Korean series Squid Game has been trending insanely ever since its release on streaming giant Netflix last month. The show’s stars too are a subject of dialogue globally. Actor Anupam Tripathi, who starred as a migrant named Ali, one in every of many deep-in-debt those who become part of a deadly contest supported Korean playground games, started trending courtesy a recent interview with News18, where he opened about his mother’s reaction on the show’s success and what she told him. Speaking of his mother, Anupam told News18, “She is incredibly sweet. I told her that her son is now being asked about from round the world. She was very happy on behalf of me and congratulated me. She also said, ‘Zyaada udna mat. Paanv zameen par tika kar rakhna’ (Don’t get frenzied by your success. Be rooted).”
He added during the interview, “That humility which quite upbringing she has given me and that i am very thankful to her. All my relatives and other people i do know are very happy about the show and that they have only great things to mention.”
In an interview with Variety earlier on, the 32-year-old actor said that he was “not prepared” for the sort of response the show received. “We felt that it’ll be received well, but when it became a phenomenon and sensation, it absolutely was not expected – i used to be not prepared,” he told Variety.
Squid Game, one in all the foremost popular series on Netflix, showcases the story of contestants caught in an exceedingly dystopian world, where surviving kids’ games is that the only deciding factor always and death.
Besides Squid Game, Anupam Tripathi has been an element of K-dramas like Descendants Of The Sun. He also appeared in Space Sweepers starring Song Joong-ki.
