Tuesday Trivia: Pankaj Tripathi celebrates his birthday on September 5 and 28. Here's the story behind it
Pankaj Tripathi
Key Highlights
- Pankaj Tripathi celebrates his birthday on September 5 but that`s not his real birthdate
- We look back at the time he shared the story behind his two birthdate
- The actor is known for films like Fukrey, Mimi, Mirzapur
Pankaj Tripathi turns a year older today. However, did you know that the actor has two birth dates and September 5 is not his real birth date? The actor was actually born on September 28, 1976. However, on legal documents his birth date is mentioned as September 5.
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In an earlier interview with content creator Samdish Bhatia, Pankaj revealed the story behind his two birth dates. When the anchor asked him when his birthday is, the 'Fukrey' star shared, "I have two birthday dates, one is September 5 and other is September 28 I was born on 28 September 1976. So September 28 is my real birthday. However, my brother had gone while enrolling in school as a child. The teacher there asked my brother about my date of birth. He didn’t remember anything then."
"My brother told the teacher at school that he remembers the month which is September but not the date. So the teacher suggested that since he does not remember the date, keep it as September 5 as it is a good day. It is Teacher's Day and also Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's birthday. So they put it down as September 5," he added.
Meanwhile, Pankaj Tripathi recently won the National Award for Best Supporting actor for his role in the film 'Mimi' co-starring Kriti Sanon, who won the National Award for Best Actress. Earlier, the actor had received a special mention at the 2018 National Awards for his performance in the film 'Newton'.
In 2012, he played his first major onscreen role as Sultan in the 'Gangs of Wasseypur' films. Tripathi gained popularity following the release of 'Gangs of Wasseypur' films. Since then he has played memorable roles in films like 'Fukrey', 'Nil Battey Sannata', 'Newton', 'Bareilly Ki Barfi', 'Stree', 'Luka Chuppi', 'The Tashkent Files', 'Gunjan Saxena', 'Bunty Aur Babli 2' and many more.
Tripathi was recently seen in the film 'OMG 2' alongside Akshay Kumar and Yami Gautam. The film landed in trouble with the CBFC but was showered with love by the audience for its bold subject. The actor will next be seen in the film 'Fukrey 3' scheduled to release in theatres on September 28.