¡®Maine Chappal Pehni Thi¡¯, Manoj Bajpayee Recalls His 1st Visit To Disco With Shah Rukh Khan

Actor Manoj Bajpayee rose to fame with Ram Gopal Varma¡¯s Satya in 1998. Hailing from Bihar, Manoj spent the early years of his career in Delhi juggling between college and theatre. In a recent interview, Manoj recalled going to a club with Shah Rukh Khan and at a time he was just in slippers.

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Manoj told Currly Tales, "That was a long time ago. A nightclub called Ghungroo was in Delhi aur maine chappal pehni thi uss samay. Kisi tarah mere liye jooton ka intezam kiya gaya. Then I went inside. That was the first time I saw that life. Got to know what a nightclub is. These people were dancing but I was in a corner, sipping on my wine.¡±

This is not the first time that Manoj has talked about his friendship with SRK.

Last year while speaking to Bollywood Bubble, the Gulmohar actor said, ¡°¡­he was the only one who used to come in Maruti Van. In those days a Maruti Van, red colour, I still remember. He is the one who has taken me to a discotheque for the first time in Delhi.¡±

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¡°I mean we were very young, we had kind of just gotten out of our adolescent age and we met. He was part of Barry John¡¯s group for some time. We used to share cigarettes, beedis, whatever we could afford. He was always a charmer, always very popular with the girls in the group which we invaded. He always had his way with words.¡±

¡°When there is no work, there is a lot of work¡±: said Manoj at a cultural fest.

Bajpayee said, ¡°Rejection never defines you. Failure never defines you. Similarly, success doesn't define you. Manoj Bajpayee jo actor aaj hai woh 30 saal pehlay bhi wahi actor tha.At the time of failure, I didn't become a bad actor. I was the same actor. Jo main kaam kar raha tha woh commercial market ka jo interpretation uske hisab se main failure tha. But meri naazro main mera kaam faliure nahi tha.¡±

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¡°Main sirf ek baat janta hai. Eki din ayega mauka milega aur main aa jaunga.¡±

On the work front, Manoj was last seen in films like Silence... Can You Hear It? and Dial 100. He will be next seen in Rahul V Chittella¡¯s Gulmohar. The Disney+ Hotstar series will release on March 3 and will also star Sharmila Tagore, Suraj Sharma, Amol Palekar, Kaveri Seth and Simran.

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