'SUCCESS SE DIMAAG KHARAB NAHIN HONA CHAHIYE'

Pankaj Tripathi explains why franchise films did well this year; says though Stree 2's box-office numbers made him feel great, he didn't let the success make him go OTT

- Akash Bhatnagar

Actor Pankaj Tripathi was part of the biggest Bollywood hit this year, Stree 2, but box-office numbers don't impact him. "It's great that a film made on such a nominal budget became a blockbuster. Par iss success se aapka dimaag kharab nahin hona chahiye. Ek thehraav rehna chahiye," he says. Tripathi insists that since the film was part of a franchise, it helped its performance: "The happiness the audience got after watching the first part played a huge role in bringing them to the theatres for the seque