10 lesser-known facts about the versatile actor Pankaj Tripathi

Birth Name: Pankaj Tripathi

Birth Place: Belsand, Gopalganj, Bihar, India

– Is the son of a pious Brahmin farmer

– Was taunted for performing the role of a girl on-stage during his high school days

– Did not have a television at home during his childhood and the nearest theatre was 20 kms away from his village

– Had joined the Indian political group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in childhood and had frequently visited its Branches

– Had joined the right-wing student organisation Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during college days and participated in Student Movements

– Had represented his college in High Jump and 100-meter-sprint

– Was trained, at his uncle's behest, at the Food Craft Institute (India) to be a cook

– Worked as a cook, peeling onions and potatoes, during 1999 at the popular hotel Maurya in Patna, India

– Made his Bollywood acting debut in the film Run (2004) for which he had received a first paycheck of Rs

– 8000 signed by the Bollywood actress Sridevi

– Got his debut role in a TV Drama Series titled Gulal during 2010

– Had auditioned for eight hours for the role of the gangster Sultan Qureshi in Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

– Lost weight to play the role of a farmer in the Bollywood biopic Kaagaz (2018)

Pankaj Tripathi Net Worth is $5.5 Million (Rs. 43 Crore). Mr. Pankaj Tripathi worked in more than 40 films and 60 television shows.