Express News Service
Pankaj Tripathi’s life can easily be a Bollywood film: A young man from a nondescript village in Gopalganj district, Bihar, makes it big in the Indian film industry without godfathers.
In less than a decade, after his breakthrough role as Sultan Qureshi in Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur, Tripathi has become a force to reckon with. Even as the industry reels under the pandemic, the actor is busy with films such as ’83, Bachchan Pandey, and Mimi, a web series. Considered one of the most accomplished actors of his generation, Tripathi is humble about his success. “My sincerity and hard work have paid off. Success has not made much of a difference in my life. Maybe because it came at the right age and time,” says the actor, who struck terror as Kaleen Bhaiya in Mirzapur.