'Could've Used My Picture', Pankaj Tripathi On Being Replaced By A VFX Tiger On Fukrey 2 Poster
Pankaj Tripathi saw success when he was around 40 and successfully proved the phrase ¡®better late than never¡¯. After two decades in showbiz, Pankaj is being considered saleable and that leaves a fuzzy feeling in both the actor's and audience¡¯s hearts. Tripathi has now revisited his days of being replaced and uncredited.
Pankaj was replaced by a VFX tiger in Fukrey 2 poster
The Mirzapur actor recently spoke to The Lallantop and recalled several stories from his life. One of which was not finding a space in the Fukrey 2 poster. He shared, ¡°I was never launched and I do not have a godfather, or an enemy in Mumbai. On the Fukrey 2 poster, they put a picture of a tiger with the lead actors.¡±
¡°I told them, ¡®This is VFX Tiger, he doesn¡¯t have to make a career. I have to. You could have used my picture instead of the tiger.¡¯ But this is the journey. Time plays an important role in this.¡± For the unversed, Pankaj recently appeared in the franchise¡¯s third part and luckily earned a space in every single poster this time.
Pankaj Tripathi acted in Hrithik Roshan¡¯s Lakshya but all his scenes were chopped off.
He shared, ¡°The news that I am in Lakshya was printed in the newspaper, and I felt bad, because people who will read the paper and then wouldn¡¯t see me in the film, will think I am lying. Cinema is a lie, we make up a story and show it on screen. But I refrain from lying in real life. Akhbar mein aagaya Bihar ka laal dikhega, par Bihar ka laal toh picture mein he nahi hai.¡±
Pankaj Tripathi on being called ¡®saleable face¡¯.
Recalling a conversation with one of the distributors, Pankaj shared, "I have been a part of two back-to-back hit films, OMG 2 and Fukrey 3. People talk a lot about box office collections. If we look at it from that perspective, though I only believe in good and bad films, both films have been successful.¡±
¡°A very big distributor recently told me, ¡®You¡¯re now a saleable face¡¯. I told him, 'I don't know about that, I just try to deliver good performances'."
On the work front, Pankaj recently won the National Award for Best Supporting Actor (Mimi). This was his second one after he won Special Mention for his film Newton at the National Film Awards in 2018. Tripathi will be next seen in Mai Atal Hoon, Metro In Dino, Stree 2 and Criminal Justice 4.
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