<p>Such is The Family Man effect that you can&rsquo;t talk about it without it bringing a smile to your face. We can almost hear the smile in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/manoj-bajpayee-birthday-he-never-told-his-parents-about-satya-before-its-release-23345553" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Manoj Bajpayee</strong></a>&rsquo;s voice as he speaks about shooting the third season of Raj-DK&rsquo;s spy thriller. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s shaping up great. I don&rsquo;t want to be flamboyant. All I will say is that each day&rsquo;s experience is making us feel that the third season will be far bigger and better,&rdquo; he says.</p>
<p><img title="A still from The Family Man" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/jul/manoj-one-aug-b_e.jpg" alt="A still from The Family Man" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>A still from The Family Man</em></strong></p>
<p>Bajpayee has another reason to be happy. The actor achieved the milestone of 100 films with <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/manoj-bajpayee-on-bhaiyya-ji-i-performed-98-per-cent-of-stunts-alone-23350847" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Bhaiyya Ji</strong></a>. After its theatrical release in May, the action thriller premi&egrave;red on ZEE5 last week. Had he hoped for a better box-office outcome? &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s not even go by theatre viewing nowadays. It did remarkably well in single screens, but multiplexes didn&rsquo;t see [high] footfall. That is the case with most films in multiplexes.&rdquo;</p>
<p><img title="Irrfan and Kay Kay Menon" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/jul/irrfan-kay-a_e.jpg" alt="Irrfan and Kay Kay Menon" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Irrfan and Kay Kay Menon</em></strong></p>
<p>One&rsquo;s 100th film can be a good point to pause and assess their career. As he looks back at his three-decade journey in the movies, the actor says that filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt&rsquo;s recent words stayed with him. &ldquo;Bhatt saab said, &lsquo;You achieved all of this even after being so choosy. It&rsquo;s a great achievement.&rsquo; I chose my films with great care. Some of them went wrong, most went right. To complete 100 films in this cut-throat industry is a miracle in itself!&rdquo;</p>
<p>Sticking to his convictions in an industry that only chases box-office success wasn&rsquo;t easy. But Bajpayee marched to his own beat, building a robust filmography that boasted Satya (1998), Shool (1999), Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and Aligarh (2015). Today, he stands as a success story for aspiring actors, who want to headline meaningful stories. &ldquo;Today&rsquo;s actors are at an advantage. They have come at a time when things have changed. Be it me, Irrfan or Kay Kay Menon, we had it tough. We somehow navigated and found our way with stories and directors. We took a lot of beating before everything started changing. So, I envy these actors, who have come at a time when the choices are so many.&rdquo; The beating that Bajpayee took was not only professional. &ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t spend time with my parents, and they passed on. You make these sacrifices when you&rsquo;re chasing a dream.&rdquo;</p><p>
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