MUMBAI: For over ten years, Pankaj Tripathi has been a part of the Hindi cinema industry. He will next be featured in Amar Kaushik's directing project, Stree 2. Tripathi became well-known after starring in Gangs of Wasseypur, a two-part criminal drama directed by Anurag Kashyap.
The actor from Mirzapur recently shared memories of his time on the Gangs of Wasseypur sets. During a recent interview with the popular news portal, Pankaj Tripathi shared his experience of shooting for Gangs of Wasseypur in Uttar Pradesh during winter.
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Tripathi recalled that he didn't have a vanity van on the sets, along with other star cast members of the film who were "all from theatre background". The actor said that he doesn't find an atmosphere like that of GOW in the present.
Pankaj Tripathi compared the atmosphere of other film sets to that of Gangs of Wasseypur, saying that nowadays, actors usually spend time in their vanity vans when they are not in a shot.
Remembering his "fond memories" from the shoot, he added, "Wasseypur mein aise nahin hota tha kyunki vanity hi nahin thi. Bahar kursi lagake baithte the aur baatein zyada karte the (It didn't happen during the filming of GOW as there were no vanity vans on the sets. We used to have our chairs outside and would sit and talk for hours)."
Pankaj Tripathi's role as Sultan Qureshi, Sardar Khan's enemy's nephew, in Gangs of Wasseypur was initially offered to actor Pankaj Jha. However, as the latter actor was unavailable before the shoot of GOW, director Anurag Kashyap replaced him with Pankaj Tripathi.
Earlier, Kashyap had spilled the beans about casting Tripathi instead of Jha while admitting that he was on a "tight budget" and "could not wait for him".
This came after the Panchayat actor took an indirect dig at Kashyap and Tripathi over the Gangs of Wasseypur incident. He had allegedly called the director "timid" and "spineless" and accused the Mirzapur actor of "glamorizing struggle".
The Dhanbad coal mafia served as the focal point of the historical crime drama Gangs of Wasseypur. The story spans 68 years, from 1941 to 2009.
Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chadha, Jaideep Ahlawat, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia, and Huma Qureshi were among the ensemble star cast members in the two-part film. It also starred Zeishan Qadri, Piyush Mishra, Vipin Sharma, Pankaj Tripathi, Rajkummar Rao, Reema Sen, Vineet Kumar Singh, and others.
While Gangs of Wasseypur, the first installment, was released in theatres in June 2012, Gangs of Wasseypur 2, the follow-up, was released in August of the same year. It is thought to be among the best movie series ever.
Ahead of the release of Stree 2, the follow-up to the 2018 movie Stree, Pankaj Tripathi is getting ready. The main actors in the upcoming horror comedy are Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor. The film will be the release of Stree 2 on August 15, Independence Day.
Additionally, Tripathi has Metro...In Dino by Anurag Basu. It's in the works and it is a follow-up to Basu's Life...in a Metro, released in 2007.
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