Pankaj Tripathi recalls eating insects, changing his father’s name; says, “I picked up 10-12 of those insects and drank them with the water” 10 : Bollywood News

Pankaj Tripathi recalls eating insects, changing his father’s name; says, “I picked up 10-12 of those insects and drank them with the water”

Pankaj Tripathi opens up about bicycle stunts and adventurous antics.

Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi recently delved into the memories of his childhood in Bihar's Belsand village during an interview with India TV. Tripathi shared anecdotes from his youth.

Pankaj Tripathi recalls eating insects, changing his father’s name; says, “I picked up 10-12 of those insects and drank them with the water”

During the interview, the actor disclosed that in his earlier days, he would perform bicycle stunts to impress girls. He reminisced, “I used to perform stunts on the bicycle because there was a boy who would perform such stunts and he was very popular among girls. I am talking about the time I was in 7th or 8th standard in school. In school at the time, a slow cycle race was organised, so that boy, who was the winner of that race, became very popular among girls. So, I learned the same thing hoping that I would be the winner next year, but I lost, I wasn’t the winner.”

Tripathi also recalled an adventurous incident from his childhood when he decided to learn swimming. He said, “I wanted to learn swimming. We had a river behind our house. The river water has small black insects swimming on top of it. So, the kids in the village, they are very naughty, they told me that if I drink these insects, I will learn swimming. So, I picked up 10-12 of those insects and drank them with the water. I am thankful that my stomach didn’t get upset.”

In the same interview, Pankaj Tripathi discussed the change in his surname. He said, “It must me the first time in history that a father got a name from his son. I was filling the admit card of 10th standard. My uncle would use the surname Tripathi and he had become an officer in the government. There was also one Baba who had Tripathi surname, he became a professor of Hindi. Those who had my surname, Tiwari, they all were either priests or were doing farming. So, I thought this is because of the surname. I didn’t want to become farmer or a priest. So I wrote my name as Tripathi in the form. But then I thought I can’t write my father’s name as Tiwari in the form as it might get rejected. So I changed his name too.”

On the film front, he will be soon seen in Main Atal Hoon. The film is slated to release on January 19, 2024.

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