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Manoj Bajpai

Manoj Bajpai is an Indian actor, best known for Tamil cinema. Manoj Bajpai began their career in 1996 and has been a prominent figure in the industry for over 30 years. With over 60 credits to their name, Manoj Bajpai remains one of the most prolific and celebrated talents in the industry.

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Biography

Manoj Bajpayee also credited as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has also done some Telugu and Tamil language films. He is the recipient of two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards.\r\n\r\nBorn in Belwa, a small village in Narkatiaganj, Bihar, Bajpayee aspired to become an actor since childhood. He relocated to Delhi at the age of seventeen, and applied for National School of Drama, only to be rejected for three times. He continued to do theatre while studying in the college. Bajpayee made his feature film debut with the one-minute role in Drohkaal (1994), and a minor role of a dacoit in Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen (1994). After few unnoticed roles, he played gangster Bhiku Mhatre in Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 crime drama Satya, which proved to be a breakthrough. Bajpayee received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for the film. He then acted in films like Kaun (1999), and Shool (1999). For the latter, he won another Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. Bajpayee further played the role of a prince with two wives in Zubeidaa (2001), a serial killer in Aks (2001) and a hitchhiker-turned-psychopath killer in Road (2002).\r\n\r\nBajpayee won the Special Jury National Award for Pinjar (2003). This was followed by a series of brief, unnoticed roles in films that failed to propel his career forward. He then played a greedy politician in the political thriller Raajneeti (2010), which was well received. In 2012, Bajpayee essayed the role of Sardar Khan in Gangs of Wasseypur. His next roles were of a naxalite in Chakravyuh (2012), and a CBI officer in Special 26 (2013). In 2016, he portrayed professor Ramchandra Siras, in Hansal Mehta's biographical drama Aligarh.

The Numbers

Manoj Bajpai by the Numbers

Total Films0
Back-to-back Watch0 days+ 20h
Repeat Directors0
Biggest CollaborationManoj Bajpayee30 films together

If you watched every Manoj Bajpai film back-to-back, you'd be at it for roughly 5 days and 20h. Most-paired with Manoj Bajpayee — 30 films together.

Collaboration Network

Collaboration Network

The Constellation

Top 10 most-paired collaborators. Bubble size and line thickness reflect how many films they share with Manoj Bajpai.

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Top Co-Actors

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Manoj Bajpai has worked most frequently with Ram Gopal Varma (4 films), Prakash Jha (4 films), Ganesh Acharya (2 films), Hansal Mehta (2 films), and Neeraj Pandey (2 films).

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News & Stories

Manoj Bajpayee wins Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Aligarh

Manoj Bajpayee wins Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Aligarh

24/4/2016

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