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Puneet Issar 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 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 industry's backlash due to it.
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, Pale 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 in in the incident. Many blamed Puneet for the incident. He later admitted that he had to face lot of problem in getting roles in movies due to the notoriety of the incident. Some people even beveled that amitabh's clout might have had effected his carrer very much He also starred in recent movies, like Krrish, Partner, Aryan,Bachna Ae Haseeno and many more. He played the role of as Duryodhana in epic TV series, Mahabharat (1988–1990), directed by Ravi Chopra.
Hear the madman scream
As the pain whistles within
See the madman's face
As he understands
From the left to the right to the front
Only to remain at point zero
From the depths of perversion
He watches as time draws near
Hear the madman scream
As the pain whistles within
See the madman's face