Pankaj Tripathi to play a 'dead man' in Satish Kaushik's next

Pankaj Tripathi to play the role of an internationally renowned activitist and farmer, Lal Bihari in Satish Kaushik's next directorial venture. The film is a real life tale of an innocent farmer from Bihar, who was by his own relatives, declared dead in his towns' official records. Lal Bihari had to then fight with Indian bureaucracy for 18 long years before he could prove himself to be alive.

And to essay this Satish couldn’t think of anyone better than Pankaj Tripathi, who himself hails from Bihar. National award winner, Pankaj has been earning rave reviews for all his films especially in the last two years. 

The shooting has just begun in a small village in Bihar. The untitile film is expected to release in mid 2019. 

Speaking about essaying this role, Pankaj said, “I know Satish Sir better as an actor, I have seen him performing in films since my childhood, the recent one being Udta Punjab. As a director, I've seen his only film Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai rest I am yet to see his more directorial films. The story is based on the real life of incidents of Bharat Lal aka Lal Bihari from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh who struggled 18 years in a legal battle to prove his identity that he is not dead but alive. The story that he conceived according to him I was the correct person to play the part. We belong to same acting school NSD with a theatre background. He called me to hear the story and I liked the story very much. The film is based on a real-life incident, it’s a struggle of a man for 18 years to prove his own identity crisis. It's an incredible journey of this man and his transformation from a common man”.