Actor will play an estate agent from Mathura in the Kartik-Kriti romcom
Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; August 6, 2018) 

Pankaj Tripathi is the latest entrant in the Kriti Sanon and Kartik Aaryan romcom, Luka Chuppi. The actor began shooting for the Dinesh Vijan production in Gwalior over the weekend.

Says Dinesh, “Pankaj is someone with an endearing and ridiculous sense of humour, he just makes you crack up. In Luka Chuppi he plays an estate agent from Mathura who owns an agency called Baby Doll, which is right opposite a sari shop because he is a bachelor looking for his life partner.”

The actor describes it as a “colourful role”. “My character is a man with a different sense of humour and whenever the story gets too complicated, he has some contribution to make,” Pankaj reveals, adding that they are working on the look. “So far, the audience has only seen me playing simple, sober and desi characters. This time you will see me wearing colourful clothes and I even have highlights in my hair.”

Pankaj is reuniting with his onscreen daughter from Bareilly Ki Barfi and admits Kriti and he have a great bonding. “She’s a sincere and hardworking girl. People still remember our conversation on the terrace in the earlier film as baap and beti. That warmth is still there between us,” he acknowledges.

It’s his first film with Kartik. “But he has always showered me with compliments for films like Nil Battey Sannata and Newton so I’ve known him for quite some time,” he signs off.