Gangs of Wasseypur - Pankaj Tripathi replaced Pankaj Jha due to politics? Here’s what the actor said...

Panchayat Season 3 on Amazon Prime Video is currently all the rage online. The series follows the life of a village Sachiv who finds himself embroiled in a conflict between the village Pradhav and Zila Vidhayak, played by actor Pankaj Jha. Speaking about his acting journey in a recent interview, Pankaj spoke about the politics that led him to be replaced by Pankaj Tripathi for the role of Sultan Qureshi in Gangs of Wasseypur.

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Pankaj Jha on being replaced in Gangs of Wasseypur

During a podcast with Digital Commentary, the interviewer asked Pankaj if he was replaced in Gangs of Wasseypur because of politics and if he felt that his career would have had a different trajectory if he had been cast in the film. The actor said that he does not care about the politics that happen behind his back. He said, “I don’t care about the politics that happens behind my back. The person doing it wins only if it harms me. Those who engage in politics behind someone’s back are generally cowards, right? Otherwise, they would have come forward.”

Speaking about his earlier collaborations with Anurag Kashyap in Gulaal and Black Friday and how the Gangs of Wasseypur incident impacted their bond, Pankaj said that he is a director-making actor and called out Anurag for being timid and spineless back then.

Pankaj Jha takes a dig at Anurag Kashyap

Pankaj said, "While films like Satya and Gulaal create actors, they also make directors. But there are so many timid and spineless people here that they can’t even keep their word.”

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Speaking about the project, the actor said that he later found that the director himself was in a bad situation, getting no work and was doing 36 different jobs on the project.

Pankaj Jha recently found himself back in the limelight after the release of Panchayat Season 3, which also stars Raghubir Yadav and Neena Gupta. Pankaj plays the Zila Vidhayak in the series.

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