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Sarabjeet "Gufi" Paintal (born 4 October 1944) 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 2010
Born	Sarabjeet Singh Paintal[1] (1944-10-04) 4 October 1944 (age 78) Tarn Taran, Punjab, British India
Occupation	Actor, Casting Director.
Years active	1978-present
Spouse	Rekha Paintal
Children	1
Relatives	Paintal (brother) Hiten Paintal (nephew)

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
1975	Rafoo Chakkar	Salim
1978	Dillagi	Ganesh
1978	Des Pardes
1994	Suhaag	Akshay kumar's maternal uncle
1995	Maidan-E-Jung	Mamaji
1997	Daava	Mangal Singh, One Piece kathiavadi Ghodo
2000	The Revenge: Geeta Mera Naam
2013	Mahabharat Aur Barbareek	Shakuni
2014	Samrat & Co.	Dinesh Das a.k.a. DD Family Lawyer

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Notes
1986	Bahadur Shah Zafar		DD National
1988–1990	Mahabharat	Shakuni as an actor & Also the Casting Director	DD National
1988–1990	Kanoon	Justice Raghunath	DD Metro
1992	Sauda		DD National
1998-1999	Akbar Birbal	Mulla Do Pyaza	DD National
2001	CID (Indian TV series)	Chander	Episode 195,196
2002	Ssshhhh...Koi Hai	Dr. Jarkos	Star Plus
2003	The Magic Make-Up Box	Brithari	Zee TV
2012–2013	Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein	Brijbhushan Bhalla[7]	Zee TV
2013	Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap	Humayun	Sony TV
2016–2018	Karmaphal Daata Shani	Vishwakarma	Colors TV
2018	Karn Sangini	Kripacharya	Star Plus
2019–Present	RadhaKrishn	Vishwakarma	Star Bharat

References

External links

• Gufi Paintal at IMDb
• Article about siblings in Indian television

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