I first saw him in the serial Karam Chand and had become an instant fan. I was not a connoisseur of acting but cud make out that he was a real entertainer. He came in many serials and some movies after that and everytime there was a distinct feeling about his acting. He is no natural that he surely tends to get under the skin of the character. I think he is very much like Aamir Khan who too does a lot of reach for playing the character to perfection. Last I had noticed him in Roja as a Terrorist Head and there was simply brilliant. And so was the performance in Maqbool, of a betrayed boss. I think very few people in the industry were able to exploit his real acting skills.
He is a brilliant actor with lot of variations. He is A to Y coz he is not z bcoz i want him to see him perform and reach great heights. True Entertainer.
Pankaj has always been a great actor and has given lot of immemorable performances. Naseer and Om Puri got noticed long time before Pankaj and hence it has taken some time for people to recognize Pankaj's talent. He was the actor who actually dubbed for Ben Kingsley in Gandhi. His movie Ek Ruka Hua Faisla is a movie of its own kind. His first wife was Neelima Azim and second wife is Supriya Pathak. Shahid is from his first wife. Supriya was a good actress herself and she did only a very few movies. One movie that stands our for her is Bazaar where she played a young girl from Hyderabad. A very touching movie.