Pankaj Tripathi

Acting

Pankaj Tripathi

Born

1976-09-05 (50)

Place of birth

Belsand, Bihar, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

74 titles

Pankaj Tripathi is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Famous for his natural acting, he debuted in 2004 with a minor role in Run and Omkara and has since worked in more than 40 films and 60 television shows. Tripathi's breakthrough came in 2012 for his supporting role in the Gangs of Wasseypur film series. He has since received critical appraisal for multiple films, including Fukrey (2013), Masaan (2015), Nil Battey Sannata (2016), Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), Newton (2017), Fukrey Returns (2017) and Stree (2018). For Newton, Tripathi earned several awards including a National Film Award – Special Mention.

Known for

The Kapil Sharma Show poster
7.0

Kapil Sharma is back with his gang - Bindu, Chandan and 'mohalle ki dhoban' Gudiya. In tow is a new character, Maski, along with Goli, Roopmati and more! Enjoy guaranteed laughter with Kapil and his antics as different celebrities join in.

The Kapil Sharma Show

2016

Mirzapur poster
8.0

The iron-fisted Akhandanand Tripathi is a millionaire carpet exporter and the mafia don of Mirzapur. His son, Munna, is an unworthy, power-hungry heir who will stop at nothing to inherit his father's legacy. An incident at a wedding procession forces him to cross paths with Ramakant Pandit, an upstanding lawyer, and his sons, Guddu and Bablu. It snowballs into a game of ambition, power and greed that threatens the fabric of this lawless city.

Mirzapur

2018

The Great Indian Kapil Show poster
7.1

Comedian Kapil Sharma hosts this laugh-out-loud variety talk show with celebrity guests, hilarious antics and his signature supporting cast.

The Great Indian Kapil Show

2024

Extraction poster
7.3

A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.

Extraction

2020

Sacred Games poster
7.8

A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.

Sacred Games

2018

The Drama Company poster
3.3

The Drama Company will feature an eclectic mix of the finest comedians in a theatrical plot portraying different characters each week. The show will explore multiple genres of comedy– from topical to physical comedy and offer viewers a complete dose of laughter and unlimited entertainment. Starring Mithun Chakraborty as Shambu Dada, the ring master of a crew of highly misfit characters including Ali Asgar, Dr. Sanket Bhosale, Sugandha Mishra, Krushna Abhishek, Sudesh Lehri, Ridhima Pandit, Tanaji and Aru Verma. Every episode will feature the team of misfits aspiring to make a blockbuster play to impress Shambhu Dada in exchange for a promise of a world tour. But as luck would have it, nothing will go right. The hilarious turn of events will push the madcap team to start afresh with a brand-new play every week. Little do they know that Shambu Dada is a sham, whose is running his own business by selling tickets for the play.

The Drama Company

2017

Film credits

2020s · 22 titles

Extraction poster
7.3

A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.

Extraction

2020

Mirzapur: The Movie poster
6.8

The battle for Mirzapur’s throne intensifies as old enemies resurface and a new threat emerges in the form of Babban Babua, a ruthless businessman from Jaisalmer with ambitions of his own. As the Tripathis face enemies from both the past and present, loyalties are tested while Guddu and Bablu Pandit fight to establish themselves in the power struggle for Mirzapur.

Mirzapur: The Movie

2026

Murder Mubarak poster
6.5

When a gym trainer is murdered at an elite Delhi club, a wily investigator unravels the sordid secrets of its ultrarich members to find the killer.

Murder Mubarak

2024

Stree 2 poster
6.7

Following the events of 'Stree', the town of Chanderi is being haunted again. This time, women are mysteriously abducted by a terrifying headless entity. Once again, it's up to Vicky and friends to save their town and loved ones.

