Born to a farmer-priest in Belsand village, Bihar, Pankaj worked as a night kitchen supervisor at a Patna hotel while doing theatre in the day, enduring 10+ years of tiny roles in Mumbai before becoming a household name.
Patience and humility keep an artist grounded through a decade of waiting.
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