Puneet Issar
Puneet Issar (born 6 November 1959) is an Indian actor and director, most famous for his role as Duryodhana in the TV adaptation (1988–1990) of the
Mahabharata, and directing Garv: Pride and Honour (2004) starring Salman Khan. His other notable roles are in Border, 1997 war film, directed by J. P.
Dutta and second lead in the cult Indian horror film Purana Mandir in 1983.
He started his career with the movie Coolie in 1983. During filming an action sequence of this movie, he accidentally injured Amitabh Bachchan nearly
fatally and suffered the industry's backlash due to it.
Career
Issar starred as a villain in several movies (over 150 Hindi films and 100 regional[citation needed]) during the 1980s and 1990s, like Zakhmi Aurat,
Jagruti, Kal Ki Aawaz, Palay Khan, Teja, Prem Shakti and many more, which include the Mohanlal starrers Yodha and Pingami, Salman Khan starrers Sanam
Bewafa, Chandramukhi and Suriyavanshi, Akshay Kumar starrer Aashant and multi-starrers like Kshatriya. He also played a villain in the Shahrukh Khan
starrer Ram Jaane. He appeared in the hit war film Border. In 1982 he was involved in an on-shoot incident with Amitabh Bachhan. Amitabh got seriously hurt
and many blamed Puneet for the accident. He later admitted that he had to face lot of problems in getting roles in movies due to the notoriety of the
incident. Some people even misunderstood that Amitabh's clout might have had affected his career very much, but he clearly stated that this was untrue. He
played the role of as Duryodhana in epic TV series, Mahabharat (1988–1990), directed by Ravi Chopra. It was this role that gained him mainstream
popularity. He along with other actors of the epic TV show often toured the whole of India and even abroad to perform live shows based on the epic
throughout the 90's.
He played the Indian Superman in 1987, a Bollywood version of the Hollywood movies. He played the second lead in the cult Indian horror film Purana Mandir
in 1983. Later he did many another horror movie's like Tehkhana in 1980's.
He also starred in movies, like Krrish, Partner, Aryan,Bachna Ae Haseeno and many more in the 2000s.
Personal life
Puneet Issar is the son of film director Sudesh Issar. He is married to Deepali, daughter of Punjabi actor Diljit Puri and Bengali singer Ashita Puri, and
sister of Satyajeet Puri( famous child star of the 60's, 70's and 80's ). Puneet has two children, a daughter and a son, Nivriti and Siddhant. Other than
being a trained actor himself, Puneet has also been a speech, diction and method acting professor. He also is a trained mixed-martial-artist and is skilled
in kung-fu, karate, boxing and wrestling. Recently he was a part of India's TV show Bigg Boss season 8.
Puneet Issar (born 6 November 1959) is an Indian actor and director, most famous for his role as Duryodhana in the TV adaptation (1988–1990) of the
Mahabharata, and directing Garv: Pride and Honour (2004) starring Salman Khan. His other notable roles are in Border, 1997 war film, directed by J. P.
Dutta and second lead in the cult Indian horror film Purana Mandir in 1983.
He started his career with the movie Coolie in 1983. During filming an action sequence of this movie, he accidentally injured Amitabh Bachchan nearly
fatally and suffered the industry's backlash due to it.
CareerIssar starred as a villain in several movies (over 150 Hindi films and 100 regional[citation needed]) during the 1980s and 1990s, like Zakhmi Aurat,
Jagruti, Kal Ki Aawaz, Palay Khan, Teja, Prem Shakti and many more, which include the Mohanlal starrers Yodha and Pingami, Salman Khan starrers Sanam
Bewafa, Chandramukhi and Suriyavanshi, Akshay Kumar starrer Aashant and multi-starrers like Kshatriya. He also played a villain in the Shahrukh Khan
starrer Ram Jaane. He appeared in the hit war film Border. In 1982 he was involved in an on-shoot incident with Amitabh Bachhan. Amitabh got seriously hurt
and many blamed Puneet for the accident. He later admitted that he had to face lot of problems in getting roles in movies due to the notoriety of the
incident. Some people even misunderstood that Amitabh's clout might have had affected his career very much, but he clearly stated that this was untrue. He
played the role of as Duryodhana in epic TV series, Mahabharat (1988–1990), directed by Ravi Chopra. It was this role that gained him mainstream
popularity. He along with other actors of the epic TV show often toured the whole of India and even abroad to perform live shows based on the epic
throughout the 90's.
He played the Indian Superman in 1987, a Bollywood version of the Hollywood movies. He played the second lead in the cult Indian horror film Purana Mandir
in 1983. Later he did many another horror movie's like Tehkhana in 1980's.
He also starred in movies, like Krrish, Partner, Aryan,Bachna Ae Haseeno and many more in the 2000s.
Personal life
Puneet Issar is the son of film director Sudesh Issar. He is married to Deepali, daughter of Punjabi actor Diljit Puri and Bengali singer Ashita Puri, and
sister of Satyajeet Puri( famous child star of the 60's, 70's and 80's ). Puneet has two children, a daughter and a son, Nivriti and Siddhant. Other than
being a trained actor himself, Puneet has also been a speech, diction and method acting professor. He also is a trained mixed-martial-artist and is skilled
in kung-fu, karate, boxing and wrestling. Recently he was a part of India's TV show Bigg Boss season 8.