Stree 2

2024

Ohh My Dog poster
8.2

In Assam, 14-year-old Apu embarks on a desperate quest to rescue his beloved dog, Momo, after he is kidnapped. Elsewhere, in Bihar, a devoted dog named Oscar sets out on a perilous journey to find his kidnapped owner, a 15-year-old child labourer. As their journeys unfold, it becomes clear that the two kidnappings may be connected to a larger, sinister plan.

Ohh My Dog

2026

83 poster
7.2

On the 25th of June 1983, the Lord’s Cricket Ground witnessed one of the biggest underdog stories in the history of sports. Fourteen inspired players - led by a man's self-belief and conviction - fought against all odds and orchestrated India’s greatest sporting triumph by beating the two-time World Champions West Indies.

83

2021

Mimi poster
6.9

An aspiring actress in a small town in Rajasthan agrees to bear a child for a visiting couple seeking a surrogate mother, but her experience takes an unexpected turn when they refuse to have the child anymore.

Mimi

2021

Bunty Aur Babli 2 poster
4.7

Bunty and Babli are forced out of retirement as a new pair of cons emerge, doing robberies in their name with their trademark sigil across India.

Bunty Aur Babli 2

2021

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl poster
7.3

Inspired by the life of a fearless young officer who made history by becoming the first Indian female Air Force officer to fly in a combat zone during the 1999 Kargil War

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl

2020

Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal poster
NR

A very spellbinding story about the reel and real life of great old thespian Kanhaiyalal and his bygone era when Indian Cinema was at a nascent stage. The story tells about his inspiring journey from a confused, gullible youth to a mesmerizingly spontaneous actor. It also unfurls the turbulent phases of Kanhaiyalal's life where there is excessive alcoholism and the mysterious death of his son.

Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal

2022

Ludo poster
7.2

Ludo is about the butterfly effect and how, despite all the chaos and crowd of the world, all our lives are inextricably connected. From a resurfaced sex tape to a rogue suitcase of money, four wildly different stories overlap at the whims of fate, chance and one eccentric criminal.

Ludo

2020

OMG 2 poster
7.3

Life is bliss until one day Kanti Sharan Mudgal’s son Vivek is blamed for immoral conduct and expelled from school. Overwhelmed, Kanti plans to leave town until a divine intervention leads him to seek justice by taking those responsible to court.

OMG 2

2023

Mumbai Saga poster
5.6

The film, set in the 1980s and 90s, chronicles the transformation of Bombay to Mumbai. The story is a cat and mouse game between a deadly don, Amartya Rao, who doesn’t think twice before killing, and there’s nobody who could stop him and a cop, who is dogging his every step.

Mumbai Saga

2021

Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga poster
5.9

Inspired by the real events that took place in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve where people used to leave their elderly family members for tigers to prey on, and then claim compensation from the administration, it is a story of Gangaram, a patriarch of a farmer family entrenched in poverty because of three consecutive failed monsoons. He enters the forests to adopt the infamous Tiger practice to give up his life so that his family can have two square meals, however, what follows next is a series of unprecedented events.

Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga

2022

Bachchhan Paandey poster
5.5

A budding director tries to research a merciless gangster for making a film on gangsterism. But her secret attempts to conduct the research fail when she gets caught for snooping.

Bachchhan Paandey

2022

Angrezi Medium poster
7.0

When his daughter decides to further her studies in London, a hardworking Haryanvi businessman does everything in power to make her dreams come true.

Angrezi Medium

2020

Kaagaz poster
6.8

Kaagaz (transl. Paper) is a biographical drama about a farmer, Lal Bihari's 19-year struggle to make himself come alive again when he is declared dead in Government records by interests keen to take over his assets.

Kaagaz

2021

Kadak Singh poster
5.9

AK Shrivastav, a quirky patient suffering from retrograde amnesia, uncovers the reason behind his condition while trying to recollect his life accurately

Kadak Singh

2023

No artwork available
NR

The eighth installment in the Maddock Supernatural Cinematic Universe. Plot TBA.

Stree 3

2028

Metro... In Dino poster
6.4

Follows interconnected stories of several different couples, each facing a crossroads at different stages in their lives and relationships.

