“My life is a testament to the feisty women around me” – Six times Pankaj Tripathi gave us feminist goals.

“More than ‘Beti Bachao’, it is important to realise that ‘bete ko samjao aur bete ko behatareen admi banao’, then we won’t need to save our daughters anymore,” Pankaj Tripathi said in an interview.

“If we want change then the change has to start at home, we have to try to change, change the ethos of the family we belong to, then gradually the world will change too. People are educated and progressive to understand the need for change.”

The film Bachchan Pandey stars Kriti Sanon, Akshay Kumar and Jacqueline Fernandez in lead roles along with Bobby Deol and Pankaj Tripathi.

Why should it be a big deal to accept that your wife was the breadwinner?

This Mridula Tripathi and Pankaj Tripathi love story will make you believe in the power of equal relationships and a partnership built on unending support.

Pankaj Tripathi, who has spent over a decade in the Hindi film industry, has established such a fan base that his name is enough to draw the audience to the cinema halls.

What I said was the truth, why should anybody hesitate from admitting a truth, whether it’s on a national TV or any public forum? -Pankaj Tripathi

While the biographical aspect of the plot itself lends to a striking storyline, the film never manages to make full use of its raw materials. Instead, what it gives us is a rather tedious narrative, where the only thing that holds one’s attention throughout is Tripathi’s magnetic versatility.

The women don’t resist/overthrow rather co-opt the male symbols of power and their “empowerment” is accompanied by normalisation of violence against women. Why?