masala rummyWhile stories about the tardiness of Bollywood actors such as Salman Khan and Govinda have frequently been recounted by their co-stars, Tom Hardy’s habitual lateness on the sets of Mad Max: Fury Road nearly brought him to blows to co-actor Charlize Theron. Their animosity has been well-documented, and both actors have expressed that they should have done better, but the reality is that Theron once felt so threatened by Hardy, and so unprotected on set, that she demanded for a female producer to be flown in and stationed alongside the crew in Namibia.With the rise of OTT in India, there are a few actors and creators who have achieved unprecedented success in this fairly new medium and Pankaj Tripathi certainly tops that list. With shows like Mirzapur, Criminal Justice and Sacred Games to his credit, Tripathi’s huge fan base follows his film and web series choices closely and applauds him for picking roles that would have otherwise been classified as ‘character roles’ in mainstream Hindi movies until a few years ago. In a recent interview, Tripathi said that the conversation around box office collections of Hindi films is the doing of Bollywood’s PR machinery and it certainly isn’t helping their case.