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Puneet Issar is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, most famous for his role as Duryodhana
Duryodhana
In the Hindu epic the Mahābhārata, Duryodhana is the eldest son of the blind king Dhritarashtra by Queen Gandhari, the eldest of the one hundred Kaurava brothers, Emperor of the world at that time which means Emperor of India or Bharatvarsha as it was known at that time, cousin and the chief...

 in the TV adaptation
Mahabharat (TV series)
Mahabharat is a successful Indian television series based on the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. The 94-episode series originally ran from 2 October 1988 to 24 June 1990. It was produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by his son, Ravi Chopra. The music was composed by critically acclaimed music...

 (1988–1990) of the Mahabharata
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....

, and directing Garv: Pride and Honour
Garv: Pride and Honour
Garv: Pride and Honour is a 2004 Indian film directed by Puneet Issar. The film stars Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty and Amrish Puri in pivotal roles.-Plot:...

(2004) starring Salman Khan
Salman Khan
Salman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...

. His other notable roles are in Border, 1997 war film, directed by J. P. Dutta
J. P. Dutta
Jyoti Prakash Dutta is an Indian Bollywood film producer and director. Mr. Dutta produces his films under the banner of JP Films. He is known for directing many patriotic war films and films in the action genre...

 ] and second lead in cult indian horror film Purana Mandir
Purana Mandir
Purana Mandir is a 1984 Hindi feature film, produced and directed by the Ramsay brothers. It is a horror film chronicling the story of the monster-demon, Samri.The Soundtrack were composed by Ajit Singh-Plot:...

in 1983
He started his career with the movie Coolie
Coolie (1983 film)
Coolie is a 1983 Indian Bollywood film directed by Manmohan Desai. The film starsAmitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Kader Khan, Suresh Oberoi and Puneet Issar...

in 1983. During the filming an action sequence of this movie, he accidentally injured Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...

 nearly fatally. and suffered industry's backlash due to it.

Issar starred as a villain in several movies (over 200 Hindi films and 100 regional) during the 1980s and 1990s, like Zakhmi Aurat
Zakhmi Aurat
Zakhmi Aurat is a 1988 Indian Hindi movie starring Dimple Kapadia and Raj Babbar and directed by Avtar Bhogal. It is about women who have been raped and how they get revenge by castrating the rapists....

, Jagruti, Kal ki Aawaz, Pale Khan, Teja, Prem Shakti
and many more, which include the Mohanlal
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...

 starrers Yodha
Yodha
Yodha is a 1992 Malayalam film scripted by Sasidharan Arattuvazhi and directed by Sangeeth Sivan. The film stars Mohanlal who plays the protagonist, who is told he is the saviour destined to rescue the Rimpoche of a Nepalese Buddhist monastery from practitioners of black magic...

 and Pingami
Pingami
Pingami is a 1994 Malayalam film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and produced by Mohanlal under the banner of Pranavam Arts.-Plot:...

, Salman Khan
Salman Khan
Salman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...

 starrers Sanam Bewafa, Chandramukhi
Chandramukhi
Chandramukhi is a 2005 Indian horror, comedy and drama film directed by P. Vasu and produced by Ramkumar Ganesan. With a few deviations, it is a remake of Vasu's 2004 Kannada film Apthamitra, which was in-turn a remake of the 1993 Malayalam film Manichithrathazhu...

and Suriyavanshi, Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...

 starrer Aashant and multi-starrers like Kshatriya. He also played a villain in the Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan , often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films....

 starrer Ram Jaane. He appeared in the hit war film Border. In 2004, he directed the movie Garv: Pride and Honour
Garv: Pride and Honour
Garv: Pride and Honour is a 2004 Indian film directed by Puneet Issar. The film stars Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty and Amrish Puri in pivotal roles.-Plot:...

starring Salman Khan
Salman Khan
Salman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...

