Manoj Bajpayee, who is mostly seen in critically acclaimed work, has recently reacted to the reports claiming his net worth being INR 170 crore. The actor, who gets the credit for his recent outings, The Family Man and Gulmohar, said that he is ‘struggling’ to get that much money into his account.
“Making that sort of money is impossible with the kind of work that I do, and be part of films such as Aligarh (2015) and Bhonsle (2018). I am still struggling to get some money into my kitty,” Bajpayee adds, “Now, after reading these reports, I just hope that the producers will now raise my salary.”
Sharing his first reaction on reading such reports, the 54-year-old confesses he had a good laugh. “And then I think to myself, ‘Kaash aish ho jaata’… At least, I could then just take off to some faraway place and be easy in life,” quips the actor.
Talking about picking movies that didn’t offer big bucks, Manoj Bajpayee said, “That’s because I can’t do it. If that had been in my mind, I would have done it 25 years ago, when I was far younger,” he reasons, and explains, “It is not me, and that is who I am and a part of my personality. I can’t work only for money, for me craft is very important. And in return I just hope I get love from the audience and my well-wishers to pray for me.”
Manoj Bajpayee on his idea of success, rejection, and failure:
“Now, I feel happy looking at the faces of my team. Like now, after the response which we have got for Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai, I look at the face of my director and producer, and feel content with what we achieved as a team. I definitely celebrate milestones with my team, but after that, it will be a new day, new film and new challenge that we have to meet and really accomplish it. So, I feel for me, there is no time to really sit back and bask in the past glory,” says the Manoj Bajpayee.
He has also revealed that he will “hopefully” begin shooting for the third part of The Family Man in November this year.
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