Puneet Issar is an Indian actor and director. He is most famous for his role as Duryodhana in the Mahabharat TV show (1988-1990), and directing Garv: Pride and Honour (2004) starring Salman Khan.His other notable roles are in Border directed by J. P. Dutta, and second lead in the cult Indian horror film Purana Mandir in 1983.
Puneet Issar
Movies
Qayamat Hi Qayamat
Krrish
Singapore-based Dr. Siddhant Arya recruits a superhumanly powerful Indian-born man named Rohit Mehra, who was given special powers by a blue-skinned alien named Jadoo, to build a computer that can forecast the future, which results in an accident that kills Rohit. When this news reaches Rohit’s mother, Sonia, in India,…
Luv U Soniyo
Mark & Soniyo, who after having been brought together by fate have to win over their parents consent. Their cultures clash in every possible way & just when fate decides to turn the game around, all they have is their faith in each other & a little help from their…
Mahabharat
Bachna Ae Haseeno
Why do girls always fall for the wrong guy? Their mothers warn them about him. Their friends shake their heads disapprovingly. Their minds tell them to escape while the going is good. But oh, no. Their hearts are another story. You see, they are sending all the wrong signals. His…
Bunty Aur Babli
Rakesh (Abhishek Bachchan) is a man of schemes, ideas, invention and restlessness. His small town begins to feel too small for his King size plans. In another part of India crinkle nosed small town girl, Vimmi (Rani Mukerji) doesn’t want to become just another young marriageable girl. In her mind…
Yamla Pagla Deewana
The film begins in Canada, travels to Banaras and eventually makes its way to Punjab. The Father Son duo of Dharam Singh and Gajodhar Singh (Dharmendra and Bobby Deol) are the biggest conmen in Banaras. Their happy go lucky existence involves drinking and pulling off hilarious cons on unsuspecting people.…
Coolie
A wealthy, but evil man named Zafar Khan, has fallen in love a girl named Salma and wants to marry her, but she and her father do not let him. Zafar is arrested for various crimes and is imprisoned for 10 years, but when he is discharged, he sees that…
Purana Mandir
Suman lives a wealthy lifestyle along with her widower dad, Thakur Ranvir Singh, and an unmarried aunt, Damyanti, in a palatial house in Bombay. They are direct descendants of Raja Hariman Singh of Bijapur. When Ranvir finds out that Suman is in love with a middle-class male, Sanjay, he expresses…
Fun Facts
His punch was the one that made superstar Amitabh Bachchan seriously injured in the movie Coolie (1983).
Son of director Sudesh Issar.
He started his career with the movie Coolie in 1983. During the filming of an action sequence of this movie, he accidentally injured Amitabh Bachchan nearly fatally and suffered the industry's backlash due to it.
Puneet Issar was told to play Bheem but was cast as Duryodhan on his wish.
He also played the role of Parashurama in the 2013 TV series Mahabharat.
Issar participated in the Indian TV reality show Bigg Boss season 8 in 2014-2015.
He played the Indian Superman, a Bollywood version of the Hollywood movies.
Starred in the shelved movie "Top Secret"" (1982) Starring Puneet Issar