Pankaj Tripathi On Bollywood Casting: "In Movies, We See Doctors Like Katrina Kaif..."

Pankaj Tripathi will play the role of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Main Atal Hoon

From Gangs of Wasseypur to Mimi, actor Pankaj Tripathi has come a long way proving to be an actor par excellence with every role. The actor recently spoke about stereotyping in Bollywood, based on looks, and said a case-in-point was that of Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani. "If Mukesh Ambani was not a businessman and he went for an audition, he would never be cast as a rich man since he doesn't look like that," Tripathi said.

"Cinema has created a stereotype that a doctor looks like this and an engineer looks like this. During an audition, even if a junior artist is required, it is plainly stated: affluent look, elegant appearance. In movies, we see doctors like Katrina Kaif, but how many times have we seen them at AIIMS?" Tripathi said in an interview with ANI. The actor said that the situation now is changing but in the past, movies were rife with stereotyping.

"Hero dheere se muskurate hai par villain zor se haste hai aesa humne movies mein dekha hai par hakikat mein khul ke hasne vaala dil ka acha hota hai (The hero laughs softly, but the villain chuckles aloud. We've seen this in movies, but in fact, the person who laughs openly is compassionate, " said the actor.