Manoj Bajpayee on ZEE5 Global’s ‘Bandaa,’ ‘Despatch,’ ‘Joram’ and ‘Family Man 3’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran A-lister Manoj Bajpayee, one of the few Indian actors who scores critical acclaim and commercial success in equal measure, has notched up another triumph with ZEE5 Global film “Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai.” Directed by Apoorv Singh Karki (Prime Video series “Flames”) and written by Deepak Kingrani (Disney+ Hotstar series “Special OPS”), the film is a courtroom drama based on the real-life case of a once-revered and powerful Indian religious leader who is currently serving a life term in jail for the rape of an underage girl.
Bajpayee plays the prosecuting lawyer who is pitted against a phalanx of celebrity lawyers. “Usually what happens is that, you spend some time with the real person.
Somewhere, I realized it’s a two-hour film, you have to have your own preparation away from the real guy, who is somebody who’s not even known to the world.
And he’s achieved a feat in five years of continuous court hearings that is remarkable,” Bajpayee told Variety. “Instead of just creating or imitating a real person, let’s have the essence of him – the relentlessness and the courage and somebody who is stubborn about what he’s doing, completely focused, and he’s a good son, good father.
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