Mumbai24 minutes agoAuthor: Ashish Tiwari
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Apart from Manoj Bajpayee's acting, his abuses in films and series are also very famous. People also like his frustrated avatar. However, Manoj does not take any pleasure in abusing on screen. They don't even like doing this. Manoj said that the demand of the script is such that he has to use such words.
Manoj Bajpayee still misses theater a lot. Manoj said that even today he does not consider himself a cinema actor. He knows himself as a theater actor. Prachi Desai said that the script which she reads several times, Manoj Bajpayee understands it in just a few times.
Manoj Bajpayee and Prachi Desai's film Silence-2 will be released on OTT platform ZEE 5 on April 16. Both the actors have talked to Dainik Bhaskar about the film and their professional life.
Manoj said- Because of the demand of the script, one has to abuse
Manoj Bajpayee's abuses in web series and films are also becoming very popular. In this regard, Manoj laughingly said – I do not want to abuse, but the directors make me do it. He never abuses to attract people. Abuses are added only when the script demands it. When the character seems to be getting frustrated, only then does he abuse.
Memorizing lines of dialogues is a difficult task – Manoj
Manoj Bajpayee said that memorizing the lines of dialogues is the most difficult task. Director Aban of this film writes a very detailed script. She writes many words which we have never heard. Understanding such words and speaking them naturally is the most difficult task.
Manoj enters his role
Director Aban Dev said- Let me give you an example of how Manoj Bajpayee sir gets into his role. When I was writing the script of Silence-2, Manoj sir said that he should give me a final script three-four days in advance so that I could prepare.
Manoj keeps changing his methods of working
Manoj said that he never follows a process too much. He said- I keep changing my working methods from time to time. I cannot apply the process of my work in the film Aligarh in silence. The genre of both is different. The characters of both are different.
Playing Azhar's wife was a challenge – Prachi Desai
Prachi Desai also talked about her acting process. She said- I played the role of Mohammad Azharuddin's wife in the film Azhar. No one had seen him much. Playing his character was a challenge in itself. Everyone knew Azharuddin, but his first wife mostly remained behind the scenes. If you talk about my character in Silence, it is not a real life character, yet a lot of things had to be done differently in it.
Prachi also praised Manoj Bajpayee here. He said- Manoj Sir understands the script which we cannot understand even after reading it 20 times.
Piyush Pandey has written a book on Manoj Bajpayee. It is mentioned at one place in that book that Manoj was not getting admission in NSD. Then Robin Das gave him work in a play. Manoj did such a good job in that play that Robin Das called the NSD students and said, look, this is called acting.
I still consider myself a theater actor
When Manoj heard this, he said that he still misses the theater a lot. He said- Even today I do not consider myself a cinema actor. I am a theater actor, even today if I need to, I use theater tricks only. Even today, if I get a chance, I will definitely do theatre. There is no hesitation in saying that I did not enjoy cinema as much as I enjoyed theatre.
Manoj says that it would not be right to call him an OTT star. Even though he has worked mostly in OTT based films and series in the last few years, it is not that he is limited to this.
Prachi said- Looks and physique are important for an artist.
Prachi Desai also talked about her diet during the interview. He said- Looks and physique are very important for an artist. They also have to be very regular for this.
Manoj has stopped having dinner many years ago
Manoj Bajpayee said- I have stopped having dinner many years ago. Earlier there were big problems, later everything became fine. Now I don't even feel like eating.
At the end of the interview, Manoj said that Prachi Desai is very serious about her health and routine. Manoj said- We used to eat a lot of mutton and chicken on the sets, but Prachi used to eat only sandwiches. Prachi and Aban said that Manoj Bajpayee used to make very tasty mutton on the sets.