Om Puri on Shyam Benegal, both Indian cinema doyens

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Bollywood actor Om Puri speaks about director Shyam Benegal. He says " Shyam is the only director whom I had gone to see... You know in very traditional manner carrying photographs. And then after sometime he was doing Bhoomika. Bhoomika was the first film I did with him and I had a very small part in that. But what i impressed me most on that particular date.. When I first met him on the sets he explained me the part and I asked him I said for a particular scene the actor is supposed to be in acting and it is supposed to be seen. Then he asked me are you ready for the shot and I said yes I am ready. I said can I some but he was involved in lots of things and was busy and he said yes you can smoke and then he turned away and instantly he didn't look at me and said but no filter cigarette