Manoj Bajpayee filmography
Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1965), also credited as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi and has also appeared in Telugu and Tamil language films. He is the recipient of three National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, and two Asia Pacific Screen Awards. In 2019, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, for his contributions to art.
Born in Belwa, a small village near the city Bettiah in West Champaran district Bihar, Bajpayee aspired to become an actor since childhood. He relocated to Delhi at the age of seventeen, and applied for the National School of Drama, only to be rejected four times. He continued to do theatre while studying in college. Bajpayee made his feature film debut with a one-minute role in Drohkaal (1994), and a minor role of a dacoit in Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen (1994). After a few unnoticed roles, he played the gangster Bhiku Mhatre in Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 crime drama Satya, which proved to be a breakthrough. Bajpayee received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for the film. He then acted in films such as Kaun (1999) and Shool (1999). For the latter, he won his second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.
Bajpayee won the Special Jury National Award for Pinjar (2003). This was followed by a series of brief, unnoticed roles in films that failed to propel his career forward. He then played a greedy politician in the political thriller Raajneeti (2010), which was well received. In 2012, Bajpayee played Sardar Khan in Gangs of Wasseypur. His next roles were of a naxalite in Chakravyuh (2012), and a CBI officer in Special 26 (2013). In 2016, he portrayed professor Ramchandra Siras, in Hansal Mehta's biographical drama Aligarh, for which he won his third Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor and the Best Actor Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2016. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor at the 67th National Film Awards for his performance in the film Bhonsle. He is also the lead character for the film Joram
Films
[edit]| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Bandit Queen | Dacoit Man Singh | |
| Drohkaal | Anand | ||
| 1996 | Dastak | Avinash Banerjee | |
| Sanshodhan | Bhanwar | ||
| 1997 | Tamanna | Salim | |
| Daud | Pushkar | ||
| 1998 | Satya | Bhiku Mhatre | |
| 1999 | Prema Katha | Sankaram | Telugu film |
| Kaun | Sameer A. Purnavale | ||
| Shool | Inspector Samar Pratap Singh | ||
| 2000 | Fiza | Murad Khan | |
| Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar | Ram Saran Pandey | ||
| Ghaath | Krishna Patil | ||
| 2001 | Zubeidaa | Maharaja Vijayendra Singh | |
| Aks | Raghavan Ghatge | ||
| 2002 | Road | Babu | |
| 2003 | Pinjar | Rashid | |
| LOC Kargil | Yogendra Singh Yadav | ||
| 2004 | Hanan | Pagla / Shamsher | |
| Jaago | Inspector Kripa Shankar Thakur | ||
| Veer-Zaara | Raza Sharazi | ||
| Inteqam: The Perfect Game | ACP Uday Dhirendra Thakur | ||
| 2005 | Return to Rajapur | Jai Singh | |
| Bewafaa | Dil Arora | ||
| Fareb | Aditya Malhotra | ||
| 2006 | Happy | DCP Arvind | Telugu film |
| 2007 | 1971 | Major Suraj Singh | |
| Swami | Swami | ||
| Dus Kahaniyaan | Saahil | ||
| 2008 | Money Hai Toh Honey Hai | Lallabhai Bharodia | |
| 2009 | Jugaad | Sandip | |
| Acid Factory | Sultan | ||
| Jail | Nawab | ||
| 2010 | Puli | Al Saleem | Telugu film |
| Vedam | Raheemuddin Qureshi | Telugu film | |
| Raajneeti | Veerendra Pratap | ||
| Ramayana: The Epic | Rama | Voiceover | |
| Dus Tola | Shankar Sunar | ||
| 2011 | Aarakshan | Mithilesh Singh | |
| Lanka | Jaswant Sisodia | ||
| 2012 | Chittagong | Surya Sen | |
| Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 | Sardar Khan | ||
| Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 | Sardar Khan | ||
| Chakravyuh | Rajan | ||
| 2013 | Samar | Rajesh Arunachalam | Tamil film |
| Special 26 | CBI Officer Ranveer Singh | ||
| Shootout at Wadala | Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar | ||
| Satyagraha | Balram Singh | ||
| Mahabharat | Yudhisthira | Voiceover | |
| 2014 | Anjaan | Imran Bhai | Tamil film |
| 2015 | Tevar | Gajendar Singh | |
| Jai Hind | Husband | Short film | |
| 2016 | Taandav | Tambe | Short film |
| Aligarh | Ramchandra Siras | ||
| Traffic | Constable Ramdas Godbole | ||
| Kriti | Sapan | Short film | |
| Budhia Singh – Born to Run | Biranchi Das | ||
| Saat Uchakkey | Pappi | ||
| Ouch | Vinay | Short film | |
| 2017 | Naam Shabana | Ranveer Singh | |
| Sarkar 3 | Govind Deshpande | ||
| Rukh | Divakar Mathur | ||
| 2018 | Aiyaary | Colonel Abhay Singh | |
| Baaghi 2 | DIG Ajay Shergill | ||
| Missing | Sushant Dubey | also producer | |
| Satyameva Jayate | DCP Shivansh Rathod | ||
| Gali Guleiyan | Khuddoos | ||
| Love Sonia | Faizal | ||
| Bhonsle | Ganpath Bhonsle | Also Producer Released on Sony LIV | |
| 2019 | Sonchiriya | Man Singh | |
| 2020 | Mrs. Serial Killer | Dr. Mrityunjoy Mukerjee | Released on Netflix |
| Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari | Detective Madhu Mangal Rane | ||
| 2021 | Silence... Can You Hear It? | ACP Avinash Verma | Released on ZEE5 |
| Dial 100 | Nikhil Sood | ||
| 2023 | Gulmohar | Arun Batra | Released on Disney Plus Hotstar |
| Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai | Advocate P. C. Solanki | Released on ZEE5 | |
| Joram | Dasru | ||
| 2024 | The Fable | Dev | |
| Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout | ACP Avinash | ZEE5 release | |
| Bhaiyya Ji | Bhaiya Ji | Amazon release | |
| Despatch | Joy Bag | ZEE5 release |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Suno Re Kissa | [1] | |
| 1995 | Imtihaan | N/A | |
| Swabhimaan | Sunil | ||
| 1996 | Badalte Rishte | Arvind Verma | |
| 2005–2006 | Kam Ya Zyaada | Host | |
| 2019–present | The Family Man | Srikant Tiwari | |
| 2021 | Secrets Of Sinauli | Narrator | Documentary[2] |
| Ray | Musafir Ali | Segment: Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa | |
| 2022 | Secrets of the Kohinoor | Narrator | Documentary[2] |
| 2023 | Farzi | Srikant Tiwari | Voiceover |
| 2024 | Killer Soup | Prabhakar/Umesh | [3] |
Music videos
[edit]| Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Bambai Main Ka Ba" | 2020 | Himself | Also singer | |
| "Kudi Meri" | 2022 | [4] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Blast from the past: Manoj Bajpayee looks unrecognisable in a 1991 Piyush Mishra play, viral video wins hearts". The Indian Express. New Delhi. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Manoj Bajpayee, Neeraj Pandey reunite for docu-series 'Secrets of the Kohinoor'". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Manoj Bajpayee, Konkona Sensharma in New Netflix Series Soup: First Look". NDTV Gadgets 360. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "'Ek Aur Legendary Song Kharaab' Fans Slam Dhvani Bhanushali's 'Sapne Mein Milti Hai' Remake". 30 November 2022.