Manoj Bajpayee will be seen next in Satyagraha
Mumbai:
Actor Manoj Bajpai, who will beseen alongside Amitabh Bachchan in Satyagraha, feels if onehas to stand out opposite the megastar, it has to be in anegative role.
It is for the third time that Manoj has been pittedopposite Amitabh Bachchan, this time as a wily youngpolitician, who uses every means to break the system, inPrakash Jha's Satyagraha.
"In an Amitabh Bachchan film, there's no other rolewhich is better than his. In such a situation it's only thenegative role which is as good as his, so it's best to go forthe negative. I must say in films like Aks, Aarakshan oreven Satyagraha now, the roles were written very carefully,"Bajpai said in an interview here.
The actor has played anti-hero or negative roles withelan in films like Aks, Road, Rajneeti, Aarakshan andSatyagraha.
"Negative roles are very difficult. In this film('Satyagraha') my character is a pure villain but I had tomake an effort to evoke laughter too. I told Prakashji that nomore negative or politician role for me. I think even he issick and tired of political films. Now, whenever I will do afilm with Prakash Jha it will be a positive role."
'Satyagraha' is a multi-starrer film with Bachchan,Arjun Rampal, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor and Amrita Rao. But,Bajpai is not bothered about sharing screen space with so manyactors.
"I don't care if I am doing a multi-starrer film or asolo hero film. Every actor knows his place as everyone knowswhat kind of character they are going to portray," he said.
Besides Jha, Bajpai says there are very few people inthe industry with whom he shares a good relation. One of themis filmmaker Sanjay Gupta with whom he has worked in filmslike Dus Kahaniyaan, Acid Factory and Shootout atWadala.
"Sanjay Gupta is a very dear friend. We both wentthrough a bad phase, so we relate to each other. It became myresponsibility to support him in the time of his own crisis,"he said.
It is for the third time that Manoj has been pittedopposite Amitabh Bachchan, this time as a wily youngpolitician, who uses every means to break the system, inPrakash Jha's Satyagraha.
"In an Amitabh Bachchan film, there's no other rolewhich is better than his. In such a situation it's only thenegative role which is as good as his, so it's best to go forthe negative. I must say in films like Aks, Aarakshan oreven Satyagraha now, the roles were written very carefully,"Bajpai said in an interview here.
The actor has played anti-hero or negative roles withelan in films like Aks, Road, Rajneeti, Aarakshan andSatyagraha.
"Negative roles are very difficult. In this film('Satyagraha') my character is a pure villain but I had tomake an effort to evoke laughter too. I told Prakashji that nomore negative or politician role for me. I think even he issick and tired of political films. Now, whenever I will do afilm with Prakash Jha it will be a positive role."
'Satyagraha' is a multi-starrer film with Bachchan,Arjun Rampal, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor and Amrita Rao. But,Bajpai is not bothered about sharing screen space with so manyactors.
"I don't care if I am doing a multi-starrer film or asolo hero film. Every actor knows his place as everyone knowswhat kind of character they are going to portray," he said.
Besides Jha, Bajpai says there are very few people inthe industry with whom he shares a good relation. One of themis filmmaker Sanjay Gupta with whom he has worked in filmslike Dus Kahaniyaan, Acid Factory and Shootout atWadala.
"Sanjay Gupta is a very dear friend. We both wentthrough a bad phase, so we relate to each other. It became myresponsibility to support him in the time of his own crisis,"he said.
