Puneet Issar

Acting

Puneet Issar

Amritsar, Punjab, India

Puneet Issar is an Indian actor and director. He is most famous for his role as Duryodhana in the Mahabharat TV show (1988–1990), and directing Garv: Pride and Honour (2004) starring Salman Khan. His other notable roles are in Border, (a 1997 war film), directed by J. P. Dutta, and second lead in the cult Indian horror film Purana Mandir in 1983. He started his career with the movie Coolie in 1983. During the filming of an action sequence of this movie, he accidentally injured Amitabh Bachchan nearly fatally and suffered the industry's backlash due to it. Issar participated in the Indian TV reality show Bigg Boss season 8 in 2014-2015.

Acting credits

Welcome To The Jungle poster
5.0

A group of quirky characters gets stuck in a dangerous jungle during a chaotic mission. Filled with confusion, criminals, and hilarious situations, they must work together to survive and find their way out.

Welcome To The Jungle

2026

Border 2 poster
7.6

Three idealistic soldiers in the Indian army, navy and air force face grueling combat conditions in this film set during the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

Border 2

2026

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NR

IAS officer Chitra prepares a dossier detailing the crimes of Adiseshan, a powerful man with political allies. After she's killed, it's her daughter who decides to finish her job and avenge her death.

Athiradi Padai

1994

Krrish poster
6.5

In Singapore, Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become a masked superhero named Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.

Krrish

2006

Ranapati Shivray Swari Agra poster
NR

A captive king turns the tables on his Mughal captors, engineering an ingenious escape from Agra that will echo through centuries of Indian history.

Ranapati Shivray Swari Agra

2026

Border poster
6.5

Amidst the 1971 Indo-Pak war, a company of 120 Indian soldiers stationed at the border region of Longewala in Rajasthan must defend their post through the night against two thousand Pakistani troops armed with tanks. Based on the true events of the Battle of Longewala.

Border

1997

The Bengal Files poster
5.9

A criminal investigator uncovers a web of corruption during a missing person investigation, while a figure connected to the case reflects on the communal violence which broke out ahead of India's partition.

The Bengal Files

2025

Khooni Murdaa poster
5.0

Ranjit, a violent stalker, is killed by the friends of his source of affection, Rekha. What follows are strange supernatural attacks on his killers, with roses left for Rekha as her friends are slaughtered one by one, leading to the consultation of a wizard...

Khooni Murdaa

1989

Master poster
5.8

A popular college professor is unable to find true happiness because of his dark past, but the persistence of love and justice ultimately win the day.

Master

1997

Besh Korechi Prem Korechi poster
2.0

Abhi stirs up a hornets nest when he helps the sister of an underworld kingpin elope on her wedding day. Then he falls for the don's other sister, Rai. What transpires is a rib-tickling game of cat and mouse.

Besh Korechi Prem Korechi

2015

Indra poster
6.5

A man embarks on a quest to make peace between two families fighting over the water problem in their district. In a bid to solve this crisis, he agrees to marry a girl from the rival family.

Indra

2002

Josh poster
4.5

Indra attempts to rescue Anuradha, his best friend's sister, when she gets involved in an ongoing family feud, both of her brothers are killed and things take a turn for the worse.

Josh

2010

Ram Jaane poster
5.2

A street hustler, who has spent several years in and out of prison, decides to reform his life, as he teaches street kids to stay away from crime, but has trouble maintaining these ideals in his own life.

Ram Jaane

1995

Ittefaq poster
8.0

Shiva is a professional hit man. Shiva accepts a contract from Jindal to kill Vikram. Circumstances force Shiva to come to know Mukul first, and instead of killing him, he becomes his bodyguard and protects him against Jindal and his men. Soon Shiva, Mukul, and Mukul's girlfriend Roshni Hiranandani are on the run from Jindal's men. Jindal makes it clear that he will not rest until he sees the dead bodies of all the three. How long will they survive Jindal? Did Shiva really change his mind or is this his strategy to bring Mukul alive to Jindal?

Ittefaq

2001

Yoddha poster
7.6

Fate brings a young man from rural Kerala to be the protector of a young Lama in Nepal, who is being chased by a dangerous cult.

Yoddha

1992

The Kashmir Files poster
7.1

Based on a true tragedy, the emotionally triggering film sheds light on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus), a religious minority in the 1990s Kashmir valley, who were compelled to flee their homes by the Islamic militants.

The Kashmir Files

2022

iSmart Shankar poster
5.1

A contract killer goes on the run after eliminating a target and eventually finds himself linked to a slain cop whose memory is transferred to his brain.

iSmart Shankar

2019

Son of Sardaar poster
4.7

A Punjabi man returning to India falls in love with a woman whose family welcomes him as a guest before realizing he is the man they need to kill in order to avenge their loved ones.

Son of Sardaar

2012

Bunty Aur Babli poster
6.3

Bunty and Babli are two young people who randomly meet each other after running away from their homes to chase their dream. After facing hurdles in their path they decide to take up conning and soon become the best con artists in the country. However, their success is threatened as a relentless cop is on their trail.

Bunty Aur Babli

2005

Yaar Gaddar poster
6.0

When his brother becomes involved in a deadly bank robbery, a heartbroken cop vows to track down and retrieve his wayward sibling -- dead or alive.

Yaar Gaddar

1994

Ready poster
5.0

Prem believes Sanjana is the girl chosen by his dad and falls in love with her. However, she is a runaway bride escaping from a marriage set up by her mafia uncles against her wishes. On learning the truth, he devises a plan to win her over from her uncles who intend to usurp her huge inheritance.

Ready

2011

Bachna Ae Haseeno poster
6.1

Raj is a heartbreaker. His love stories with Mahi, Radhika and Gayatri finally teach him about love and life in their own sweet, sexy and sassy way.

Bachna Ae Haseeno

2008

Partner poster
5.6

Prem, a love guru who shares tips on dating women, helps his client, Bhaskar, woo his boss. Things get complicated when he falls for a single mother and tries to hide his profession.

Partner

2007

Bhairav poster
10.0

Rakesh Pandey belongs to a middle-class family, and is employed. One day when he is returning home from work, he is arrested by the police on the charge of killing a woman in cold-blood. He refutes and denies this charge, but to no avail, as the prosecution produces witness after witness that have actually seen him commit this heinous crime. Ultimately, Rakesh vows to avenge this outrage, and assumes the name of Bhairav, not realizing that he has an uphill task, and that all the odds are stacked against him, including the fact that the witness who testified against him is Mrs. Jindal.

Bhairav

2001

Behind the camera