Pankaj Tripathi on finding love, following passion & Bollywood | Karishma Mehta | EP 10

THE WAIT IS OVER - EPISODE 8 IS HERE! Our guest for this episode of How The Hell Did I Do It? hosted by our Founder and CEO @karishmamehta is the country's most favourite "kalakar", someone who gives definition to the word "versatility" – it's none other than Mr. Pankaj Tripathi! Woh kabhi Wasseypur ke Sultan bann jaate hai, toh kabhi Bareilly ke "cool" Papa, kabhi Banaras ke chote se TC ka role nibhate hai, aur kabhi Mirzapur ke katton ki duniya ko chalate hai! And so, this episode is different, the emotions attached to it are different — it will make you smile and ponder in equal measures. Because in this episode, we get to know the man behind all these characters — the husband who fought his family to be with the love of his life, the village boy who, till date, gets excited at the thought of walking barefoot in his gaon and the loyal fan to Mr. Manoj Bajpayee who still carries his first encounter with the star in his heart. And in between all of this, we managed to get Pankaj Ji to answer — How The Hell Did You Do It?! “How The Hell Did I Do It?” is a Humans of Bombay Original – a talk show where we speak with the dreamers, the pioneers, the go-getters and the never-say-no’ers from all walks of life. We discuss their journeys – the highs, the lows and everything in between. And through our candid conversations, we try to decode the human behind the name, and get pretty close to figuring out – How The Hell Did They Do It? #pankajtripathi #humansofbombay #bollywood Timestamp: 0:00 Introduction to the show 1:18 On making a name for himself 3:08 Goals as a kid 4:01 Astrologer's prediction that proved to be visionary 5:18 First trust with acting 6:18 On understanding art 8:11 Making it to NSD 9:34 Meeting his wife and the love life 12:31 Relationship with Manoj Bajpayee 15:14 On his wife running the house for 8 years 19:26 Friendships within Bollywood 21:28 Life apart from films 23:04 On his "I made it" moment 24:05 His first paycheck 24:47 Revisiting his village 25:28 On Mirzapur and Kaleen Bhaiya 26:37 Alternate career 27:10 Things Google doesn't know about me 29:25 Reaction to Mahua Moitra's letter 30:29 Backstory of a photo segment 31:21 Advice to 16 year old Pankaj 31:59 Parting words 32:19 Next Guest Links: Humans of Bombay Instagram:   / officialhumansofbombay   YT Shorts:    / @humansofbombayuncovered   LinkedIn:   / humans-of-bombay   Pankaj Tripathi Twitter:   / tripathiipankaj   Instagram:   / pankajtripathi   Karishma Mehta Instagram:   / karimehta05   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karishma-... About Humans of Bombay – Humans of Bombay is a movement that started 8 years ago. We believe that every person has a story to tell and we want to help them tell these stories. In these years we’ve published stories across genres – stories of love, hope, faith and courage. And through our storytelling, we’ve built an engaged community of over 4.5M! Our idea is simple – to strike a chord with our community and catalog the beat of humanity, one story at a time.