Pankaj Tripathi recounted anecdotes from his younger days in the village and how he would perform bicycle stunts to impress girls. He also recalled the time he ate insects in an attempt to learn swimming and changed both his and his father's surname to Tripathi from Tiwari.
Pankaj Tripathi, who is a native of Bihar's Gopalganj, has opened a library in one of the schools in his village. The actor has also dedicated the library to his late father, Pandit Banaras Tiwari.