Manoj Bajpayee has spoken out about prejudiced reviewers who have criticised his appearance in the past. The crime series Killer Soup was the actor’s most recent appearance.
Bhaiyya Ji, an upcoming crime-action thriller film, starring Manoj Bajpayee, is officially confirmed. In a recent interview with Siddharth Kannan, the actor talked about encountering racism and biased reviewers during his initial days of struggle.
Manoj Bajpayee recalls racist reviews
Manoj Bajpayee’s portrayal of the Maharaja in Zubeida drew criticism due to his appearance. Critics found him good but not worthy of the role. According to him, he doesn’t look like a prince.
“Some critics wrote, ‘He’s good but he doesn’t fit the role; he’s good but he doesn’t look like a prince.’ I thought these people were so liberal and evolved that they did not realise they were such big racists. They were too racist. Then I showed it to a few of my friends. I said, ‘How should I take it?’ They said, ‘Spit it off; this is biassed, and in its core, it is a racist thing.’ But today, when I was doing interviews for Bhaiyya Ji, four out of five journalists were talking about my performance in Zubeida.”
Manoj Bajpayee on offensive criticism
He further added that he doesn’t answer the criticism at all. But he does sometimes quote on fake news reports. he simply asked, “When did I say this?” However, he won’t retort back when criticised about his bad performance and my looks. He let it go because the answer lies in the future, which can only come through his work. Manoj has many cuttings (newspaper reviews) where people have been very brutal, lethal, and racist.
“I did a film called Fareh; it wasn’t well made, and it failed, It happens sometimes. Somebody wrote, ‘Now Bhikhu Matre of Satya has become a p**n star.’ That hurt me; it offended me. No reviewer has the right to go that dirty. You can talk about my film and how it was made. How does that make me a p**n star? There is nothing I did in that film to suggest that. Now my filmography is there for everyone to see. You will get your answers there,” he added.