Pankaj Tripathi Recalls Getting Replaced By A Tiger On ‘Fukrey 2’ Poster; Reacts To Being Labelled As ‘Saleable Face’

Indian actor, Pankaj Tripathi has carved a name for himself in the entertainment industry. He is the recipient of two National Awards and a Filmfare award. During a recent interaction, Pankaj revealed how people from the entertainment industry labelled him as a ‘saleable face’. Not just this, the actor also opened up about his inspiring journey from barely able to survive from acting to being a successful actor.

Pankaj Tripathi on being described as a ‘saleable face’

During a recent interview discussion, actor Pankaj Tripathi opened up about his conversation with one of the distributors from the entertainment industry. The actor was heard saying:

“I have been a part of two back-to-back hit films, OMG 2 and Fukrey 3. People talk a lot about box office collection. If we look at it from that perspective, though I only believe in good and bad films, both films have been successful. A very big distributor recently told me, ‘You’re now a saleable face’. I told him, ‘I don’t know about that, I just try to deliver good performances.”

In the same conversation, Pankaj shared how earlier he was not featured on the poster of ‘Fukrey Returns’ in 2017. The poster had the images of other lead actors along with a Tiger but not him. Recalling more about this, the actor remembered pointing this out to the team. He said:

“This is VFX Tiger, he doesn’t have to make a career. I have to. You could have used my picture instead of the Tiger.” He mentioned that it was his journey and time does play a significant role during the process.

Pankaj Tripathi recalls being a part of Hrithik Roshan’s ‘Lakshya’

The Mimi actor was also also a part of Hrithik and Preity Zinta’s film, ‘Lakshya’. The actor felt dejected after his scenes from the film were removed. Elaborating further about the same, he shared that people would read the news about him not being a part of the film. People would then perceive him as a liar. In his words:

“Cinema is a lie, we make up a story and show it on screen. But I refrain from lying in real life.”