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Manoj Bajpai 
Manoj Bajpai in 2010Born 23 April 1969
Bettiah, Bihar, IndiaOther names Manoj Bajpayee Occupation Actor Years active 1994–present Spouse Neha (née Sabana Reza) (2005–present) Manoj Bajpai (born 23 April 1969), also credited as Manoj Bajpayee, is an Indian film actor, known for playing offbeat and unconventional roles.[1] He first shot into fame with his breakthrough role in Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 film Satya.
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Early life
Manoj Bajpai was born in Belwa a small village Narkatiaganj in West Champaran, Bihar. He completed his basic education from K R High school, Bettiah. He went to Ramjas College, and Satyawati College (Eve) University of Delhi for pursuing Graduation, and did theatre with Barry John.
Career
Bajpai started his career with a television serial aired on Doordarshan, Swaabhimaan. The same serial also brought Tyagi (Ashutosh Rana) and Rishab (Rohit Roy) into limelight.
Bajpai also appeared in a small role as a cop in Dastak (1996) where he shared screen space with Mukul Dev and Sushmita Sen. He appeared in several small roles in films like Droh Kaal (1994), and Bandit Queen (1994), before getting his big break in the 1998 crime film Satya directed by Ram Gopal Varma. His performance as Bhiku Mhatre won him several awards, as he portrayed the hotheaded and compassionate sides of this small-time gangster, with equal panache. Another important film where he played a dark character was Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's film Aks in 2001, for which again he won many awards.
His work was also appreciated in films like Daud: Fun on the Run (1997), Shool (1999), Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar (2000), Zubeidaa (2001), Road (2002), Pinjar (2003) which earned him the National Film Award, Veer Zaara in 2004 and Raajneeti in 2010.
Veerendra Pratap the role of his character in the movie Raajneeti explains his magic and aura. Katrina Kaif touched the feet of actor Manoj Bajpai as a sign of respect following the premiere of Rajneeti. When Satya released some 12 years ago, Tabu had done the same thing, touching the thespian's feet.[2]
Personal life
Bajpai was married to a girl from Bihar whom he left after two months and came to Mumbai. In 2005, he married Neha (real name Shabana Raza), a Bollywood actress who worked in movies namely Kareeb, Fiza.[3] They have a daughter together.[4]
Awards and nominations
- Won
- 1999: Filmfare Award Best Actor - Critics' Choice for Satya
- 1999: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actor for Satya
- 1999: BFJA Award for Best Actor for Shool[5]
- 2000: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Satya
- 2000: Filmfare Award Best Actor - Critics' Choice for Shool
- 2000: Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Male for Shool
- 2002: Star Screen Award Best Villain for Aks
- 2003: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for Road
- 2004: National Film Award - Special Jury Award for Pinjar
- Nominated
- 2002: Filmfare Best Villain Award for Aks
- 2003: Filmfare Best Villain Award for Road
- 2004: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for LOC Kargil
- 2011: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Raajneeti
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes 1997 Tamanna Salim 1997 Daud: Fun on the Run Pushkar 1998 Satya Bhiku Mahatre Winner, National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor1999 Prema Kadha Sankaram Telugu film 1999 Kaun Sameer A. Purnavale 1999 Shool Inspector Samar Pratap Singh Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor 2000 Fiza Murad Khan Guest Appearance 2000 Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar Ram Saran Pandey 2000 Ghaath Krishna Patil 2001 Zubeidaa Maharaja Vijayendra Singh 2001 Aks Raghavan Ghatge Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role 2002 Road Babu Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role 2003 Pinjar Rashid Winner, National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) 2003 LOC: Kargil Gren. Yogender Singh Yadav Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award 2004 Hanan Pagla / Shamsher 2004 Jaago Inspector Kripa Shankar Thakur 2004 Veer-Zaara Raza Sharazi 2004 Inteqam: The Perfect Game ACP Uday Dhirendra Thakur 2005 Return to Rajapur Jai Singh 2005 Bewafaa Dil Arora 2005 Fareb Aditya Malhotra 2006 Happy DCP Arvind Telugu film 2007 1971 Major Suraj Singh 2007 Swami Swami 2007 Dus Kahaniyan Saahil 2008 Money Hai Toh Honey Hai Lallabhai Bharodia 2008 Acid Factory Sultan 2009 Jugaad Sandip 2009 Jail Nawab 2010 Komaram Puli Al Saleem Telugu film 2010 Vedam Raheemuddin Qureshi Telugu film 2010 Raajneeti Veerendra Pratap Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award 2010 Dus Tola Shankar Sunar 2011 Aarakshan Mithilesh Singh 2011 Chittagong Masterda Surya Sen In production 2011 Gangs of Wasseypur In production 2011 The Whisperers Shiv In production References
- ^ Sarkar, Neeti (8 September 2010). "Life's about choice". The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article621147.ece. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ "Katrina touches Manoj Bajpayee's feet". Glamsham.com. 5 June 2010. http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/10/jun/05-katrina-raajneeti-manoj-bajpayee-feet-061003.asp. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ Iyer, Sandhya (19 August 2003). "Walking tall". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/136908.cms. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Manoj Bajpai - Upcoming Films and Recent News". Sawfnews.com. http://bolly.sawfnews.com/actor.aspx?id=189. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ 69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007
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National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 1985–2000 Victor Banerjee (1985) · Deepankar De (1986) · Suresh Oberoi (1987) · Thilakan (1988) · Pankaj Kapoor (1989) · Nana Patekar (1990) · Nedumudi Venu (1991) · P. L. Narayana (1992) · Sunny Deol (1993) · Paresh Rawal (1994) · Ashish Vidyarthi and Nagesh (1995) · Mithun Chakraborty (1996) · Nana Patekar (1997) · Prakash Raj (1998) · Manoj Bajpai (1999) · Atul Kulkarni (2000)
2001–present H. G. Dattatreya (2001) · Atul Kulkarni (2002) · Chandrasekhar (2003) · Pankaj Kapoor (2004) · Haradhan Bandopadhyay (2005) · Naseeruddin Shah (2006) · Dilip Prabhavalkar (2007) · Darshan Jariwala (2008) · Arjun Rampal (2009) · Farooque Shaikh (2010) · Thambi Ramaiah (2011)
1991–2000 Anupam Kher (1991) · Not awarded (1992) · Not awarded (1993) · Shahrukh Khan (1994) · Not awarded (1995) · Not awarded (1996) · Not awarded (1997) · Anil Kapoor (1998) · Manoj Bajpai (1999) · Manoj Bajpai (2000)
2001–2010 Shahrukh Khan (2001) · Amitabh Bachchan (2002) · Ajay Devgn (2003) · Hrithik Roshan (2004) · Pankaj Kapoor (2005) · Amitabh Bachchan (2006) · Aamir Khan (2007) · Darsheel Safary (2008) · Manjot Singh (2009) · Ranbir Kapoor (2010) · Rishi Kapoor (2011)
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