Manoj Bajpayee thinks Bollywood is in a healthy space: 'If Golmaal Again has done well, so has Newton'
Ahead of his next film’s release, Manoj Bajpayee chats with Firstpost about Rukh, working on a slate of commerical films and how Bollywood is currently in a ‘healthy space’. From his breakthrough role in Ram Gopal Varma’s Satya through Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur, two time National Award winning actor Manoj Bajpayee, who won a standing ovation in Busan for his searing portrayal of a persecuted gay professor in Hansal Mehta’s Aligarh, has consistently forged an independent path. If on one hand he is doing films like Rukh and international projects like In The Shadows, on the other hand he’s also part of an out and out commercial venture_,_ Tiger Shroff_-starrer Baaghi 2. He also just wrapped up Neeraj Pandey’s Aiyaary, which has Sidharth Malhotra in a significant role._ “I am very clear about the commercial films I take up.



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