Gufi Paintal is famous for playing the role of Mama Shakuni (Maternal Uncle) in Mahabharat. As said earlier, he was raised in a Sikh family, but his actual ethnicity remains unknown.
Furthermore, Paintal was born and raised in India. He was originally from Tarn Taran, Punjab, British India. For your information, Gufi was born October 4, 1944, making his age 78 years old at the time of his passing.
Moreover, there is very less information regarding his early life as Paintal mainly kept his personal matters to himself rather than sharing the info with the tabloids.
Initially, Paintal trained as an engineer, but later, he would go on to follow his brother into acting.
