Pankaj Tripathi’s loudest performance could be in his debut 'Run', in 2004.  He’s over expressive and excited as he’s all set to con a common man who has come from Allahabad to Delhi to meet an old friend. He succeeds and the role ends, thus birthing a future meme on Choti Ganga. Poor Vijay Raaz!

Before the game-changing and career-shaping 'Gangs of Wassepur' in 2012, there were multiple blink-and-miss roles that the actor signed, perhaps for passion and earning a living. Anurag Kashyap not only shaped Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s career but also made Tripathi an actor to look out for. In this two-part crime thriller, Tripathi played a butcher named Sultan Qureshi. Violence, Expletives, and Romance flew like wine in this dazzling drama.