In this candid chat with senior journalist Kaveree Bamzai, National Award-Winning actor Manoj Bajpayee talks about his early days in cinema, his struggle to stardom and more.
"Actors from small towns and directors who wanted to tell new stories found a lot of strength from Satya. Before 1998, there were only commercial films. This was an industry where someone with a face like mine didn't get any films at all. When I started acting, I had to say 'no' a lot because I didn't want to get typecast. We have fragile egos in our industry and when we say no, especially to a bigwig, they don't forget so easily," says Manoj.
Catch the entire conversation here: