Pankaj Tripathi talks about Shehnaaz Gill and her late boyfriend Sidharth Shukla in a new interview. Pankaj said that Shehnaaz reminded him of Siddharth and that he was very close to the late actor. Siddharth Shukla died of a heart attack last year at the age of 40.

Pankaj was last seen in the Netflix series Sherdil: The Saga of Pilibhit, which aired in June. Next, He will be appearing in Oh My God 2 alongside Sayani Gupta and Neeraj Kabi. Pankaj recently reprised his role as quirky criminal justice advocate Madhav Mishra alongside Shweta Basu Prasad, Swastika Mukherjee, Purab Kohli, Aditya Gupta, Deshna Dugad and Gaurav Gera.

In an interview with Connect FM Canada, Pankaj had this to say when he was told that Shehnaaz had praised him for appearing on the talk show.He said, “haan voh mujhhe bataur abhineta pashand karti hain uske liye aabhar. Thank you. Abhi aapne shehnaz Ka naam liya to Mujhe siddharth ki yaad aa gayi. Bhot logon ko nahi malum hai aur mein bataya bhi nahi hun lekin Siddharth bohot aadar karta tha mera. hum log bahut attached the.”

(Yes, she likes me as an actor. Thank you. When you take the name Shehnaaz, it immediately reminds me of Siddharth. I don’t talk much about him, so many people don’t know, but Sidhartha used to respect me a lot. We were very attached.)”

Shehnaaz Gill rose to prominence after appearing in Bigg Boss 13. Shehnaaz and Sidharth won several hearts on the show by winning the season. Siddharth passed away on September 2 last year due to a heart attack.

Shehnaaz is preparing for her Bollywood debut. she is currently filming Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan with Salman Khan. Directed by Farhad Samji. It is believed that the film also stars Venkatesh Daggubati and Pooja Hegde. Salman khan’s brother-in-law, Aayush Sharma, was also part of the film. However, he is said to have dropped out of the film.