Veteran Indian actor Om Puri speaks on his role of a Professor in 'Dhoop'

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Bollywood film actor Om Puri speaks about his role in the Bollywood war drama film 'Dhoop'. He says, " This film is based on a true story. It is not an old true story, it is a story of the present times, of the times after the war of Kargil. I am playing the role of a Professor who teaches in the University of Delhi and his son was in the army who died in the war. He was young who was of twenty and twenty-one year old. He was awarded the Mahavir Chakra. He was also given a petrol pump that the professor denied. He said that he teaches in the university and what he will do with the petrol pump.once the army officers and senior officers said that it's not for you, it's for your son as a sign of his remembrance he then agreed. After that, all the permissions are required to run the petrol pu