Manoj Bajpayee
Born	23 April 1969 (1969-04-23) (age 40) Belwa, Bihar, India
Other name(s)	Manoj Bajpayee
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994 - present
Spouse(s)	Neha (Sabana Khan)
Official website

Manoj Bajpai (born on 23 April, 1969) is a Hindi film actor, known for playing offbeat and unconventional roles. He first shot into fame with his breakthrough role on Ram Gopal Varma's 1997 film, Satya.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Awards 5 Filmography 6 Trivia 7 References 8 External links

[edit] 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, University of Delhi for pursuing Graduation, and did theatre with Barry John .

[edit] 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.

He appeared in several small roles in films like Droh Kaal (1994), and Bandit Queen (1994), before getting a big break in 1998 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, Zubeidaa (2001), Pinjar (2003) for which won the National Film Award and Veer Zaara in 2004.

[edit] Personal life

Manoj Bajpai was married to a girl from Bihar whom he left after two months and came to Mumbai. He again married Neha, a Bollywood actress who worked in movies namely Kareeb, Fiza.^[1]

[edit] Awards

• 1998 Filmfare Award Best Actor - Critics Choice, Satya
• 1998 Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actor: Satya
• 1998 BFJA Best Actor: Shool ^[2]
• 1999 Filmfare Award Best Actor - Critics Choice: Shool
• 1999 Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Male: Shool
• 1999 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor: Satya
• 2001 Star Screen Award Best Villain: Aks
• 2002 Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role: Road
• 2004 National Film Award - Special Jury Award : Pinjar

[edit] Filmography

Tamanna(1997)

• Daud: Fun on the Run (1997)
• Satya (1998)
• Prem Katha (1999)
• Kaun (1999)
• Shool (1999)
• Fiza (2000)
• Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar (2000)
• Ghaath (2000)
• Zubeidaa (2001)
• Aks (2001)
• Road (2002)
• Pinjar (2003)
• LOC: Kargil (2003)
• Hanan (2004)
• Jaago (2004)
• Veer-Zaara (2004)
• Inteqam: The Perfect Game (2004)
• Return To Rajapur (2005)
• Bewafaa (2005}
• Fareb (2005)
• Happy (2006)
• 1971 (2007)
• Swami (2007)
• Dus Kahaniyan (2007)
• Money Hai Toh Honey Hai (2008)
• Acid Factory (2008)
• Jugaad (2009)
• Jail (2009)
• Puli (2010)

[edit] Trivia

• He was rejected thrice by the National School of Drama
• A particular sequence in Aks required him to shoot with wolves.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Manoj Bajpai at the Internet Movie Database
• Manoj Bajpayee Official Blog

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Droh Kaal
	Bandit Queen	1996	Dastak