“I have not watched any web series ever.” Pankaj Tripathi knows his priorities! In this Bollywood Bubble interview, he speaks about his dreams and the turning points in his life.
Thanks to Rohan Rai!
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00:00I am ashamed to say that I have not watched any web series.
00:06I prefer to sit by the pond and watch the water instead of sitting on a small or big screen for 2 hours.
00:14The beauty of life is that we don't know which script we are going to get tomorrow morning in life.
00:23Do you watch digital web content, web series?
00:26I don't have time to watch them.
00:28In between shots?
00:29I haven't watched Mirzapur yet.
00:31I have only watched 2 episodes.
00:33I have also watched 2 episodes of Secret Game which was shown in the cinema hall.
00:36Please sit and watch.
00:38Because I can't waste my night.
00:40What did you say? Sleep is the main factor.
00:42Sleep is the main factor.
00:44I have just learnt this. Sleep is the main factor.
00:46What is the main country of India?
00:48Sir, please tell us.
00:50Your generation doesn't even know this.
00:52India is a farmer's country.
00:54I was going to say that India is a farmer's country.
00:57India is a farmer's country.
00:59But now I feel that in the future I will become the 4G Prime Minister.
01:044G Prime Minister.
01:06So sleep is very important for me.
01:08You haven't watched Mirzapur or Secret Games yet.
01:10But have you watched any web series before?
01:12Have you ever paid attention to digital?
01:14I haven't watched any web series till date.
01:16I watched the powder series on Sony.
01:18I watched it on Sony TV.
01:20I watched it on Sony TV.
01:22I watched it on Sony TV.
01:24I watched it on Sony TV.
01:27Other than that, I…
01:31There are just 2 episodes of Mirzapur.
01:37I actually feel ashamed to say this.
01:40I have not watched any web series.
01:43But sir, people will take it positively.
01:45You don't have to worry about it.
01:47I have to watch it.
01:49If I am working on a platform, I have to watch it.
01:51I get irritated.
01:53I get irritated over watching just 2 hours of opening screens at a time.
01:55I prefer to sit by the pond for two hours and watch the water.
02:01And I am not saying this as a so-called environment-friendly and organic man.
02:11I am absolutely sure that I like that.
02:14I like to watch the water for two hours.
02:16I like to watch the flowing river.
02:18I like to sit in my mobile phone with my head bowed.
02:21Cinema hall, even cinema.
02:23When was the last time I went to the theatre?
02:25I think I went to see a film of my own.
02:27I think I saw a screening of a female film.
02:29You must have seen a film of Mirzapur.
02:31I think I saw a screening of Mirzapur somewhere in the theatre.
02:35Now I don't remember when I saw the last film in the theatre.
02:39Talking of heroes.
02:40There was a time when you were doing supporting roles, second leads.
02:44Now, by the grace of God, in ads, even in films and web series,
02:50you are doing prominent, main leads.
02:52So, sir, did you ever anticipate that this time would come for you?
02:58No, not at all.
03:04I really didn't even think about it before coming to Mumbai and becoming an actor.
03:08I came to Mumbai with the thought that I should have a small car, a small house,
03:12and be happy with my wife and children.
03:14I wanted to make my career this big.
03:18And it happened 6-7 years ago.
03:20Everything.
03:21I had a small house and a small car.
03:23All your dreams came true?
03:24Yes.
03:25We were floating in the river, we had jumped.
03:29It was just an attempt to get down without drowning.
03:33We didn't know that in the middle of the way,
03:36Lord Vishnu would be lying on the Nag, we would meet him.
03:39And we would meet Amrit on the way, in the same boat.
03:44For me, the journey is more important than the destination.
03:51So, I didn't think that my destination would be here.
03:55That I would be successful.
03:57I didn't have that materialistic desire.
04:02According to you, what was the turning point?
04:06Where did you start getting a lot of calls?
04:10When did you start thinking about what you should do?
04:14When you are on a journey, you get 15-20 turning points.
04:22How do you decide which is the turning point from where you start enjoying more?
04:26That's interesting.
04:27So, it's not like if you wake up in the morning and turn left, everything changes.
04:32Everything changes.
04:34I think, for the last 14 years, whenever you try to fall in love with someone,
04:40and that girl says, yes, I love you too,
04:44that doesn't happen in a day.
04:46In many years, you slowly build a place in her heart, in her love.
04:54And when that place is filled, she tells you to end it.
04:57So, I don't know.
04:59There is no turning point in my life.
05:02And there are a lot of turning points.
05:04Gangs of Wasseypur say, I'll say it for the sake of it,
05:07because after that, people started to know.
05:10But again, after Wasseypur, I was standing in a crowd in a film.
05:15I won't take the name of the film.
05:17And some boys came there and were stunned.
05:20They said, sir, what are you doing?
05:23I said, why are you sad?
05:24You are getting worried like this.
05:26I am working.
05:28So, they put me in such guilt,
05:30that I also got worried.
05:32Did I do something wrong?
05:34It's not like that.
05:36But it's life.
05:38The beauty of life is that
05:40we don't know what script we are going to get tomorrow in life.
05:44Correct.
05:45Right now, I don't know what you are going to do next.
05:49And I don't know what answer I will give you.
05:52Maybe that's why people will sit and listen to this.
05:55Correct.
05:56So, it's fun when the game, conversation and life are not predictable.