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Manoj Bajpayee had to struggle a lot in his initial days in Bollywood. In a recent interview, the actor recalled the time when he had to cheat people to get his food. He told that there was a time when he did not even have money for food. Manoj said, finding food was the biggest problem for him at that time. Difficult to live in Delhi's rainy season – Manoj He recently recalled his old days during a conversation with Ritesh Agarwal for Mint. Manoj said, one had to face many problems to meet basic needs in Mumbai. During the conversation, the actor also recalled living in the infamous rainy season of Delhi and also talked about the advantages and disadvantages of living in the rainy season. Thinking about his days spent in the rainy season, he said that even today I shudder remembering those days. During this, Manoj revealed that he lived in Barsati in Mukherjee Nagar. He said that the advantage of raincoats is that they are cheap. But it was very hot in summer and very cold in winter. The actor said, if the temperature outside was 40 degrees, it would feel like 45 degrees inside the raincoat. And it was like hell.
Manoj used to work for 18 hours for free in Delhi Manoj told that he worked on his acting skills while living in Delhi for many years, teaching at the National School of Drama and later he shifted to Mumbai. During the conversation, he said that when I was in Delhi, I did not get money from the theatre, but still I remained busy because I used to work 18 hours a day.
Had become mentally down due to not getting work Manoj said, I am thankful to my friends, because they never let me sleep hungry in Delhi. If I did not eat lunch, my friends would share their food with me. But, it was very difficult for me to survive in Mumbai. He said that due to not getting work, I had become down not only physically but also emotionally and mentally. Manoj Bajpayee told that he was completely poor during that time. He said that Mumbai is a very expensive place, where there is no guarantee whether you will get food or not. The actor said that when he went to the production people for work, they used to drive him away.
Talking about the work front, Manoj was last seen in the film Bhaiya Ji and the Netflix series Killer Soup.
