Pankaj Tripathi talked about stereotyped looks in Bollywood industry and gave an example of Mukesh Ambani.
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00:00 'Main Atal Hoo' actor Pankaj Tripathi has dominated the screen through the teaser and trailer of the movie.
00:08 Being the lead of this biopic, Pankaj Tripathi portrayed the role of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
00:16 Pankaj Tripathi is in the limelight of the media due to various promotional events of this upcoming film and interviews.
00:24 In one such interview with ANI, he talked about typecast and stereotypes in 'Betown'.
00:30 He mentioned Mukesh Ambani while citing an example of his statement.
00:35 He was explaining about looks as a prime factor in casting in Bollywood.
00:40 And a particular face gets stereotyped for the particular character.
00:44 He cited the example of Mukesh Ambani saying he would not be cast as a rich man in Bollywood movie.
00:51 Though Mukesh Ambani is the chairman of the Reliance industry and the richest man in India,
00:57 he would not get cast as a rich man on the basis of his looks.
01:01 Even if he were not a part of huge empire and chose to go into acting,
01:06 he would never get the role of rich man as he doesn't look like Bollywood movie's rich man.
01:12 Bollywood movies have stereotyped certain occupations, certain characters in our daily life.
01:19 And that's why it is a demand that this particular role has to look like this.
01:24 He said, "In films, we see Katrina Kaif as a doctor, but we don't generally see such doctors at M's."
01:32 He talked about how on the silver screen, even newcomers, junior artists have to look in an elegant manner.
01:40 But he agreed that nowadays things are taking a turn and changing gradually.
01:45 Thank you.
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01:51 (upbeat music)