Pankaj Dheer
Biography
Pankaj Dheer is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films and TV series. He is known for his role of Karna in the TV series Mahabharat and other roles in Chandrakanta, The Great Maratha, Yug, and Badho Bahu. He appeared in several Hindi films in small roles, including Sadak, Soldier, and Baadshah.
Dheer has a son, Nikitin Dheer, who is also an actor. Niktin married Kratika Sengar.
In 1988, Dheer played the role of Karna in B. R. Chopra's epic television series Mahabharat. He was popularised after playing Karna. His pictures were used in textbooks as reference to Karna and his statues are worshipped as Karna in temples in Karnal and Bastar.
He appeared as the lead in the debut episode of Dastak, TV series, Zee Horror Show (1993), along with Archana Puran Singh. He also played the lead as a defense lawyer in the TV Series Kanoon, a series based on courtroom dramas.
In 2006 Dheer established a shooting studio, Visage Studioz along with his brother Satluj Dheer at Jogeshwari, Mumbai. In 2010, he opened Abbhinnay Acting Academy in Mumbai, with actor Gufi Paintal as the faculty head.
