Manoj Bajpayee was born on 23 April 1965, and called as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has done Telugu and Tamil language films.
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35 Facts About Manoj Bajpai
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Manoj Bajpai relocated to Delhi at the age of seventeen, and applied for the National School of Drama, only to be rejected four times.
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Manoj Bajpai then played a greedy politician in the political thriller Raajneeti, which was well-received.
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Manoj Bajpai won the National Film Award for Best Actor at the 67th National Film Awards for his performance in the film Bhonsle.
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Manoj Bajpai won Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor, for The Family Man.
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Manoj Bajpai is the second child among his five other siblings, and was named after actor Manoj Kumar.
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Manoj Bajpai's father was a farmer and his mother was a housewife.
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Manoj Bajpai's father had difficulty collecting money for their education.
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Manoj Bajpai studied in a "hut school" till fourth standard, and later did his schooling at Khrist Raja High School, Bettiah.
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Manoj Bajpai completed his 12th class from Maharani Janaki Kunwar College in Bettiah.
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Manoj Bajpai moved to New Delhi at the age of seventeen and went to Satyawati, then to Ramjas College, Delhi University.
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Manoj Bajpai was rejected three times and wanted to commit suicide afterward.
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Manoj Bajpai then attended director and acting coach Barry John's workshop after actor Raghubir Yadav's suggestion.
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Manoj Bajpai met actress Shabana Raza, who is known as Neha, right after her debut film Kareeb.
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Manoj Bajpai then promised Bajpayee a prominent role in his next film.
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Manoj Bajpai played Maharaja Vijayendra Singh of Fatehpur, a polo enthusiast prince with two wives.
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Manoj Bajpai's character was inspired by Hanwant Singh, the Maharaja of Jodhpur.
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Manoj Bajpai played the antagonist in the film, a hitchhiker who turns out to be a psychopathic killer, after taking a lift from a couple.
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Manoj Bajpai received the National Film Special Jury Award for his performance in the film.
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Manoj Bajpai acted in the Sanjay Gupta – directed story Zahir alongside Dia Mirza.
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Manoj Bajpai then returned in a major role with the comedy Jugaad, which was based on the 2006 Delhi sealing drive incident.
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Manoj Bajpai's next release was the mystery thriller Acid Factory, which was a remake of the 2006 American film Unknown.
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Manoj Bajpai played a comic role of one among the people who are kidnapped and locked in a factory with no memory of how they came there.
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Manoj Bajpai called his role a "narrator" and "mentor" of its protagonist.
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Manoj Bajpai then acted in two Telugu films; Vedam and Puli, followed by the comedy Dus Tola.
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Manoj Bajpai portrayed the Bengali independence fighter Surya Sen in it, for which he charged no money.
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Manoj Bajpai then appeared in Neeraj Pandey's heist thriller Special 26.
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Manoj Bajpai next played a traffic constable in Rajesh Pillai's swan song Traffic.
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Manoj Bajpai's subsequent release of the year was the biographical sports film Budhia Singh – Born to Run, where he played the coach of Budhia Singh; the world's youngest marathon runner.
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Manoj Bajpai later appeared in Ahmed Khan's Baaghi 2, alongside Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani.
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Manoj Bajpai next appeared alongside John Abraham in the vigilante action film Satyameva Jayate.
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Manoj Bajpai won the Best Actor award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.
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Manoj Bajpai has cited Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah and Raghubir Yadav as his inspirations.
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Manoj Bajpai never tried to overplay a scene and seemed totally comfortable with a minimalist statement.
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