Craig MacDonald once said, 'The best acting is instinctive. It's not intellectual, it's not mechanical, it's instinctive.' Well, acting is considered as a means of enactment by an actor who adopts a character so deeply that his emotional facility, physical expressivity, and interpret drama with so ease. When we talk about the most respective and talented actor of this era who believes in instinctive acting then late actor Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is among those names whose names are being shouted out by fans. But still, if there is anyone in Bollywood's Gen X who comes close to achieving what the previous actors have done in their glorious careers then Pankaj Tripathi is one name who is on the seventh heaven.

Pankaj Tripathi has become that renowned name of Bollywood who has achieved a milestone in Bollywood. Tripathi's breakthrough came in 2012 for his antagonistic role in the Gangs of Wasseypur film series. The actor has received critical appraisal for multiple films, including Fukrey (2013), Masaan (2015), Nil Battey Sannata (2016), Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), Newton (2017), Fukrey Returns (2017), Stree (2018), Newton (2017).

Last year also, Pankaj Tripathi was seen in Amazon Prime's crime-thriller 'Mirzapur' season 2, Anurag Basu's Ludo, Netflix's Gunjan Saxena, Shakeela, Angrezi Medium, Criminal Justice season 2, and a cameo in the Hollywood film, 'Extraction'. His recently;y released film Kagaaz has also received several critical acclaim in which he portrayed the role of a man who is dead on the government records.

In 2021 also, the actor has numerous films in his kitty which include Laxman Utekar's drama Mimi starring Kriti Sanon in the lead role, Farhad Samji's comedy film, Bachchan Pandey featuring Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Arshad Warsi, Kabir Khan's sports drama 83 starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. The actor will also be seen in YRF's film, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar.

Well, with the huge line-up, we can say that Pankaj Tripathi is a busy bee actor who doesn't have much time in 2021 for his extracurricular activities. As the actor loves to read books and he doesn't spend more time watching films and web-series. Even in his recent interview, Pankaj has accepted that he loves to indulge himself in reading Hindi literature and doesn't watch many films. All-embracing his fans are eagerly waiting for his upcoming projects.