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Manoj Bajpayee Opens Up About Being Suicidal
The Now Successful Actor Manoj Bajpayee Once Wanted To Commit Suicide
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- Posted by Dailyaddaa Desk
- July 02, 2020 16:35 IST

Manoj Bajpayee Once Wanted To Commit Suicide,Reveals In An Interview(File Image)
New Delhi: Bollywood's one of the most versatile actor Manoj Bajpayee recently shared in an interview with Humans Of Bombay about his struggles in the film industry at the starting of his career and about his eventual success.
Speaking of his co-star late Sushant Singh Rajput from Sonchiriya, Manoj Bajpayee revealed that he once had suicidal thoughts but was able to escape that horrifying phase with the help of his friends.
Manoj Bajpayee grew up in a village if Bihar and decided that he wanted to become an actor at the age of nine. He further revealed that he was a fan of Amitabh Bachchan and often use to visit the city to watch his stories.
He was very passionate about his career of becoming an actor and left for Delhi at the age of 17 and started doing theatres while studying at Delhi University. He also shared that back in his village, people used to often call him "good for nothing".
Bajpayee also shared that even after applying in the National School of Drama (NSD) he got rejected from there at least thrice. Due to all the struggle and rejection, Manoj Bajpayee soon started having suicidal thoughts but was recovered with the help and support from his friends. "I was close to committing suicide, so my friends would sleep next to me and not leave me alone. They kept me going until I was accepted," he revealed.
He then moved to Mumbai in the continuation of his struggle of becoming an actor. He also revealed that his photo was once torn right in front of his eyes by an Assistant Director and also lost three projects in one single day. He was also once asked to "get out" after his first shot.
"I did not fit the ideal 'hero' face, so they thought I'd never make it to the big screen. All the while, I struggled to make rent and at times even a vada pav was costly," Bajpayee said.
After struggling for four long years, Mr. Manoj was handed his first role in Mahesh Bhatt's soap opera Swabhimaan that aired on Doordarshan. He shares that he received Rs. 1,500 per episode as his first steady source of income.
His on-screen performance was soon noticed by many and he started getting appreciation for his work. Ram Gopal Varma offered him a major in his 1998 release Satya which was his big Bollywood break.
Manoj Bajpayee recalled Sushant Singh Rajput from the sets of Sonchiriya and said, "I remember him as somebody who came from Patna and carried the rootedness with him with all the dancing abilities, with all the coolness and charming smile. He was a small-town guy inside...That I used to relate quite a lot," he said.
Sushant Singh Rajput passed away on 14 June, by committing suicide.
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