Versatile actor, Manoj Bajpayee laughed off comedian Sunil Pal’s recent negative comments against him and suggested that he should take up meditation. Recently, Sunil called Manoj a ‘badtameez (ill-mannered)’ and ‘gira hua aadmi (Disgusting man)’. He didn’t stop here and further compared Manoj’s famous series, The Family Man to ‘porn’.

In an interview with Hindustan Times, Manoj Bajpayee was asked about the comments Sunil Pal had passed on the actor to which Manoj had laughed for around one minute straight before replying in words. Considering Sunil unemployed, Manoj said, “I understand people don’t have jobs. I completely understand. I have been in this situation. But in these kinds of situations, people should meditate.”

Talking about comedian Sunil, he won the stand-up comedy reality show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in 2005. Since then Sunil has done minor comic roles in films like Apna Sapna Money Money and Phir Hera Pheri. At the start of this month, Sunil had bad-mouthed many actors and their work. He claimed that because of the lack of censorship on digital platforms the content there is not fit for the family audience. Later he talked about Manoj and his hit web show ‘The Family Man.’

He said, “Manoj Bajpayee kitna hi bada actor hoga, kitne hi bade awards mile, par usse zyada badtameez aur gira hua aadmi maine nahi dekha (However big an actor Manoj Bajpayee is and how many ever prestigious awards he has won, I have never seen a more ill-mannered and immoral man). 

He further added, “Yeh saari cheezein jo hai na bandh honi chahiye. Yeh bhi ek porn hai. Porn sirf dikhane ka nahi hota, vichaaron ka bhi porn hota hai (All these things should be banned. Even this is a type of porn. Porn is not only about what we see but of thoughts as well),”

Manoj Bajpayee will be seen next in the Zee5 original’s Dial 100, alongside Neena Gupta and Sakshi Tanwar. The film will release on the digital platform on August 6.