actor gufi paintal, best known for playing ‘shakuni mama’ in the epic tv serial “mahabharat”, died on monday at a hospital here due to age-related issues, his nephew hiten paintal said. he was 79. the veteran actor, whose real name was sarabjeet singh paintal, was admitted to a hospital in suburban andheri. “unfortunately, he is no more. he passed away at the hospital at around 9 am. his heart gave up. he passed away peacefully in his sleep,” hiten told pti. hiten had earlier told pti that his uncle was not
Gufi was 78 and is best remembered for his role as the cunning ‘Shakuni Mama’ in the mega-teleserial by the late B. R. Chopra, ‘Mahabharat’ (1988-1990) which was a rage on Doordarshan.