Alia Bhatt and Pankaj Tripathi have never shared screen space or collaborated in a movie. However, the veteran actor has made a huge contribution to Alia’s memorable performance, as she recently revealed.
REVEALED: Pankaj Tripathi was Alia Bhatt’s tutor for Udta Punjab; the veteran actor trained the actress daily and helped her master the Jharkhandi dialect
During an in-depth conversation with Mid-Day, Alia Bhatt said that Pankaj Tripathi tutored her for a month for her role in Udta Punjab (2016). In this thriller drama, Alia played the role of a migrant girl, Bauria. Alia remembered that Pankaj had tutored her for a month. She would meet with him daily and help her master the body language and Jharkhandi dialect. She also learned to play hockey, although it only served as a backstory to Bauria.
Alia Bhatt confessed that Udta Punjab was the only time she fully embraced the idea of ”method acting.” She stayed away from her cell phone, worked on her character, communicated with local youth, etc. She said she did it to prove to herself, not the world, that she was a “chameleon as an actor”.
Alia Bhatt then revealed that she heard about Udta Punjab via Shahid Kapoor, with whom she collaborated, in Shaandaar (2015). She approached director Abhishek Chaubey to sign her for the role. Alia admitted that the first look test did not fully convince the expert director. But eventually she took the part.
However, Alia Bhatt added that it was quite challenging to work on the film. She shot 20 days for the role, stating, “I don’t know how I would have survived for, say, 60 days.”
Alia Bhatt’s efforts paid off. She was praised for her act and even won the Filmfare for Best Actress. As for Pankaj Tripathi, he became a sensation shortly after Udta Punjabthanks to his performances in Newton (2017), Stree (2018), Mirzapur (2018), Gunjan Saxena (2020), ludo (2020), mimic (2021), ’83 (2021), etc.
Also Read: EXCLUSIVE: Pankaj Tripathi confessed to being so overwhelmed at IIFA by the ovation he received that he forgot to thank his team and wife
More Pages: Udta Punjab Box Office Collection, Udta Punjab Movie Review
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