Dr. Sanjeev Punyara

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''This page is about the character Dr. Sanjeev Punyara, the protagonist of the Dr. Sanjeev Punyara cartoon series. For more uses of the name Dr. Sanjeev Punyara, see'' Dr. Sanjeev Punyara (disambiguation).

Dr. Sanjeev Punyara is the main protagonist of the cartoon series Dr. Sanjeev Punyara and most of its movies and video games. He is a Kodava cat and a cardiothoracic surgeon from Cat Town. He currently resides in Billapur. He is a Kodava cat from the Punyara Family.

Background
Dr. Sanjeev Punyara was born in Cat Town. He is a Kodava Cat (Kodavas are a race of people native to Kodagu, India). His mother is Shashwathi Punyara. He has six siblings (descending order of ages): Seetha, Samarth, Sumit, Suraj, Sachi, Shankar. He is the eldest among his siblings.

He is also the current leader of Cat Town, as the Town's leader is always the eldest member of the Punyara Family's ruling generation. He has spent most of his life in Cat Town, as it is his hometown. He has temporarily shifted to Billapur to make better business.

Sanjeev has also invented Indigolight, a chemical that cures any disease, provides infinite immunity and resistence and also makes the consumer not to require sleep. It was made by Sanjeev using Ayurvedic principles and Vedic Sciences. Indigolight is always given in injections. It was originally manufactured ONLY in Cat Town. After Sanjeev and his family shifted to Billapur temporarily, he started manufacturing it there as well, as he realized there were many cats who needed good health and Billapur was at a very undeveloped condition at the time.

Sanjeev now has a bungalow in Billapur, near the New Billapur region of the city, which is ironically the oldest, yet most developed part of Billapur City, the capital of Billapur. Although he is staying at Billapur temporarily, he still purchased his own house, as he could make a big bungalow to accommodate all his family members and he has a lot of money that spending ₹2.78 crores would be very negligible. Although accommodating several members would require a large building, Sanjeev had a large house with plenty rooms and ebough space built. However, Sumit's wife and daughter do not stay at Sanjeev's house, but only visit sometimes and Sumit stays there most of the times.

Personality
Dr. Sanjeev is very calm and compassionate. Like his ancestors, he too is a follower of Vedic philosophy and teaches it to a lot of people. His sister, Seetha, also learns it from him, as he is already an expert in it. Sanjeev gives a lot of importance to character, discipline and moral values. He is very close to his family, which includes his mother, grandfather and six siblings, and their families. He values goodwill and friendships much more than money, although being the richest cat in the world.

Cartoons and Comics
Dr. Sanjeev Punyara is the main protagonist of the cartoon and comic series Dr. Sanjeev Punyara. The cartoon series shows the happenings in Billapur, especially Dr. Sanjeev's work and involvement in the Billapur City Hospital and with his old enemies, mainly Suraj, Suraj's gang and Commander Klunkzbasher.

Games
The first game Dr. Sanjeev was featured in was the first one in the entire series, Dr. Sanjeev and the Great War of Billapur (referred to as Dr. Sanjeev: GWB). It features him as a protagonist along with Catbot, Santhosh Punyara's robotic Cat, which is the playable character.

Family
Dr. Sanjeev Punyara is very close and caring towards his large and close family, which includes his mother, siblings and their families, and his own wife and seven kittens. He is the most favorite kitten of his mother, Shashwathi Punyara. He is also very close to Seetha, as she is the only sibling closest to his age and vice versa. He feels good only around her after his wife and kittens. He works with her from a long time and so they already are used to depending on each other at times.

Family
He is very close and caring towards his large and close family, which includes his mother, siblings and their families, and his own wife and seven kittens. He is the most favorite kitten of his mother, Shashwathi Punyara. He is also very close to Seetha, as she is the only sibling closest to his age and vice versa. He feels good only around her after his wife and kittens. He works with her from a long time and so they already are used to depending on each other at times.

He also spends a lot of time with his wife, Sarah Punyara and his seven kittens, of whom Santhosh is the eldest. His second kitten is Saraswathi, He only fears that Saraswathi may not achieve a successful goal in life as she is slightly stupid, but also knows that she will be corrected by her elder brother Santhosh, as she sees him like a role model from her childhood.

Laxy Billa (biological father)
When Sanjeev was at a very young age (about 12), Sanjeev's father, Laxy Billa, left him and his family. Laxy was formerly an auto rickshaw driver, and Sanjeev's mother, Shashwathi, was condemned by her family members as she was the current leader of Cat Town back then and wanted to marry Laxy Billa. Laxy Billa wasn't a Kodava, so despite the fact that he was a super rich auto driver (owning five BMW cars and 15 acres of land at that time itself), Shashwathi's father felt everyone else was right. Nevertheless, Shashwathi's father reluctantly agreed to get Shashwathi married to Laxy, as he was still a goodhearted cat. However, 13 years after the marriage, Laxy left them, returned to Billapur, continued as a driver for a year and later started his own jewellery store, which is still running in the Gai village in Billapur. Since, Laxy never remarried or thought about having another family, Sanjeev and few of his siblings regularly visit him, as he is old-aged now and requires his children to look after him at least sometimes. Santhosh and Saraswathi too visit Laxy Billa. The only downside to visiting him is that since Laxy Billa became slightly corrupt at times during the early days of his jewellery store business, he made a lot of black money, which he regrets. So, he sometimes tries to force Sanjeev and his siblings to take some of it, which creates an argument among them, as none of them like people without integrity. Nevertheless, everything is still forgotten later.

Suraj (spoilt mouse brother)
Suraj is Dr. Sanjeev's spoilt mouse brother who was born in his family as a mouse due to a curse given by Dr. Sanjeev's mother's great grandfather, who was a yogi (sage) in the Himalayas. He and his friend (born as Suraj's uncle, another spoilt mouse in the Punyara family) were curse in their previous lives to become bad mice in a family of respected cats. Suraj betrayed the family

Shaktitej (potential brother-in-law)
Sanjeev wasn't very happy at first about the fact that Seetha plans to marry Shaktitej, as Shaktitej isn't having middle-class income or high intelligence. However, after the events of a few episodes of Comical House, Sanjeev feels it is okay for Seetha to marry Shaktitej as he feels the latter is at least kindhearted and is firm with good beliefs, which is an attribute Dr. Sanjeev desires in as many people as possible. He wishes Shaktitej for the best and is also pleased when Shaktitej reveals the fact that he was working under and was inspired by Dr. Bole Mande, a cat doctor who was Sanjeev's old friend.