Gufi Paintal

Gufi Paintal is an Indian actor and director. His most famous role was that of Shakuni in the TV serial Mahabharat. He is the elder brother of the noted comedian and character actor Paintal.

Gufi Paintal
Paintal in 2009
Born
Sarabjeet Singh Paintal[1]

(1944-10-04) 4 October 1944
Tarn Taran, East Punjab, British India
OccupationActor
Years active1978 - present
Spouse(s)Rekha paintal
ChildrenHarry Paintal (son)
Sheetal Paintal (daughter-in-law)
Sarah Paintal (grand daughter)
RelativesPaintal

Career

Gufi Paintal is an Indian actor who appeared in some notable Bollywood movies in 1980s, as well as television serials and plays. He was born in a Sikh Family.

Initially trained as an engineer, he would go on to follow his younger brother (who had been trained at the Film and Television Institute of India) into acting. Arriving in Bombay in 1969 and Gufi took up modeling, worked as an assistant director for movies and acted in various movies and serials. He has also directed his brother. His most well-known role is that of Mama (Maternal Uncle) Shakuni in the Mahabharat adaptation by B.R. Chopra and his son Ravi Chopra which Paintal himself recognizes as his best role.[2] Indeed, he is so associated with his Shakuni character in India that Paintal presented a political discussion show on the news channel Sahara Samay in the character of Shakuni.[3]

Paintal has recently directed the movie, Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu which sketches the life of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a 16th-century devotee of Krishna who is recognised as an incarnation of the god by followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. The film was produced by Pawan Kumar with music by Ravindra Jain.[4] In 2010 he was appointed head of facility at the Abbhinnay Acting Academy in Mumbai, a school established by his Mahabharata co-star Pankaj Dheer.[5][6]

Filmography

Films
Year Films Roles Notes
1978 Dillagi Ganesh
1978 Des Pardes
1994 Suhaag Akshay kumar's maternal uncle
1995 Maidan-E-Jung Mamaji
2000 The Revenge: Geeta Mera Naam
2013 Mahabharat Aur Barbareek Shakuni
2014 Samrat & Co. Dinesh Das a.k.a. DD Family Lawyer

Television
YearSerialRoleChannelNotes
1986Bahadur Shah ZafarDD National
1988–90MahabharatShakuniDD National
1988–90KanoonJustice RaghunathDD Metro
1992SaudaDD National
1998-99Akbar BirbalMulla Do PyazaDD National
2002Ssshhhh...Koi HaiDr. JarkosStar Plus
2003The Magic Make-Up BoxBrithariZee TV
2012–13Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch BahueinBrijbhushan Bhalla[7]Zee TV
2013Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana PratapHumayunSony TV
2016ShaniVishwakarmaColors TV
2018Karn SanginiKripacharyaStar Plus
2019-PresentRadhaKrishnVishwakarmaStar Bharat
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References
  1. https://youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=WHXjL6Gnv-8
  2. The other Paintal Archived 18 December 2010 at WebCite
  3. Sahara Samay: banking on youth Archived 18 December 2010 at WebCite
  4. http://www.timesmusic.com/chaitanyamahaprabhu.php Archived 9 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Akshay Kumar inaugurates Pankaj Dheer's acting academy - Abbhinnay". businessofcinema. 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  6. "Akshay inaugurates Abbhinnay Acting Academy". Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  7. "Gufi Paintal in Mrs. Kaushik". The Times Of India.


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