Didn't come to Bollywood to change anything: Pankaj Tripathi

Pankaj Tripathi is another theatre graduate who has cemented his place in the Hindi film industry after toiling for more than a decade.

The National School of Drama (NSD) graduate, who has delivered impressive performances in films such as "Gangs of Wasseypur", "Masaan" and "Nil Battey Sannata", said coming from theatre, Bollywood was always about survival for him.

"I didn't come in the industry to change anything. I came here only to survive. I had done plays and Hindi theatre pays peanuts. For a married man with a family, I had to survive first. I would do one-scene roles at the time.

"And now work is seeking me. I can afford to choose parts today. This has not been handed over to me by anyone. I have bled drop-by-drop, like water seeps from a vessel," Tripathi told

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