{"id":117045,"date":"2024-12-14T19:55:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T14:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=117045"},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:55:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T14:55:55","slug":"stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

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, \u201cThis character is only grey, it\u2019s not a journalist who is a hero. I find heroes in ordinary people doing extraordinary things. We are all heroes of our own story.\u201d
\nThe 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? \u201cI have started feeling it now, since a couple of years. My life and career hasn\u2019t 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,\u201d he smiled, in conversation with Sonal Kalra, Chief Managing Editor.
\nAnd he is also working with filmmaker Shekhar Kapur on the sequel to Masoom (1983), titled Masoom 2, \u201cHe called me and said \u2018do you want to make a guest appearance?\u2019 I said \u2018yes\u2019 If he even asked me to stand in a corner, I will do it. There is a lot of gratefulness\u00a0in\u00a0me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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, […]<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":117046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-entertainment-news"],"yoast_head":"\nStars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/English-187.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tuba Zafar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tuba Zafar\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0dfa6d46d29e252acc3c6eab88113eff\"},\"headline\":\"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-14T14:55:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-14T14:55:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/\"},\"wordCount\":279,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/English-187.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/\",\"name\":\"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/English-187.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-14T14:55:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-14T14:55:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/English-187.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/English-187.jpg\",\"width\":660,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pakistan News International\",\"description\":\"Latest News, Breaking News from Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pakistan News International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg\",\"width\":431,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Pakistan News International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0dfa6d46d29e252acc3c6eab88113eff\",\"name\":\"Tuba Zafar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/744ef34d1951e7021517824208536635504a982cfd8baa76dc349d66268b2063?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/744ef34d1951e7021517824208536635504a982cfd8baa76dc349d66268b2063?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tuba Zafar\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/pni.net.pk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/author\/tuba\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more","description":"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more","twitter_description":"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more","twitter_image":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/English-187.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tuba Zafar","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/"},"author":{"name":"Tuba Zafar","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0dfa6d46d29e252acc3c6eab88113eff"},"headline":"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more","datePublished":"2024-12-14T14:55:27+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-14T14:55:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/"},"wordCount":279,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/English-187.jpg","articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/","name":"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/English-187.jpg","datePublished":"2024-12-14T14:55:27+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-14T14:55:55+00:00","description":"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/English-187.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/English-187.jpg","width":660,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/showbiz-news\/stars-in-the-city-manoj-bajpayee-reveals-his-retirement-plans-his-first-drinking-session-in-college-and-more\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stars In The City: Manoj Bajpayee reveals his retirement plans, his first drinking session in college, and more"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/","name":"Pakistan News International","description":"Latest News, Breaking News from Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization","name":"Pakistan News International","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg","width":431,"height":121,"caption":"Pakistan News International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0dfa6d46d29e252acc3c6eab88113eff","name":"Tuba Zafar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/744ef34d1951e7021517824208536635504a982cfd8baa76dc349d66268b2063?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/744ef34d1951e7021517824208536635504a982cfd8baa76dc349d66268b2063?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tuba Zafar"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/pni.net.pk"],"url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/author\/tuba\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117047,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117045\/revisions\/117047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}