Manoj Bajpayee reveals he drank a lot of alcohol during first international flight after realising it was free: ‘I fell unconscious’

“When I was doing theatre, I had gone to Paris, that was my first international trip. While on the flight, I didn’t take alcohol at all, because I thought they would charge me for it and I didn’t have money! Because of theater I was going there as part of an exchange program So after going there I found out that they serve it for free. While coming back, I drank so much that I fell unconscious! I drank so much!” he said.

Bajpayee said his trip to Paris was an eyeopener where he got to experience new things, including how to eat using chopsticks. The actor said for years he didn’t even attempt to eat using chopsticks after his failed attempt in the French capital.

“When I went to Paris, I had gone to a party where these (chopsticks) were there and people were eating with it, comfortably. I tried it. Everyt ime I would hold it, the food would fall down. A very dignified lady came from the other side of the table, picked up the fork, and she said, ‘You can use this also. Don’t worry, this needs practice.’

“I was so scared of this (chopsticks) that until recently I never used it. My daughter started saying, ‘Use this’, because she felt bad that uska baap chopsticks se khaa nahi pa raha hai (that her father is unable to eat using chopsticks). She taught me to practice it, now I can manage it,” he added.

On the work front, Bajpayee recently starred in the Disney+ Hotstar drama Gulmohar.