Background
Manoj Bajpai was born in a small village of Bihar on border of Nepal called Belwa near town Narkatiaganj in Bettiah West Champaran, Bihar.
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Manoj Bajpai was born in a small village of Bihar on border of Nepal called Belwa near town Narkatiaganj in Bettiah West Champaran, Bihar.
He went to Ramjas College where he studied history for graduation. After being rejected four times at the National School of Drama, he did theatre with Barry John at Barry's Drama School.
Bajpai worked as a teacher at Salaam Balak Trust in Delhi.
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 the 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 gangster. Another 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 (2004), Raajneeti (2010) and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012).
Bandit Queen
Tamanna
Daud: Fun on the Run
Satya
Prema Kadha
Kaun
Shool
Fiza
Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar
Ghaath
Zubeidaa
Aks
Road
Pinjar
LOC: Kargil
Hanan
Jaago
Veer-Zaara
Inteqam: The Perfect Game
Return to Rajapur
Bewafaa
Fareb
Happy
1971
Swami
Dus Kahaniyan
Money Hai Toh Honey Hai
Acid Factory
Jugaad
Jail
Komaram Puli
Vedam
Raajneeti
Dus Tola
Aarakshan
Lanka
Chittagong
Gangs of Wasseypur
Chakravyuh
The Whisperers
Samar
Special 26
Shootout at Wadala