Today is the birthday of actor Manoj Bajpayee. He was born on 23 April 1969 in Bettiah, Bihar. Manoj Bajpayee is one of the most experimental actors of Bollywood, who has been awarded Padma Shri for his contribution to the film world. Today we are going to tell you an interesting anecdote on his birthday, which has been mentioned by author Piyush Pandey in his biography ‘Kuch Paane Ki Zid’.
Father gave the name to Manoj
This story is related to his name. Manoj Bajpayee was named by his father Radhakant Bajpayee. At the time of Manoj’s birth, actor Manoj Kumar had a presence in Hindi cinema. Films like ‘Do Badan’, ‘Patthar Ke Sanam’ and ‘Upkar’ were a hit. A few years before Manoj’s birth, Radhakant Bajpai had also seen Manoj Kumar at the Pune Film Institute. Radhakant Bajpayee was a great fan of Manoj Kumar, so he named his eldest son Manoj after his favorite actor.
Radhakant Bajpai definitely named the son Manoj but the son did not like this name. When Manoj grew up, he started thinking of changing his name. He thought of a name for himself Samar. In the era of theatre, he decided that he would change his name to Samar Bajpai. The entire story is mentioned in the biography quoting Manoj Bajpayee.
Wanted to change the name to Samar
Manoj has said at one place in the book, “I had thought that I would change my name. I had also thought of a new name for myself. This name was Summer. When I thought about changing the name in the era of theatre, everyone said that an affidavit would have to be made. Advertisement will have to be given in the newspaper. It was all a legal process. There was no money at that time, so this program was postponed. Then I thought that when I earn money, then I will change my name. When I got the money for ‘Bandit Queen’, I thought of changing the name now. But then my brother said that man you do wonders. Will people watch your first film Manoj Bajpayee and later some other names? So I thought ab jo ho gaya boss ho gaya.”
realized it again
By the way, meanwhile Manoj’s father realized that Manoj wanted to change his name and he did not like his name, so one day he called Manoj to him and said that he should not change his name. Manoj has said in the book, “When I was thinking of changing my name, once my father told me not to change my name, I have named you very lovingly.”
The interesting thing is that the great actor after whom Manoj Bajpayee was named, has himself adopted a film name, Manoj Kumar. His real name is Harikishan Giri Goswami. Harikishan Goswami changed his name to Manoj Kumar after watching the film ‘Shabnam’. Manoj Bajpayee could not change his name. But the mess of spelling of his name continued for a long time. Manoj Bajpayee writes his surname as Bajpayee, but in films he was written as Bajpai. When Manoj Bajpayee mentioned this in an interview, he was accused of being superstitious. This story of Manoj is also mentioned in his biography.
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