2017 has started on a sad note for Bollywood as veteran actor Om Puri passed away in Mumbai, on Friday morning, reports Times of India. He was aged 66.

Puri returned home last evening after a shoot. Reportedly his door bell went unanswered, following which Puri’s driver raised an alarm.

It is believed that the actor succumbed to a heart attack.

Puri appeared in mainstream commercial Indian, British, and American films, as well as independent films and art films

He featured in films like ‘Ardh Satya’, ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron’ and ‘Mirch Masala’.

More recently, he was seen in the movies, ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and ‘Ghayal Once Again’.

The Padma Shri awardee, studied at the Film and Television Institute of India and at the National School of Drama, where Naseeruddin Shah was his classmate.Born on October 18, 1950, hailing from Ambala in Haryana, Om Puri made his film debut in 1976 with the Marathi film ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’.

He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 1990; and in 2004, was made an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire