BR Chopra Mahabharat: When the arrow was fired, a fountain of blood came out… When Karna’s eye of Mahabharata was narrowly saved

Pankaj Dheer became famous overnight by playing the role of Karna in BR Chopra’s ‘Mahabharata’. People liked his character very much. How much people started believing in Karna can be gauged from the fact that after the show, many people considered Pankaj Dheer as Karna and even started worshiping him. Pankaj himself had revealed this in an interview. Pankaj Dheer once narrowly escaped being a victim of a major accident during the shooting of this epic. If the arrow had been off by even a few inches, he could have gone blind. He himself had told about this.

In fact Pankaj Dheer Had revealed in an interview that during the shooting of a war during Mahabharata, an arrow was supposed to break after touching his bow, but for some reason that arrow did not break but entered directly into the corner of one of his eyes. This accident happened when the makers were filming the war scene between Karna and Arjun. As soon as the arrow hit the corner of the eye, there was a commotion.

When the arrow was taken out, a fountain of blood came out

Pankaj Dheer had told that as soon as the arrow entered inside, the people present on the set came near and as soon as they took out the arrow, a fountain of blood came out. He told that all I could hear was that people were saying ‘Pankaj Dheer has become blind.’ In fact, at the place where the arrow had hit, many people felt that it had entered the eye. Although his eye was narrowly saved in the accident. After the accident, he was taken to a dispensary, where his injury was stitched and his eyes were bandaged.

Pankaj Dheer passes away

By Pankaj Dheer Mahabharata Achieved maximum fame from. Apart from this, he worked in many films like Saugandh, Soldier, Badshah, Tarzan, Zameen, Tumko Na Bhool Payenge. Apart from films, he remained quite active in the world of TV. After Mahabharata, he also worked in many shows like Chandrakanta, Dastak, Kanoon, The Great Maratha, Yug, Sasural Simar Ka, Akbar Birbal. Pankaj Dheer died on 15 October 2025. It is said that he was suffering from a serious disease like cancer for a long time. At the age of 68, he said goodbye to this world.