American films . He has received an honorary OBE . He has also been active in Punjabi cinema . In the 1980s Puri also made two highly successful Punjabi films called Chan Pardesi (1980) and Long Da Lishkara (1986) . After nineteen years, Puri returned to Punjabi cinema with the film Baghi (2005) . He recently acted in another Punjabi film, Gurdas Mann's Yaariyan (2008) . He has also worked in Hindi TV serials like Kakkaji Kaheen (1988) (roughly meaning "Uncle says") as a paan-chewing 'Kakkaji', which was a parody on politicians and Mr . Yogi (1989) as a suave 'Sutradhaar' who enjoys pulling the protagonist's leg . These two serials underlined Om Puri's versatility as a comedian . He received critical acclaim for him performance in Govind Nihalani's television film Tamas (1987) based on a Hindi novel of the same name . He also essayed comic roles in Hindi films like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron which reached a cult status, followed by Chachi 420 (1997), Hera Pheri (2000), Chor Machaye Shor (2002) and Malamaal Weekly (2006) . His more recent Hindi film roles include Singh Is Kinng, Mere Baap Pehle Aap and Billu Barber . Om Puri will be seen in the role of Mohammad Ali Kasuri in Road to Sangam, which is expected to be released in December of 2009 . Balan K. Nair (1981) · Om Puri (1982) · Kamal Haasan (1983) · Om Puri (1984) · Naseeruddin Shah (1985) · Shashi Kapoor (1986) · Charuhasan (1987) · Kamal Haasan (1988) · Premji (1989) · Mammootty (1990) · Amitabh Bachchan (1991) · Mohanlal (1992) · Mithun Chakraborty (1993) · Mammootty (1994) · Nana Patekar (1995) · Rajit Kapur (1996) · Kamal Haasan (1997) · Suresh Gopi and Balachandra Menon (1998) · Mammootty and Ajay Devgan (1999) · Mohanlal (2000) .