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Updated On: 06 June, 2023 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Hiren Kotwani
Puneet Issar and Gajendra Chauhan, who played Duryodhan and Yudhishthira in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat, remember the Shakuni actor
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Gufi Paintal
Monday morning brought sad tidings for the television fraternity. Gufi Paintal, best known for his brilliant portrayal of Shakuni Mama in BR Chopra’s epic television series, Mahabharat, passed away. He had been hospitalised a week ago for age-related health issues. The veteran actor, 79, born Sarabjeet Singh Paintal, was an engineer before following in his brother Kanwarjit’s footsteps to be an actor. After arriving in Mumbai in 1969, Paintal took up modelling, acting, and dabbled as an assistant director, before joining BR Films.
Having known Paintal before sharing screen space with him in Mahabharat, Gajendra Chauhan, who played Yudhishthira in the epic saga, shares, “Gufi saab was the GM [general manager] at BR Films when I started working there. We got the opportunity to work in the iconic mythology show because he was the casting director, besides essaying the role of Shakuni.” Contrary to his manipulative character in the show, Paintal was a jovial person, shares Chauhan. “He had a fabulous sense of humour. He wrote poetry and would often sing when we went for shows. Gufi saab was always helpful. He has helped as an actor and a friend. My mother addressed him as brother, so he was my mama [uncle].”
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