All who didn’t know of Manoj Bajpayee became his fan after watching him in Family Man. He gave an incredible performance, which did not come as a surprise to most of us who have been following his work for years now. After treating us to spectacular movies over the decades, he is recognised as one of the most skilled and talented actors in Bollywood. To tell us more about his journey to such success as well as his love for Mumbai, he joined our Editor-in-Chief, Kamiya Jani, on this Sunday Brunch episode. Catch the full video to know all about it.
Manoj Bajpayee Talked About Travelling In Mumbai Local
Originally from Bihar, Manoj Bajpayee told us about the culture shock he faced when he first moved to Delhi. He shared that people abusing casually was weird for him because in Bihar, nobody abuses lightly. He also shared that it took him a lot of time to get comfortable with it. His next move was to Mumbai, and surely that must not have been easy either.
We asked him if he used to travel via Mumbai local when he first moved to the city, and he shared that he took the local train often. However, it took him some time to get the hang of it. At first, he used to stand in front of the gate and always got trapped in the crowd stepping down from the train.
After missing a few trains, a kind man shared the trick of standing just near the gate with him. Manoj Bajpayee also shared that he finds the Mumbai local train to be an amazing means of transport. The efficiency that comes with local trains is something he really misses.
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He Talked More About Struggles He Faced When He Moved To Delhi
Since he is originally from Bihar, Bhojpuri is his first language. When he first moved to Delhi, he worked a lot on his Hindi. Even though he studied in a Hindi-medium school, his pronunciation was quite poor back then. He also struggled when it came to communicating in English. That was also something he worked on for years.
Further in the episode, he talked about the Mumbai slang he learned in the beginning, his trips, and Family Man Season 3. Know all about it in the episode!
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