Metro... In Dino

2025

Gul Makai poster
NR

Fear is like an elastic band. You stretch the band inside of your mind and it keeps expanding, till one moment it snaps or you cut it for it to break. 'Gul Makai' is such a story, a story of courage that overcame fear and oppression. 'Gul Makai' accounts the courageous journey and struggle of Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai, from her humble upbringing in the Swat Valley to her becoming the champion for free education to all. 'Gul Makai' is a small tribute to this lion hearted girl who is in every essence a global citizen championing a cause that transcends boundaries, caste, religion and geography.

Gul Makai

2020

Laali poster
NR

A lonely laundry worker from the suburbs of Kolkata finds companionship in an unclaimed red dress, which triggers memories from the past. Over its short running time, Laali encapsulates the quintessential Bollywood romance of two individuals from unequal backgrounds for whom love breaks all barriers.

Laali

2021

2010s · 29 titles

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 poster
7.1

In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

2012

Dilwale poster
6.6

Raj is a Mafia member. One day he meet a girl (Meera) while chasing by his rival gang and falls in love with her. Later he finds out that this girl is the daughter of the leader of his rival gang. Yet their love story continues until he was shot by his girlfriend upon a deep misunderstanding. After that incident these two lovers lives separate until their siblings fallen in love. With this new love story their paths intertwines again.

Dilwale

2015

Chillar Party poster
7.0

A gang of innocent but feisty kids who lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar colony, take on the big bad world of politics when one of their friend's life is endangered.

Chillar Party

2011

Kaala poster
6.4

Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, Hari Dhadha.

Kaala

2018

Stree poster
7.0

Set in the town of Chanderi, Stree is based on the urban legend of Nale Ba that went viral in Karnataka in the 1990s, and features Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao in pivotal roles.

Stree

2018

Raavan poster
4.8

A bandit leader kidnaps the wife of the policeman who killed his sister, but later falls in love with her.

Raavan

2010

Drive poster
5.0

A notorious thief allies with a street racer for a grand heist involving an elaborate game of deceit with authorities, who have their own dirty secrets.

Drive

2019

Masaan poster
7.1

Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.

Masaan

2015

Gunday poster
4.8

The lives of Calcutta's most powerful gangsters - Bikram and Bala, changes when Nandita enters it. Then a counter-force takes charge and a thriller unfolds.

Gunday

2014

Singham Returns poster
6.1

Owing to the wrongdoings affiliated with evils similar to black money, an honest but ferocious police officer returns as the Deputy Commissioner of Police with the prospect of wiping out injustice.

Singham Returns

2014

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 poster
7.8

After the death of his father and brother Danish, Faizal Khan vows to take revenge by destroying Ramadhir Singh's gang.

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2

2012

Doosukeltha poster
5.7

Chinna (Vishnu) is a very witty and resourceful person who knows how to get things done. As kids, Chinna and Piccheshwar (Vennela Kishore) have a tiff and Piccheshwar leaves the village in a huff. Piccheshwar’s outraged grandfather (Kota Srinivasa Rao) orders the execution of Chinna’s family, forcing them to flee as well. As the years go by, Chinna grows into a tall and fearless young fellow. He applies for a job as a journalist and he is sent on an assignment by his boss Avatar (Posani). The assignment is to conduct a sting operation on Minister Dilleeswara Rao (Pankaj Tripathi). Chinna succeeds in capturing incriminating footage, but he is caught and thrashed by the minister’s goons.

Doosukeltha

2013

Agneepath poster
6.4

When his father is lynched by a mob after being framed by a gangster, a young boy leaves his village along with his pregnant mother and flees to Mumbai. He takes up a life of crime and swears to avenge his father. A remake of the 1990 film.

Agneepath

2012

Munna Michael poster
5.6

An expert dancer Munna who idolizes the king of pop, reluctantly tutors a gangster until their developing bond gets disrupted by their common romantic interest towards the same woman.

