Om Puri was angry with wife Nandita

New Delhi: Veteran actor Om Puri, whose biography written by his journalist-wife Nandita C Puri has caused quite a furore, insists that he was angry with his better half for not defending the book on television. A portion of the book, named `Unlikely Hero`, was published in a magazine highlighting his relationships with various women, which was followed by the author`s interview on a television channel where she "failed" to highlight the main focus of the book. "A piece had appeared from the book in Tehelka highlighting certain things, but I ignored it then. Later, when Nandita was interviewed on TV about the same thing I realised things are getting out of hand. "I was angry with my wife for not defending the book. But Nandita is not very comfortable with the television medium, so she couldn`t make herself clear," Puri said on the sidelines of the launch of his book here yesterday. The book has attracted a lot of media attention due to the chapters on the escapades of the 59-year-old actor. But Puri does not regret coming up with disclosures about his life and is proud of the fact that he was completely honest in the biography. "I think you should be honest in your biography. All your mistakes should come out," said Puri. The national award-winning actor, who had to undergo a lot of struggle to make a name for himself in Bollywood, is sad that his biography is being talked about for the wrong reasons. "The book was introduced in the wrong way to the public. My story is about how I struggled through my childhood days picking rags and coal to make a living. I am very proud of my childhood and that is the main focus of my biography," Puri said. Puri also insists that the book is a tribute to all the underprivileged children who toil hard to survive. "My childhood resembles that of millions of other children in the third world countries. The book is also a tribute to them. They do not get an opportunity to tell their story, but I got it," said the actor. The book was launched in the capital by Union Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal, who praised the actor for his honesty. "The book is aptly named an `Unlikely Hero` and is an extraordinary narrative. I think Om`s honesty is the best thing about it. We should not belittle the book by discussing what the media is talking about," said Sibal. PTI