India, Nov. 13 -- Pankaj Tripathi is in his romantic hero era. The actor is turning over a new leaf with Parivarik Manuranjan, a romantic comedy opposite Aditi Rao Hydari. The film, which released on SonyLiv today (November 13), sees Pankaj play a small-town loner with a difference. In a conversation with Hindustan Times, the National Award-winning actor spoke about the film, doing 'ordinary' films and how cinema has changed the definition of alpha male.

Pankaj says he decided to do the film immediately after reading the script. "I received the script at night, read it at night, and called them (the makers) first thing in the morning saying I'm doing it, because I had no doubts about it," he tells us.

Talking about what compelled him to...