Munna Michael

2017

Fukrey Returns poster
6.5

A year after the first movie, the four friends are enjoying their lives to the fullest, get in trouble once again with Bholi, who is released from prison earlier than expected and is broke.

Fukrey Returns

2017

Super 30 poster
7.3

Based on life of Patna-based mathematician Anand Kumar who runs the famed Super 30 program for financially weak IIT aspirants in Patna.

Super 30

2019

Newton poster
7.2

A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.

Newton

2017

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut -  The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur poster
8.8

An extensive, in-depth account of the making of an ultimate revenge saga through the eyes of Anurag Kashyap, the cast and the crew of "Gangs of Wasseypur".

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur

2013

Global Baba poster
4.2

A conman finds refuge in becoming a baba and carries out his various criminal activities under the guise. A policeman, a journalist and politicians get entangled in his Web of deceit.

Global Baba

2016

Harjeeta poster
NR

HARJEETA, is based on the remarkable true story of Harjeet Singh, an Indian professional field hockey player, who captained the Indian squad at the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup. His family, like so many families in this country was struggling with the biggest problem of our nation, poverty. How he comes a humble background, from being dumped by his love interest, just because he didn't have a cup at home to serve her tea, to winning the world cup for India. The Indian Hockey team that year went unbeaten throughout the tournament, eventually winning the Gold medal after 15 years and giving birth to a true sports legend.

Harjeeta

2018

Manjhi: The Mountain Man poster
7.4

After his wife passes away trying to cross a mountain, Manjhi, out of sheer rage, sets on a quest to carve a road through the treacherous mountain.

Manjhi: The Mountain Man

2015

Bareilly Ki Barfi poster
6.9

Bitti Mishra is a bohemian Bareilly girl who falls deeply in love with Pritam Vidrohi, an author because she admires his progressive way of thinking. Finding him though proves to be as hard as looking for a needle in the haystack. So Bitti seeks the help of the local printing press-owner, Chirag Dubey on her journey of love.

Bareilly Ki Barfi

2017

Bhaiaji Superhitt poster
4.0

A kind-hearted goon decides to get his wife back by making a film on their love story, while his arch nemesis tries to thwart his plans.

Bhaiaji Superhitt

2018

The Tashkent Files poster
7.2

The Tashkent Files is a thriller that revolves around the mysterious death of India's 2nd Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and attempts to uncover if he had actually died a natural death, or, as alleged, was assassinated.

The Tashkent Files

2019

Aakrosh poster
6.9

The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes two officers to investigate the disappearance of three medical students, which they believe to be an incident of 'honour killing' in a small, closed community.

Aakrosh

2010

No artwork available
NR

About four men who come together to contemplate crimes which might be risky but safe once the execution was carried out perfectly. But will they always get away?

Tenth Race

2018

Fukrey poster
6.5

The paths of four dream-chasing college friends cross with an array of colourful characters, from a tough-talking Punjabi female don to a Jugaad Baaz college watchman. Mayhem ensues.

Fukrey

2013

Luka Chuppi poster
6.0

The story of a television reporter in Mathura who falls in love with a headstrong woman.

Luka Chuppi

2019

Anaarkali of Aarah poster
6.8

Hailing from Aarah in Bihar, Anarkali is an item girl, famous for her vocals, suggestive dance moves and innuendo laden lyrics. She enjoys her stardom and revels in the lusty glances. The singer acknowledges that she is no saint and even makes peace with the hatred she evokes among civilised society but what she refuses to tolerate is being exploited in public by an influential politician.

Anaarkali of Aarah

2017

2000s · 5 titles

Series credits

The Kapil Sharma Show poster
7.0

Kapil Sharma is back with his gang - Bindu, Chandan and 'mohalle ki dhoban' Gudiya. In tow is a new character, Maski, along with Goli, Roopmati and more! Enjoy guaranteed laughter with Kapil and his antics as different celebrities join in.

