Bollywood Mirror@bollywoodmirrorActor Pankaj Tripathi has revealed on The Great Indian Kapil Show that he spent two years working in a hotel, peeling vegetables, before he turned to acting.
He said he had once wanted to be a student leader, but a severe beating from the police changed his mind that same day. Sensing that his future was headed in another direction, he went on to the National School of Drama, graduating in 2004.
His breakthrough came with Gangs of Wasseypur in 2012, and he later earned a National Film Award Special Mention for Newton.
