Veteran actor Pankaj Dheer passed away. Pankaj had cancer, for which he was undergoing treatment for a long time. However, the cancer had failed in his body. Pankaj Dheer is known for BR Chopra’s Mahabharata. He played the role of Karna in this serial. However, before this he was supposed to play the role of Arjun but he was removed from the serial.

While talking to Leharen Retro, Pankaj Dheer had told that BR Chopra had asked him to leave his office because he was not shaving his mustache for the role of Arjun. Pankaj had told that he was the first choice for the role of Arjun. But he did not shave his mustache so he was fired from this role.

When Pankaj was offered the role of Karna

Pankaj said, ‘When I auditioned, dialogue writers Masoom Raza, Bhring Tupkari and Pandit Narendra Sharma ji were in the panel. He thought that I was perfect for the role of Arjun. Our contract was signed. BR Chopra called me and said that I would have to play the role of Brihannala as well, for this I would have to shave my moustache. But I had refused. I won’t look good. So he asked me what kind of actor are you? You are leaving such a big role for the moustache. I am not able to understand.

Pankaj had told, ‘I had done a very stupid thing. At that time I could only understand this much. Chopra Saheb had said, ‘Go out of this door and don’t come back.’ They threw me out of the office. Then Chopra sahib called me again. This was my luck. He asked me for the role of Karna. So I asked Sir, do I have to shave my moustache? So he said no. The role of Karna was my destiny.