Om Puri 'misses film premiere'

Om Puri was reportedly unable to attend the premiere of his film West Is West because of filming commitments to Karan Johar's Agneepath in Mumbai.

According to Mid Day, the 60-year-old actor gave 125 press interviews in three days when he visited London earlier this month.

The actor said: "Agneepath is an important film. I play the role of an honest cop, which was played by Vikram Gokhale in the original 1990 film.

"I knew I couldn't be present in London for the premiere [of West is West], so I went earlier this month to London for press interviews."

Although Johar often allows actors to pursue other commitments during filming, he did not give Om Puri a day off on this occasion.

"The rest of the cast was there," Puri added. "My presence would've made a difference since I am the principal character."

Johar is producing the remake of Yash Johar's Agneepath.