Late actor Gufi Paintal will forever be remembered for his role as Shakuni Mama in Mahabharat. The actor was a jawan in Indian Army before he joined acting.
As Gufi Paintal, who played the iconic role of Shakuni in BR Chopra’s TV serial “Mahabharata”, passed away on Monday morning at 78, one is reminded of that unforgettable limp and his unique characteristic style of uttering dialogues.
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