. He also starred in recent movies, like Krrish
Krrish
Krrish is a 2006 Indian superhero science-fiction film The film was directed, produced, and written by Rakesh Roshan, while the screenplay was written by Robin Bhatt, Sachin Bhowmick, Honey Irani, Akarsh Khurana, and Sanjay Masoom. The film is a sequel to Koi.....

, Partner, Aryan ,Bachna Ae Haseeno
Bachna Ae Haseeno
Bachna Ae Haseeno is a Bollywood film released on 15 August 2008. It stars Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba and Deepika Padukone. The film was directed by Siddharth Anand whose previous films include Salaam Namaste and Ta Ra Rum Pum .-Plot:The film follows the journey of a young man...

and many more. He played the role of as Duryodhana
Duryodhana
In the Hindu epic the Mahābhārata, Duryodhana is the eldest son of the blind king Dhritarashtra by Queen Gandhari, the eldest of the one hundred Kaurava brothers, Emperor of the world at that time which means Emperor of India or Bharatvarsha as it was known at that time, cousin and the chief...

 in epic TV series, Mahabharat
Mahabharat (TV series)
Mahabharat is a successful Indian television series based on the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. The 94-episode series originally ran from 2 October 1988 to 24 June 1990. It was produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by his son, Ravi Chopra. The music was composed by critically acclaimed music...

 (1988–1990), directed by Ravi Chopra
Ravi Chopra
Ravi Chopra is an Indian movie producer and director.Ravi has directed thus far the movies, Zameer , The Burning Train , Mazdoor , Dehleez , Baghban , and Baabul...

.

He played the Indian Superman in 1987, a Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 version of the Hollywood movies. He played the second lead in the cult Indian horror film Purana Mandir
Purana Mandir
Purana Mandir is a 1984 Hindi feature film, produced and directed by the Ramsay brothers. It is a horror film chronicling the story of the monster-demon, Samri.The Soundtrack were composed by Ajit Singh-Plot:...

in 1983. Later he did many another horror movie's like Tehkhana in 1980's

He has also directed TV serials such as Hindustani and Jai Mata Ki starring Hema Malini
Hema Malini
Hema Malini is an Indian actress, director and producer, as well as a Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer. Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar , she went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra. She was initially promoted as...

. He has starred in over 12 TV serials like Junoon, Sahil, Noor Jahan, Vikram Aur Betaal and many more. He has appeared in over 1800 episodes on Indian television. He played the role of King Bimbisara
Bimbisara
Bimbisara was a King, and later, Emperor of the Magadha empire from 543 BC to his death and belonged to the Hariyanka dynasty.-Career:There are many accounts of Bimbisara in the Jain texts and the Buddhist Jatakas, since he was a contemporary of Mahavira and Gautama Buddha. He was the king of...

 in the feature film Gautama Buddha - The Life and Times of Gautama Buddha. He also starred in Left Right Left of the Indian Channel Sab TV
SAB TV
SAB TV is an Indian general entertainment television channel that is owned by Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd and based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was launched on April 23, 2000 by Sri Adhikari Brothers as a general entertainment channel. In 2003, it was repositioned as a comedy-centric channel...

. He has also worked in number of Punjabi films such as Rab Ne Banayian Jodiyan and many south-Indian films such as Indira the Tiger and The Gentleman
The Gentleman
The Gentleman is a 1994 Hindi film directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Paresh Rawal, Juhi Chawla in roles and South Indian actress Roja Selvamani does a cameo appearance in a song. It is a remake of S. Shankar's debut film, Gentleman....

.

He is currently directing his next film, I am Singh.He has also given a brilliant display of his acting skills in the mythological film SURYAPUTRA SHANIDEV,which was released in 1997. He is described as a pleasant and humble person by his co-stars like Nitish Bhardwaj and many more. He still remains an inspiration to one and all. He is currently working on a project in which he is the producer and also the actor. The movie is called "I AM SINGH"

Actor

  • Coolie
    Coolie (1983 film)
    Coolie is a 1983 Indian Bollywood film directed by Manmohan Desai. The film starsAmitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Kader Khan, Suresh Oberoi and Puneet Issar...

