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Ode to my grandfather

He may be the grandson of legendary actor, the late Amrish Puri. But young Vardhan Puri didn’t believe in taking the shortcut to showbiz. He stuck to his grandfather’s dictum: Prepare before you get an opportunity. He began training early as a child with National Award-winning actor-director, Satyadev Dubey, who was also his grandfather’s mentor. “I gained an understanding of art, theatre, cinema… from him.”

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