Madan Puri (30 September 1915 – 13 January 1985) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films.
As a character actor mainly in negative roles (villain), he acted in about 430 films in a career spanning above fifty years.
He was the first cousin of the singer K. L. Saigal,[1] with whose help he started to make a mark in Bollywood.
Madan made an average of eight films per year, playing villains and negative characters and the hero's or heroine's uncle, father or elder brother, grandfather, police officer and politician.
[3] He was a resident of R P Masani Road in Matunga, Mumbai, also known as Punjabi Galli, with other actors of that era including the Kapoors.