    (1983)
  • Purana Mandir
    Purana Mandir
    Purana Mandir is a 1984 Hindi feature film, produced and directed by the Ramsay brothers. It is a horror film chronicling the story of the monster-demon, Samri.The Soundtrack were composed by Ajit Singh-Plot:...

    (1984)
  • Pyar Ki Jeet
    Pyar Ki Jeet
    Pyar Ki Jeet is a 1987 Indian Bollywood film directed by Sawan Kumar Tak. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Vinod Mehra, Rekha, Ashok Kumar, Moon Moon Sen.-Plot:...

    (1987)
  • Roti Ki Keemat
    Roti Ki Keemat (1990 film)
    Roti Ki Keemat is a 1990 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Ramesh Ahuja, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Kimi Katkar and Sadashiv Amrapurkar-Cast:*Mithun Chakraborty *Kimi Katkar *Pran*Sadashiv Amrapurkar*Rana Jung Bahadur*Gulshan Grover...

    (1990)
  • Sanam Bewafa
    Sanam Bewafa
    Sanam Bewafa is an Indian Bollywood film directed and produced by Saawan Kumar Tak, starring Salman Khan, Chandni, Pran and Danny Denzongpa. The film released on 11 January 1991.- Synopsis :...

    (1991)
  • Jaagruti
    Jaagruti
    Jaagruti is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Suresh Krissna, released on 3 July 1992. The film stars Salman Khan and Karisma Kapoor in lead roles.-Plot:...

    (1992)
  • Suryavanshi
    Suryavanshi (film)
    Suryavanshi is a 1992 Hindi feature film starring Salman Khan and Amrita Singh. It is a love story and incorporates various Indian cultural/social themes such as reincarnation, marital devotion and loyalty.-Plot:...

    (1992)
  • Yodha
    Yodha
    Yodha is a 1992 Malayalam film scripted by Sasidharan Arattuvazhi and directed by Sangeeth Sivan. The film stars Mohanlal who plays the protagonist, who is told he is the saviour destined to rescue the Rimpoche of a Nepalese Buddhist monastery from practitioners of black magic...

    (1992) (Malayalam)
  • Chandra Mukhi
    Chandra Mukhi
    Chandra Mukhi is a Hindi language film, released in 1993. Chandra Mukhi, along with Chaand Kaa Tukdaa, created huge expectation as, Salman Khan and Sridevi paired together. Although Chaand Kaa Tukdaa is Salman-Sridevi team's first signed film, their first release was Chandra Mukhi...

    (1993)
  • Kshatriya
    Kshatriya (film)
    Kshatriya is a 1993 Bollywood film directed by J.P. Dutta. The film features an ensemble star cast including Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Meenakshi Seshadri and Divya Bharti. The film has Sunil Dutt and Dharmendra playing fathers to their real-life...

    (1993)
  • Pingami
    Pingami
    Pingami is a 1994 Malayalam film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and produced by Mohanlal under the banner of Pranavam Arts.-Plot:...

    (1994) (Malayalam)
  • Prem Shakti
    Prem Shakti
    Prem Shakti is 1994 Hindi Movie directed by Shibu Mitra and starring Karishma Kapoor, Govinda, Kader Khan.Other cast include Shakti Kapoor, Raza Murad, Puneet Issar, Nitish Bharadwaj....

    (1994)
  • Yaar Gaddar
    Yaar Gaddar
    Yaar Gaddar is a 1994 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Umesh Mehra, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Saif Ali Khan, Somy Ali, Prem Chopra and Umesh Shukla.-Plot:...

    (1994)
  • Kranti Kshetra
    Kranti Kshetra
    Kranti Kshetra is a 1994 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Rajeev Kumar , starring Mithun Chakraborty, Pooja Bhatt, Harish, Shakti Kapoor and Gulshan Grover-Plot:...

