NEW DELHI DEC 14 (ONLINE): From remembering his college days, to getting candid about many other things, the veteran was in his element. Set to don the role of a crime journalist in Despatch, who gets into trouble as he probes a scam, Bajpayee revealed, “This character is only grey, it’s not a journalist who is a hero. I find heroes in ordinary people doing extraordinary things. We are all heroes of our own story.”
The conversation soon steered towards the four-time National Award winner completing 30 years of his career in 2024. Does he reflect on far he has come, considering it is currently his most prolific phase? “I have started feeling it now, since a couple of years. My life and career hasn’t been easy. It has been a difficult journey where you get films, and then there is a lull. The Mumbai film industry is mainly dominated by mainstream filmmakers. It never had a respectful place for an actor like me. I had to wait for films, stories or directors. What do you do in those circumstances? I chased good directors, films. Because of that effort, directors like Kanu Behl, Devashish Makhija happen to you,” he smiled, in conversation with Sonal Kalra, Chief Managing Editor.
And he is also working with filmmaker Shekhar Kapur on the sequel to Masoom (1983), titled Masoom 2, “He called me and said ‘do you want to make a guest appearance?’ I said ‘yes’ If he even asked me to stand in a corner, I will do it. There is a lot of gratefulness in me.”
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