Pankaj Tripathi recalls eating insects and changing his father's surname

Pankaj Tripathi recently opened up about his childhood days and village adventures, recalling how he changed both his and his father's surname to Tripathi from Tiwari. In an interview with India TV, the actor said, 'Those who had my surname, Tiwari, they all were either priests or were doing farming whereas my uncle with the surname Tripathi had become an officer in the government. So, I thought this was because of the surname. I didn’t want to become a farmer or a priest. So I wrote my name as Tripathi in the form. But then I thought I couldn’t write my father’s name as Tiwari in the form as it might get rejected. So I changed his name too.' The national-award-winning actor also shared that he used to perform bicycle stunts to become popular amongst girls. Not just that, Tripathi also mentioned how he ate insects in an attempt to learn swimming. 'I wanted to learn swimming. We had a river behind our house. The river water has small black insects swimming on top of it. So, the kids in the village, if I drink these insects, I will learn to swim. So, I picked up 10-12 of those insects and drank them with the water. I am thankful that my stomach didn’t get upset', said the actor. On the work front, Pankaj Tripathi will next be seen in 'Main Atal Hoon', a biopic on the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. For more news and updates, stay tuned to ETimes. #pankajtripathi #bollywood #mainatalhoon

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