Amrish Puri was the Indian God of Villains in Indian Cinema, Bob Christo was the "foreigner" God of Villains.
Though lately he didnt not act much, I do still remember him as the big stratured baldie who spoke crooked Hindi (Indian language). He hardly had any hair on the top hemisphere of the globe above his neck (considering the invisible line around his face at ear level to be the equator); he mostly sported a frech beard that constituted whatever little hair that could be seen on him.
He would often be portrayed as the final road-block to the successful and happy ending of the story for the hero in the Bollywood. He found his unique place among the great villains of his time that included Amrish Puri, Pran, Ajit (the Lion), Anupam Kher, and Amjad Khan. (With due respect to other great names I may have forgotten to mention here).
He would often act as a baddie from America or Europe; however, in reality he was from Australia. It had to be his luck to be part of the Great Indian Cinema that he came over to meet Parveen Babi (what a crazy fan) while waiting for work permit of Muscat. And that was when Sanjay Khan introduced him to his would be Indian fans in movie Abdullah.
Not to forget he was always the first choice for being a British Officer in Bollywood historicals.
Now that he is no more, Indian cinema lost another great villain; may he be remembered as brightly as his shining bald head.
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