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Actor Manoj Bajpayee also participated in ABP Network’s India@2047 Conclave. Manoj Bajpayee discussed the challenges and responsibilities of playing real life characters in the session ‘Tales Untold: Playing Real Life Hero’. . During this, he also talked about his characters and his upcoming film Governor.
How does Manoj choose his films?
Senior journalist and anchor Dibang had asked Manoj Bajpayee how he chooses his films. To this the actor said, “I don’t choose any character, I choose the script. I choose the character present in that script. It doesn’t matter whether the character is based on a real person, a dead person, or a fictional character whom I have never played before.”
Same type of approach becomes boring for every character
He said, the more I torture myself, the more I enjoy it. I always wonder why you became an actor. Or you have become an actor only for glamour, or you have become an actor because you will get name, money and fame. For me, the journey from village to reaching Delhi is very long, about 18 years. At the time I came, there were not many facilities. That’s why I kept on molding Aya into different characters. If an actor follows the same grammar and uses it for every character, then it becomes boring for me. So I read it very quickly. For me, these become very predictable things about how he will approach, how he will perform.
Manoj lives the character till the end of the film.
Manoj further said, “There are two types of actors, one who invites the character to himself and the other who goes near the character. I believe in going near the character.” He said, “Getting into the character is sometimes like descending into a dark well, but that is the journey I enjoy the most. “Till the film ends, I keep living in the same character.”
What preparation did Manoj do for the upcoming film Governor?
During this, Manoj also talked about his upcoming film Governor. The actor said, “Understanding the economic crisis of 1991 and the responsibility of the RBI Governor was a completely new world for me. Through this character, I got the opportunity to learn and understand not just acting but a lot of things. The most difficult part was to understand the way RBI works and to speak economic terms easily. So much preparation had to be done for this that when I speak, it does not seem as if an actor is speaking, rather it seems as if an economist is actually speaking.”
Manoj further said, “The biggest challenge is to portray a person who speaks less on screen… If you try to capture the accent excessively then you can also offend the people who speak that language.” Manoj also spoke the famous dialogue of the film, “If there are termites in the chair, then a new chair will come, from where will the country bring another one, sir?” “The difference between selling and saving is only one of quantity.”
Manoj told OTT as game change
Manoj Bajpayee called OTT a game changer for him. He said, “During the lockdown, people searched and watched my old work. On OTT, people sit alone and experience the films more deeply. I never looked for commercial elements, always followed the story and character. OTT gave me the audience which perhaps would not have reached my films in the theatre.”