Legendary and visionary industrialist Ratan Tata passed away on October 9 2024 due to age-related issues leaving the entire nation in mourning. As tributes poured in from many celebrities during his last rites several unknown facts about him surfaced on social media. One of the facts were that he shared a close bond with Mahabharat fame Gufi Paintal. Yes you read that right! When Gufi Paintal spoke about his close with Ratan Tata The actor who portrayed Shakuni in the iconic mythological TV series Mahabharat revealed that he once shared a hostel with Ratan Tata. In one of his YouTube video Gufi Paintal recalled about his engineering days in Jamshedpur where he stayed in room number 22. He further shared that during the same time Ratan Tata returned from the United States of America after completing his training and he stayed in room number 21 in the same hostel. It was a very thorough gentleman and I feel proud as an Indian and a friend to see him as the chief of Tata Group of Companies. Paintal said. Talking about his bond with Ratan Tata he said that he was the only student that Ratan Tata would invite into his room to have a discussion. He had a beautiful silver convertible Plymouth and a high-fidelity radio in a car during that time. That was the era when having a radio in the car was a new thing added Gufi. Gufi recounted an incident when the industrialist handed over his car keys to him when the latter got to know that his mother came to Jamshedpur. Ratan aaye unhone chup chaap chaabi di Plymouth ki aur kaha ki apni mummy ko ghuma ke le aao. He said. “I remember a day when I was about to cross Linking Road in Bandra. A big car showed up and I noticed two large dogs in the back. It was Ratan Tata returning home. He stopped and asked can I drop you but said No Ratan thank you so much. Im crossing the road; my car is on the other side Paintal elaborated. Gufi Paintal died in 2023 at the age of 79 due to age-related health issues. He became a household name through his role as Shakuni Mama in Mahabharat and appeared in various TV shows and films including Bahadur Shah Zafar and Rafoo Chakkar.