Manoj Bajpayee | |
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 Bajpayee in c. 2021 at 52nd IFFI | |
| Born | 23 April 1969 |
| Other names | Manoj Bajpai |
| Education | St. Stanislaus Mission Middle School, Bettiah, Bihar • Khrist Raja High School, Bettiah, Bihar • Maharani Janaki Kunwar College, Bettiah, Bihar (class 11 & 12) |
| Alma mater | Ramjas College, Delhi University (BA History (Hons.), MA Pali Language (dropped out)) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Works | Full list |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Full list |
| Honours | Padma Shri (2019) |
Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has also done Telugu and Tamil language films. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including four National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, and two Asia Pacific Screen Awards. In 2019, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri, for his contributions to art.
Born in Belwa, a small village near the city of Bettiah in West Champaran district Bihar, Bajpayee aspired to become an actor since childhood. He relocated to Delhi at the age of seventeen, and applied for the National School of Drama, only to be rejected four times. He continued to do theatre while studying in college. Bajpayee made his feature film debut with a one-minute role in Drohkaal (1994) and a minor role as a dacoit in Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen (1994). After a few unnoticed roles, he played the 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 such as Kaun? (1999) and Shool (1999). For the latter, he won his second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.
Bajpayee 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 highly appreciated. In 2012, Bajpayee played the critically acclaimed lead character Sardar Khan in Gangs of Wasseypur. His next roles were as 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, for which he won his third Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor and the Best Actor Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2016. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor at the 67th National Film Awards for his performance in the film Bhonsle. He also won Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor, for The Family Man (2021).[1] He also won Movified best actor award for Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai.[2][3]
- ^ Sharma, Sandeep. "Filmfare OTT Best Actor Award". News24online. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ हिंदी, क्विंट (2 June 2024). "'सिर्फ एक बंदा काफी है' के लिए मनोज बाजपेयी को मिला मूवीफाइड बेस्ट एक्टर अवॉर्ड". TheQuint (in Hindi). Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "मनोज बाजपेयी को मिला 'सिर्फ एक बंदा काफी है' के लिए मूवीफाइड बेस्ट एक्टर अवॉर्ड, कहा- इसका पूरा क्रेडिट अपनी फैमिली और ..." www.india.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 3 June 2024.