Mumbai, November 10, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Actor Pankaj Tripathi, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming streaming film ‘Parivarik ManuRanjan’, has said actors are fragile by nature because they live several lives concurrently through the characters they portray.
Speaking to IANS alongside his co-star Aditi Rao Hydari in Mumbai’s Goregaon East, Tripathi said he is currently practising spirituality to understand himself better.
The actor said spirituality has helped him avoid reacting instantly to life’s highs and lows. However, as an actor, experiencing emotions deeply is central to his profession, creating an apparent contradiction with what he has learnt through spirituality.
Explaining how he manages this, Tripathi said, “In art, it’s okay, and is required as a part of the profession. In art, the character is written, and he is supposed to be reactionary. It needs awareness, to know this, to be a witness, I realise that an emotion has come to me, will I react to this emotion or will I respond? Where did this originate from? How does the character think? This is a strange thing that many people don’t understand. Why are actors so fragile? Because along with his life, he lives a few more lives, every year”.
He further said, “So, that also has an effect. A common man only faces his own challenges. But an actor, along with himself, faces the challenges of his character. So, because of his life, he becomes delicate. In such cases spirituality becomes more important for the life of an actor. An actor has to realise that the character is overpowering them, an emotional turmoil is happening inside them”.
Emphasising the distinction between life and acting, he added, “Life and acting are two different things. But if you understand life better, you will be able to act better. And to understand life, you don’t have to understand acting”.
‘Parivarik ManuRanjan’ is set to premiere on SonyLIV on November 13, 2026.
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