Madan Puri (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 fifty years.

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His wife, Sheela Devi Puri (Wadhera) passed away a few years later. He is survived by three sons, all of whom are based in Mumbai. His sons are Pravesh Kumar Puri, a retired shipping magnate, Dr. Kamlesh K Puri (also known as Lt. Col. K.K. Puri, a retired army officer) a writer (currently writing a book about Madan Puri and the Indian Film Industry due to be published in early 2016), and Ramnesh Puri, a movie director. He has 5 grand children and 4 great grandchildren. His grandchildren are Kanchan Puri, Sonal Puri, Vikram Puri, Amrit Puri and Ishita Puri. His great grandchildren are Kunal Shetty, Kehan Shetty, Rayan Singh and Reyna Singh.