Puneet Issar is an Indian actor, director, most famous for his role as Duryodhana in the TV adaptation of the Mahabharata and directing garv: Pride and Honour (2004) starring Salman Khan. He was born 6 November 1959 in Punjab, India. 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 recently participated in popular controversial reality show Bigg Boss season 8 as a contestant.
Personal Life:- Puneet Issar was born 6 November 1959 in Punjab, India. Puneet Issar(Punjabi Brahmin) 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. 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.
Career:- Issar starred as a villain in several movies (over 150 Hindi films and 100 regional) 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.
He most famous for his role as Duryodhana in the TV adaptation of the Mahabharata and directing garv: Pride and Honour (2004) starring Salman Khan. He was born 6 November 1959 in Punjab, India. 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.
Age and Height:- 6 November 1959 and Height 6 feet 1 inches
Sun Sign:- Scorpio
Born:- 6 November 1959
Punjab, India
Parents:- Sudesh Issar (Father)
Wife:- Deepali
Children:- Nivriti (Daughter)
Siddhant (Son)
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