Actor Puneet Issar played the role of Duryodhana in BR Chopra's Mahabharata. Simultaneously, he said in an interview to the BBC about this, "I consider myself very fortunate to have the opportunity to work in such a great work. Whereas in Sanskrit, he say 'Naa Bhooto Na Bhavishti'." These serials are also like this. " Puneet further said in the interview, "I am who I am today because of this serial. Whereas before that I used to get small roles in films but Mahabharata changed the whole story."
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He further said, "I exist only because of Duryodhana." Puneet also mentioned Amitabh Bachchan starrer film Coolie in the interview. While he said, "Who doesn't remember the accident of 'Coolie' in 1982, when Superstar Amitabh Bachchan got hurt while doing an action scene with me. The next few years were a big struggle for me. But as if the 'Mahabharata' changed everything. After this, I started getting big roles in films."
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In the interview, Puneet also narrated an anecdote from the time of Mahabharata. While he said, "The shooting of climax of Mahabharata was going on in Jaipur. People were watching the shooting from a distance. No one could muster the courage to come to me. An elderly woman came to me after a long time and said, "Raja ji, now spit the anger too, give it to the Pandavas, five villages".