Satya 2 leading man Puneet Singh Ratn enters into a brawl

Puneet Singh Ratn, the tall brooding ganglord from Ram Gopal Varma’s Satya 2 seems to be taking his role of the violent aggressor too seriously. On Thursday morning Puneet got into a serious altercation with Rupessh Jain, a personnel from Ram Gopal Varma’s marketing team, and allegedly roughed up Jain physically. While Jain remained unavailable for comment a source from Ram Gopal Varma’s team says Puneet has serious anger-management problems. “Puneet is a nice guy. But he is very short-tempered. He allegedly had an alcohol problem and had to go into rehabilitation. He does have a short fuse and loses his cool at the drop of a hat.” Staffers at Ram Gopal Varma’s office feel this time Puneet picked the wrong guy. “Rupessh is a gentle soft-spoken guy. He never raises his voice, never loses his cool. So we wonder what could’ve provoked Puneet to rough up Rupessh,” says a friend of Ram Gopal Varma. Significantly there were stories two months back about Puneet allegedly manhandling his driver. However Puneet politely and gently dismissed the whole incident as exaggerated and a publicity stunt. Said the debutant, “It is not my fault if the marketing people for my film are not doing their jobs properly. I’ve been going all-out to promote the film. But if some incompetent people in the marketing team have not delivered, it is certainly annoying.” So is Puneet admitting he lost his cool? “I did have an argument with one of the guys in marketing. But that’s it. There was no brawl or physical altercation.” Getting defensive Puneet says, “I am not even one film old as yet. This is the last thing I need. I don’t know who’s spreading such rumours about me. If it’s publicity for the film then I don’t need this. I am new to the entertainment industry. I don’t know how to deal with such things.”