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Pankaj Tripathi Says Reading Poetry Helped Him Portray Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Without Mimicry
Pankaj Tripathi faced one of the toughest challenges of his career when he was asked to portray former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Vajpayee, who presided over India’s nuclear tests, was also known as a diplomat who improved relations with the country’s arch rival Pakistan and introduced multiple reforms. In the end he decided to adopt the late politician’s body language and mannerisms for all his public facing scenes, especially the speeches, and deliver an internalized performance for the private sequences for which no video footage exists. Directed by Ravi Jadhav (“Natarang”), “Main Atal Hoon” is now streaming on ZEE5 Global and Tripathi says that he is receiving a renewed burst of acclaim for the film from audiences who missed it during its January theatrical release.
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