Mumbai: Panchayat actor Pankaj Jha recently took a dig at actor Pankaj Tripathi for romanticising his struggles. Now, in an interview to India Today, Tripathi reacted to the comment by saying that he never tried to glamorise his difficulties and his journey. Tripathi hits back During an interaction with India Today, Tripathi shared that he doesn’t like to react to such statements. He shared, “I never romanticised my journey or struggles. Yes, I did mention that my wife would earn while I looked for work. I never said that I would tie a gamchha (towel) around my waist and sleep outside Andheri station. My life was good and happy when we moved to Mumbai. I never tried to glamorise it or get sympathy from it.
The Mirzapur actor added, “We live our journeys and fight our own battles. When you read or hear these stories, some people may get inspired. And even if they don’t get inspired, that’s not an issue. One should live his life the way he wants to live it.” Comment Earlier, Jha had mentioned that he doesn’t like the word “struggle”, when Tripathi took actor Manoj Bajpayee’s slippers as an example of how actors glamorise their hardships. Tripathi had once spoken about the slipper incident on The Kapil Sharma Show. He shared that when he used to work in a hotel. Manoj visited the place as a guest, and left his slippers at the hotel. Tripathi, being a fan, took it home as a souvenir. Tripathi’s upcoming work On the work front, Tripathi is all set to reprise his role as Kaleen Bhaiya in the much-awaited third season of Mirzapur. It will take the audience back to an interesting, yet a dark and cruel world of Purvanchal. The new season of Mirzapur will be available for streaming on Prime Video from July 5.
