The Biggest Movies and TV Coming in September

"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Om Shiv Puri met his wife at Jaipur Radio Station where they worked together. In fact, they had worked together on radio and in plays. Even at NSD, they were together - in the same batch they fell in love. They married, but not before they had waited for nine years (1968). After that, they started a theatre group Dishantar, which did so well that tickets were sold in black for almost every show. Om Shivpuri started his film career in 1971 with Mani Kaul's Ashad Ka Ek Din, soon followed by Gulzar's Koshish in 1972.

Finally he shifted to Mumbai in 1974. Thereafter in his career spanning over two decades he acted in over 175 Hindi films playing roles as varied as villains to supporting cast. 

Amrish Puri probably the best known villain in the industry was younger brother of Madan Puri, Chaman Puri was their eldest brother.

Abhinav Chaturvedi who played Nanhe in "Humlog" (1984) TV Series started his acting career at the tender age of five with Om Shivpuri's group.

Led the National School of Drama Repertory set up in 1964 in its early years.

He directed &quot;Tuglaq&quot;, a play written by Girish Karnad in 1965. It was first staged in The National School of Drama.

His daughter, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0794512/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Ritu Shivpuri</a>, has worked as a heroine in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0106204/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Aankhen (1993)</a> starring opposite <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0332871/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Govinda</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm8408306/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Chunkey Pandey</a>.

Colleague at NSD were Roshan Seth, Sushma Seth and Pankaj Kapoor. NSD has given actors like Siddharth Basu, Mira Nair, Lillette Dubey, Divya Seth, Pamela Rooks, Shah Rukh Khan and Manoj Bajpai.

Father of actress <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0794512/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Ritu Shivpuri</a> and assistant director <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1167638/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Vineet Shivpuri</a>.

Worked in 31 films with Rajesh Khnana as the lead hero.

Was going to direct a film titled &quot;Aadhe Adhure&quot; produced by Basu Bhattacharya. The film was shelved after the two had a falling out.

Starred in the shelved movie Kirpa Films &quot;Humse Mile Tum&quot;(1989) Starring Krish Malik,Parijat, Madan Jain,Om Shivpuri,Asha Sharma, Leena Das, Raju Srivastav,Music by Ramkumar Shankar, Produced by Dr. Rajendra Bhatt,Directed by K. Pramod.

Starred in the shelved movie Tejendra Films &quot;Maa Ka Aashirvaad&quot;(1988) Starring. Tejendra Omar, Tina Ghai,Om Shivpuri, Dr Shreeram Lagoo,Music by Kalyanji Anandji, Produced and Directed by Tejendra Omar.

Parents names are Raj Narain Shivpuri and Raj Naraini Shivpuri.

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