Govind Nihalani 's award-winning Partition drama 'Tamas' was Om Puri 's earlier small screen venture. The seasoned actor Om Puri is geared up to make a comeback on the television with a crime show. As revealed by a close source, Puri will be featuring in the show titled 'Crime Petrol' that narrates both, fictional and real stories. Puri has given a nod to this and stated that he will be hosting the show that talks about people's security concerns and suggests them the effective ways for not being caught in any harmful situations.

The actor also narrated the requirement to double-lock the flat due to a sour experience from his building watchman. Day-to-day life tales will be covered in this show and will beware the masses to take care themselves, revealed the actor. He also added that the nature and format of the show made him say yes to host this show. He describes this opportunity as a good cause and an interesting challenge.