    (1994)
  • Ram Jaane
    Ram Jaane
    Ram Jaane is a 1995 Indian Bollywood movie directed by Rajiv Mehra about an unnamed kid who grows up to become a gangster. He uses the name Ram Jaane after meeting with a priest who in response to the kid asking about his name said "Ram Jaane"...

    (1995)
  • Hathkadi
    Hathkadi
    Hathkadi is a 1995 Bollywood action film directed by Rama Rao Tatineni starring Govinda, Shilpa Shetty and Shakti Kapoor.-Plot summary:Assistant Commissioner of Police, Suraj Chauhan is an honest and diligent police officer...

    (1995)
  • Bhagya Debata
    Bhagya Debata
    Bhagya Debata is a 1995 Bengali-language Indian feature film directed by S.Raghuram, the famous South Indian Dance Master, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Soumitra Chatterjee, Mamta Kulkarni, Rituparna Sengupta, Puneet Issar and Rajinikanth-Plot:...

    (1995) (Bengali)
  • Muqaddar
    Muqaddar
    Muqaddar is a 1996 Indian Hindi film. Produced by Rajiv Babbar and directed by T L V Prasad, it stars Mithun Chakraborty, Puneet Issar and Kiran Kumar in lead roles and Moushumi Chatterjee, Simran, Ayesha Jhulka and Hemant Birje in supporting roles.-Plot:...

    (1996)
  • Border
    Border
    Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, sovereign states, federated states and other subnational entities. Some borders—such as a state's internal administrative borders, or inter-state borders within the Schengen Area—are open and...

    (1997)
  • Master
    Master (film)
    Master is a 1997 Telugu film directed by Suresh Krishna and produced by Allu Aravind. Chiranjeevi played the lead role as Sakshi Sivanand, Puneet Issar, and Sathya Prakash played other roles. Music was composed by Deva while cinematography was handled by Chota K...

    (1997) (Telugu)
  • Suraj
    Suraj (1997 film)
    Suraj is a 1997 Hindi movie produced by Narottam V. Purohit and directed by T L V Prasad. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka, Puneet Issar, Mohan Joshi, Rakesh Bedi, Reema Lagoo, Hemant Birje and Suresh Oberoi.-Cast:...

    (1997)
  • Daadagiri
    Daadagiri
    Daadagiri is a 1997 Bollywood film directed by Arshad Khan starring Mithun Chakraborty, Ayub Khan, Simran, Rituparna Sengupta in lead roles and Puneet Issar, Nishigandha Wad, Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan.-Plot:...

    (1997)
  • Jodidar
    Jodidar
    Jodidar is a 1997 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by T L V Prasad, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Bindushree, Aditya Pancholi and Prem Chopra-Cast:*Mithun Chakraborty ... Munna 'Captain'*Bindushree ... Salesman's wife...

    (1997)
  • Sher-E-Hindustan
    Sher-E-Hindustan
    Sher - E - Hindustan is a 1998 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by T L V Prasad, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Sanghavi, Madhoo, Hemant Birje, Gavin Packard, Puneet Issar, Tej Sapru, Hemant Ravan and Gulshan Grover.-Cast:...

    (1998)
  • Refugee
    Refugee (film)
    Refugee is a Bollywood film directed by J. P. Dutta, released on 30 June 2000. The film marked the debut of Abhishek Bachchan, son of legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, and Kareena Kapoor, the sister of actress Karisma Kapoor and part of the famous Kapoor family. Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty and...

    (2000)
  • Zakhmi Sipahi
    Zakhmi Sipahi
    Bhairav is a 2001 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by T L V Prasad, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Om Puri, Rituparna Sengupta and Puneet Issar-Cast:*Mithun Chakraborty ... D.H.C.P. Shakti*Om Puri ... Om Chaudhary*Ritu Parna ......

