Manoj Bajpayee reveals he faced three rejections in a single day: ‘The most uncomfortable situation was…’

 

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Manoj further shared that he was removed from three shows on the same day. “I once got a work in a serial. It was the first day of the shoot and I gave my first shot when I saw the team speaking amongst themselves. It was just me and the camera then. 15 minutes later, the chief AD came and told me to change and that he would call me later. I asked if my performance was not good and he said they could not understand it. So I changed my costume. Their shoot got delayed because I, who was their main actor, had been removed.”

He continued, “The most uncomfortable situation was when you are leaving and you turn your back towards those people. They are all looking at you, it was such a big rejection for me, that I was just hoping to get out of their sight soon. After this, I got a corporate film, so I went on that set and saw that someone else was doing my role. I called my friend Victor Acharya and asked, and he said it was my day of rejection. I reached close to home and was standing outside a PCO. I had gotten a second lead role in another show, so I called that director and he gave the phone to his assistant. There too I got rejected. In one day, I was thrown out of three projects. Rejection became a part of my life, and that made me thick-skinned which is to date.”

 

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Manoj also shared that once, during an audition, he gave 15 variations for a role. He also went on to share that in his initial days, his anger was a “big issue”. “I didn’t know how to deal with it,” he stated.

On the work front, Manoj was last seen in Silence 2. Now he has already begun shooting for The Family Man 3. Other than this, his latest film BhaiyyaJi releases on 24th May 2024.