For Manoj Bajpayee, it might as well be 1998 all over again. That’s exactly how the actor felt as he began shooting for Ram Gopal Varma’s Police Station Mein Bhoot in Hyderabad on July 26, reuniting with the filmmaker who had given him his big break with Satya (1998). Since then, the actor-director duo has given Bollywood many worthwhile movies — Kaun? (1999), Shool (1999),  and Sarkar 3 (2017), among others.    

Ask Bajpayee how it felt to return to Varma’s set after eight years, and the actor says, “He is the same old magician, still weaving magic. I was the same young guy, still in awe of his craft of filmmaking. I was like a little boy standing in a candy store.”

Manoj Bajpayee in Sarkar 3