The Kapil Sharma Show

2016

Mirzapur poster
8.0

The iron-fisted Akhandanand Tripathi is a millionaire carpet exporter and the mafia don of Mirzapur. His son, Munna, is an unworthy, power-hungry heir who will stop at nothing to inherit his father's legacy. An incident at a wedding procession forces him to cross paths with Ramakant Pandit, an upstanding lawyer, and his sons, Guddu and Bablu. It snowballs into a game of ambition, power and greed that threatens the fabric of this lawless city.

Mirzapur

2018

The Great Indian Kapil Show poster
7.1

Comedian Kapil Sharma hosts this laugh-out-loud variety talk show with celebrity guests, hilarious antics and his signature supporting cast.

The Great Indian Kapil Show

2024

Sacred Games poster
7.8

A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.

Sacred Games

2018

The Drama Company poster
3.3

The Drama Company will feature an eclectic mix of the finest comedians in a theatrical plot portraying different characters each week. The show will explore multiple genres of comedy– from topical to physical comedy and offer viewers a complete dose of laughter and unlimited entertainment. Starring Mithun Chakraborty as Shambu Dada, the ring master of a crew of highly misfit characters including Ali Asgar, Dr. Sanket Bhosale, Sugandha Mishra, Krushna Abhishek, Sudesh Lehri, Ridhima Pandit, Tanaji and Aru Verma. Every episode will feature the team of misfits aspiring to make a blockbuster play to impress Shambhu Dada in exchange for a promise of a world tour. But as luck would have it, nothing will go right. The hilarious turn of events will push the madcap team to start afresh with a brand-new play every week. Little do they know that Shambu Dada is a sham, whose is running his own business by selling tickets for the play.

The Drama Company

2017

Shekhar Tonite poster
8.0

Talk show by Shekhar Suman

Shekhar Tonite

2026

Criminal Justice poster
7.7

Sex, drugs and a gruesome murder. An edgy one night stand turns into a nightmare for Aditya, when he wakes up with blood on his hands. The evidence is stacked against him, but he doesn't remember the grisly crime. Is he guilty or not ?

Criminal Justice

2019

Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach poster
7.2

Madhav Mishra is back to fight his toughest case yet nothing is simple and straightforward. Will justice win?

Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach

2022

Criminal Justice: A Family Matter poster
7.7

Attorney Madhav Mishra represents Raj Nagpal, discovered with murdered nurse Roshni Saluja after his child's party. As the trial unfolds, hidden facts emerge, questioning identities.

Criminal Justice: A Family Matter

2025

No artwork available
NR

"Time Bomb 9/11" or just "Time Bomb" was a Hindi political thriller that aired on Zee TV from June 20, 2005 to December 25, 2005. It used to air every Monday at 10:00pm, and the show had a similar format to "24". The story focuses on Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist group aiming to destroy the city of New Delhi on September 11 as well as assassinating the Indian Prime Minister who was played by Kay Kay Menon. A RAW group led by Field Officer Varun Awasthi has to protect the Prime Minister and more importantly, the city.

Time Bomb 9/11

2005

Powder poster
7.3

An insight of the drug lord, Naved Ansari, and an honest team of Narotics Control Bureau led by Usmaan Malik IRS who plans to nab Ansari before he can hoodwink the system into letting him go scott free.

Powder

2010

Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors poster
7.5

What made Anu Chandra stab her perfect husband? The evidence and confession are clear, but what's the truth?

Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors

2020

Kanpur Waale Khuranas poster
6.0

Hosted by Aparshakti Khurana and Sunil Grover, who plays the quintessential 'Jija-Saala' on the show, join their crazy family as they take you through the big-ticket events of 2018 with funny gags, games and your favorite stars.

Kanpur Waale Khuranas

2018

No artwork available
NR

Follows the lives of a group of people. Can the complicated problems be sorted out?

Gulkanda Tales

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