Manoj Bajpayee: Don’t know how many people reach Mumbai, the city of dreams, every day with the dream of becoming a superstar in Bollywood. Some of them achieve their destination after struggle, while some people return home after not getting success. However, there are many who do not give up even after facing repeated rejections and persist to achieve their destination. Today we will tell about one such actor who had to struggle a lot to make his mark in Bollywood and today he is not only a powerful actor of Hindi films but has also become the king of the OTT platform. This actor is none other than Manoj Bajpayee.
Manoj was fired from three projects simultaneously
Manoj Bajpayee is a resident of a small village Bewala. Raj Babbar is also from the same city, it was from him that Manoj Bajpayee got inspiration to become an actor. After this he left his home with the dream of making a career in Bollywood. However, he had to struggle a lot before making his mark in the industry. Manoj had revealed in an interview, “Since the time I left my village at the age of 17 and a half, I have never faced such a difficult time. These four years were like 40 years. Everything was falling apart, Once I got three projects, a series, a corporate film, a docudrama, and another series, I was thrown out of all of them in a single day.”
Manoj lived in chawl
Manoj had told that when he came to Mumbai, he lived in a chawl with two people. Recalling that time, the actor had said, “I was busy all day. Lived in a chawl with two people, when I came back after six months, I saw at least 10 people sleeping there. One of them was Tigmanshu Dhulia. Victor (Vijay Krishna Acharya), who made Dhoom, also spent most of his time there.”
Manoj wanted to commit suicide due to rejection
Manoj Bajpayee also had to face many rejections. He was even rejected from NSD, after which he wanted to commit suicide. He had revealed in an interview with ETimes, “The hardest was when I was not selected for NSD. I had dreamed of this since I was in seventh class. I was heartbroken. I never thought of committing suicide. I never came as close to it as I did then. My friends were scared and five of them would sleep next to me and never leave me alone.”
,‘Satya’ Manoj’s luck changed
Finally Manoj’s luck changed and he made his debut with a one-minute role in ‘Drohkaal’ and a small role of a dacoit in Shekhar Kapur’s ‘Bandit Queen’ in 1994. After this, Manoj kept getting small roles but he wanted name fame in Bollywood. He then played the role of gangster Bhiku Mhatre in Ram Gopal Varma’s 1998 crime drama ‘Satya’. After this film Manoj never looked back. He acted in many films like Gangs of Wasseypur, Aligarh, for which he also won the National Award for Best Actor.
Manoj Bajpayee is the uncrowned king of OTT
After earning a lot of name in Bollywood, Manoj Bajpayee made his OTT debut with the espionage thriller series ‘The Family Man’, which was a big success. After that, Manoj Bajpayee acted in ‘Sirf Ek Banda Kafi Hai’, ‘Killer Soup’, ‘Gulmohar’ and many other shows and films on OTT and today Manoj has become the king of OTT. According to media reports, Manoj charges Rs 10 crore for a series and he is one of the actors who charge the highest fees on OTT.
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