They Came To Me With The Offer When I Was Sleeping, Pankaj Tripathi On Bagging His First Movie

Pankaj Tripathi's journey to stardom is almost like a script of a Bollywood movie. The actor came to Mumbai to follow his dreams. While his wife took care of all the expenses, he would roam around the streets of Andheri to look for acting jobs. For a few years, he didn't earn. His wife supported him and the family emotionally as well as financially.

Did you know Pankaj Tripathi bagged his first movie when he was sleeping?

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Tripathi in an interview revealed that he was sleeping when the makers approached him for his first movie. He joked that after this he didn't get a film even when he was running around for it.

He said that they were looking for an actor as the one who they had finalised had run away just an hour before the shoot in Delhi.

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"Someone told them, ¡®there¡¯s an actor sleeping over there, he has a decent comic timing.¡¯ Main soya hua tha (I was sleeping). They came to me and woke me up. I asked them, ¡®Who are you?¡¯ They said, ¡®Film dene aaye hain (We have come here to offer you a movie).¡¯ I was like, ¡®Ye kaisa aadmi hai?¡¯ So, I got my first film while I was sleeping. And after that I wouldn¡¯t get movies even after running (laughs)", he told CNN News 18.

Wondering which movie is Pankaj Tripathi talking about?

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Tripathi made his acting debut in the movie Run. Remember the popular 'kauwa biryani' scene from movie Run? Pankaj Tripathi made a blink-and-miss appearance with Vijay Raaz in that scene.

Pankaj Tripathi only gained recognition with Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur.

From one room shed to now owning his dream house, he has come a long way!

"Today, my wife Mridula and I own our dream house. But I haven't forgotten my one-room shed with its tin roof in Patna. One night, the rains and wind were so intense that one of the tin sheets blew away and I was left looking at the naked sky,¡± he told IANS.

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Pankaj Tripathi's inspiring journey is proof that hard work pays off one day.

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