1. Manoj Bajpayee was born to a farmer in a small village called Belwa in Bihar on 23rd April 1969.
2. Manoj father was a farmer and his mother was a housewife. He is the second child among his six siblings.
3. Manoj father was a farmer and his mother was a housewife. He is the second child among his six siblings.
4. Since childhood he wanted to become an actor. He completed rest of his schooling from Bettiah and later moved to Delhi at the age of seventeen.
5. Travelled without reservation
He came to Delhi with his friend Ravinder Chaudhary and stayed at his brother’s house for some time.
He travelled without a reservation; although he didn’t know that it was illegal. He was told to avoid the TT and for that he stayed awake the whole night.
6. Dream to join NSD
Manoj first heard about NSD in an interview of Naseeruddin Shah, and since then he decided that he would join it one day. But Failed NSD Efforts
After pursuing graduation from Ramjas College, he applied to the National School of Drama. However, his application was rejected four times.
He was so depressed at that time that he thought of committing suicide
7. Manoj Bajpayee has learnt the semi classical dance Chau (dance of west Bengal) for 4 years.
8. Manoj considers Barry John to be his teacher and guide for everything.
9.Marriage life
Manoj Bajpayee married a girl from Delhi, however, they got divorced during his period of struggle. Later on, in 2006 he went on to marry film actress Neha (real name – Shabana Raza) of Kareeb fame.
10. The two-time National Film Award winner was conferred with Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award in March 2019. The actor was honored in the field of art (cinema) for his versatile acting in more than 60 films in a career spanning 20 years.
11. Manoj Bajpai as Sardar Khan, forms the core of the chronicle
Despite having worked together for Satya, Shool, and Kaun, Anurag Kashyap and Manoj Bajpayee hadn’t been on talking terms for a while. Kashyap was certain about the fact that no one but Manoj could play the role of Sardar Khan. So when he called him asking if he wanted to hear the script, the director wasn’t sure about Manoj’s answer. Interestingly, Manoj agreed instantly and reached Kashyap’s house at 11:30 PM where he sat with a bottle of red wine and heard the narration. The only thing Manoj said after it was done was that his character’s name should be ‘Sardar Khan’ and that’s how this iconic character was named.
12. He donate 51 lakh to bihar relief fund during flood and say to other to help bihar