Pankaj Tripathi revealed that Irrfan Khan inspired him and he misses the late actor immensely.
Pankaj Tripathi is riding high on the success of his two latest outings - Amazon Prime Video's Mirzapur season two and Ludo which is a Netflix original film. The actor also had Janhvi Kapoor starrer Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl in which he played her on-screen father. Now, Pankaj during an interaction with IMDb Originals On The Scene revised Mirzapur and also revealed that one scene which stood out for him.
Pankaj stated, "I remember the scene where Kaleen Bhaiya meets the Chief Minister and Lalit is with him. I was really unwell during that scene. If you look closely you will see my face is swollen. I remember the humour of the scene and how Kaleen Bhaiya turns out to be so brutal by the end. There was also a scene where Kaleen Bhaiya along with Maqbool goes to the doctor and I remember I fell off the chair while reading the scene. It was too funny. We wanted it to be shot on a serious note so that audience can enjoy it."
Talking about playing Kaleen Bhaiya, Tripathi shared, "I genuinely enjoyed playing Kaleen Bhaiya. The way he handles people and especially his hypocrisy. So during the performance, I thought his hypocrisy is very entertaining. I liked the writing when I heard it. I thought it was an interesting role. I enjoyed the first scene where Kaleen is built up. How this character is so powerful for the outsiders but falls weak in his personal life. OTT didn’t have that much significance back then but for me, the platform never matters. The performance does."
Pankaj was also asked about his favourite actor, to which he replied, "I really liked Irrfan Khan and was very sad when we lost him and even today I am because he inspired me. I watched Maqbool, Warrior and all most all his films. I think he was the only Indian actor whose every film I’ve seen. I felt like he was doing something different and this is the impact acting should have."
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