     (2001)
  • Bhairav
    Bhairav (2001 Hindi film)
    Bhairav is a 2001 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by T L V Prasad, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Indrani Haldar, Hemant Birje and Puneet Issar-Plot:Mithun is arrested for a Murder, which he never committed. He is jailed for 7 years...

    (2001)
  • Indra
    Indra (film)
    Indra is a Telugu language action film directed by B. Gopal. It stars Chiranjeevi, Sonali Bendre, and Arti Agarwal. It was dubbed into Hindi and Tamil as Indra- The Tiger and Indran respectively.- Cast :...

    (2002) (Telugu)
  • Tagore
    Tagore (film)
    - External links :*http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/album/A0000309.html...

    (2003) (Telugu)
  • Allari Pidugu
    Allari Pidugu
    Allari Pidugu is a Tollywood film which released on 5 October 2005 and was directed by Jayant Paranjee. Balakrishna plays a dual role and Katrina Kaif and Charmi play the heroines. The movie was a bad box-office failure.-Plot:...

    (2005) (Telugu)
  • Bunty Aur Babli
    Bunty Aur Babli
    Bunty Aur Babli , released in 2005, is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Shaad Ali and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Abhishek Bachchan. It was the first film to feature both Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan, and featured guest appearances by Aishwarya Rai and Tania...

    (2005)
  • Aryan (2006)
  • Gautama Buddha
    Gautama Buddha (film)
    Gautama Buddha - The Life and Times of Gautama Buddha is a multilingual feature film on the life and times of Buddha. The film was released in Telugu in 2007 and in other languages in 2008.- Introduction :...

    (2007)
  • Partner (2007)
  • Bachna Ae Haseeno
    Bachna Ae Haseeno
    Bachna Ae Haseeno is a Bollywood film released on 15 August 2008. It stars Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba and Deepika Padukone. The film was directed by Siddharth Anand whose previous films include Salaam Namaste and Ta Ra Rum Pum .-Plot:The film follows the journey of a young man...

    (2008)
  • Josh
    Josh (2010 film)
    -Plot:The story is about a young rich boy Indra and his love interest Anuradha . Situation compels Anuradha to stay with Indra's family as a local goon killed all the family members of Anuradha. The story is about taking revenge by Indra....

    (2010) (Bengali)
  • Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011)
  • Ready
    Ready (2011 film)
    Ready is a 2011 Indian comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee, starring Salman Khan and Asin in the lead roles. It also features Paresh Rawal, Arya Babbar and Mahesh Manjrekar in supporting roles, while Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut, Zarine Khan and Arbaaz Khan make cameo appearances...

    (2011)

Television

  • Mahabharat
    Mahabharat (TV series)
    Mahabharat is a successful Indian television series based on the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. The 94-episode series originally ran from 2 October 1988 to 24 June 1990. It was produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by his son, Ravi Chopra. The music was composed by critically acclaimed music...

    (1988 – 1990)
  • Param Vir Chakra (1998)
  • Hindustani (1999)
  • Love Story
    Love Story (SAB TV series)
    Love Story is an Indian television drama, produced and directed by hindi film director Anurag Basu. The series originally aired in India on SAB TV from April 30, 2007, to January 17, 2008. Beginning June 11, 2007, the series was retelecast on sister network Sony Entertainment Television...

    (2007)
  • Neeli Aankhen
    Neeli Aankhen
    Neeli Aankhen is an Indian television supernatural series based on the concept of wishful female serpent. The series premiered on February 9, 2008, and aired on every Saturday and Sunday at 9:30pm IST on Sahara One channel.-Plot:...

    (2008)
  • Dwarkadheesh - Bhagwaan Shree Krishn
    Dwarkadheesh - Bhagwaan Shree Krishn
    Dwarkadheesh Bhagwaan Shree Krishn is a television series based on the adult life of the Hindu deity Krishna. The series began airing on July 4, 2011 on Imagine TV at the primetime 8PM slot. It is set to air from Monday to Friday every week. The series intends to show Krishna as a valiant lover; a...


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