Pankaj Tripathi: Pankaj Tripathi is a great actor of Hindi cinema. Pankaj Tripathi has proved himself very well with his serious acting. Pankaj Tripathi, who plays side roles in films, has been seen overshadowing the lead actor of the film on many occasions.
Pankaj Tripathi has worked his magic from Bollywood films to OTT platforms. Pankaj Tripathi, who is currently seen in ‘Mirzapur 3’, has worked with big Bollywood actors. But do you know that Pankaj, who has done many challenging roles, once fainted during a death scene. Let us tell you about this incident.
The story is related to ‘Agneepath’
The story that we are going to tell you was narrated by Pankaj Tripathi himself in one of his interviews. This story is from the 2012 superhit film ‘Agneepath’. Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan played important roles in this film. Pankaj was a member of Sanjay Dutt’s team who played the villain. In one scene, Hrithik Roshan had to stab Pankaj, then the actor’s condition deteriorated.
Pankaj had fainted
Pankaj Tripathi once shared this famous anecdote related to ‘Agneepath’ in an interview with ‘Mashable India’. The actor had said, ‘In that scene, Hrithik had to stab me 3-4 times. I had to act as if I was dying and to do so, I held my breath. I did not know how it feels to be stabbed.’
The actor further said, ‘If you watch that scene carefully, you will find that my eyes have become completely red. One can only imagine. I remember that in the second or third take, I fainted for a few seconds. I fell down. While the camera was capturing everything, I had a blackout and I fell down because I had held my breath for too long. People immediately gathered around me and started splashing water on my face. When I regained consciousness, I saw that so many people were standing surrounding me.’
Got special recognition from the role of ‘Kaaleen Bhaiya’
Pankaj Tripathi has worked in many films so far. But he got special and big recognition from the web series ‘Mirzapur’. Pankaj Tripathi gained a lot of popularity by playing the role of ‘Kaaleen Bhaiya’ in it. Currently Pankaj is seen in the third season of ‘Mirzapur’.