Manoj Bajpayee is often hailed as one of the most versatile and accomplished actors in Indian cinema. He has carved a niche for himself through his extraordinary talent and dedication to his craft. Hailing from a small village in Bihar, his journey to stardom stands as an inspiration to all youngsters in the country who want to pursue acting. For a man of his stature, his repertoire of movies and TV shows is enviable for any other actor. Today, we are looking at the best of Manoj Bajpayee’s movies and TV shows, all of which are a cult of their own.
Three National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards, two Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and the Padma Shri in 2019, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour – this is what the awards shelf in his closet looks like. Bajpayee’s life is the perfect example of where your life takes you when you follow your passion. Coming from an extremely humble background, his father sometimes faced difficulties in paying for his education. But things slowly started changing when he moved to Delhi for college and started learning acting at acting coach Barry John’s workshop. Since then there’s been no looking back for him and here we are looking at some of the best Manoj Bajpayee’s movies and TV shows that prove his versatility as an actor.
Movies and TV shows starring Manoj Bajpayee
The Family Man
Directed by: Raj & DK
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Priyamani, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Sharib Hashmi
Release date: 20 September 2019
Number of episodes: 19
About the show: A middle-class father of two struggles to balance between being an ideal husband and doting father, and his job as a secret agent at the special cell of the National Intelligence Agency.
Watch The Family Man on Amazon Prime Video.
Killer Soup
Directed by: Abhishek Chaubey
Cast: Konkona Sen Sharma, Manoj Bajpayee, Kani Kusruti, Nassar
Release date: 11 January 2024
Number of episodes: 8
About the show: Swathi Shetty is a home chef with no real talent. She decides to kill her husband and replace him with her lover, both of whom look alike. But when others come in the way of her plan, it leads to chaos.
Watch Killer Soup on Netflix.
Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2
Directed by: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Huma Qureshi, Richa Chadha, Pankaj Tripathi, Piyush Mishra, Reema Sen, Vipin Sharma, Vineet Kumar Singh
Release date: 22 June 2012
About the movie: Sardar Khan is on a mission to take revenge on the cunning politician and mafia, Ramadhir Singh, who murdered his father. It leads to more generations getting involved in the murderous feud between the families of Wasseypur. This is one of Manoj Bajpayee’s best movies and TV shows.
Watch Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2 on Netflix.
Satya
Directed by: Ram Gopal Varma
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Urmila Matondkar, Shefali Shah J. D. Chakravarthy, Paresh Rawal, Saurabh Shukla
Release date: 3 July 1998
About the movie: Durga becomes a man with revenge on his mind after his brother gets killed in a gang war. That leads the cop, who is also his ex-girlfriend’s husband, to chase him. They join forces and get the real culprit.
Watch Satya here.
Aligarh
Directed by: Hansal Mehta
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkummar Rao
Release date: 26 February 2016
About the movie: Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras is a professor at the Aligarh Muslim University, who had a sting operation done on him and was then expelled from the institution when he was found out to be homosexual. Later, he develops a special bond with the journalist who covers the story.
Watch Aligarh here.
Kaun?
Directed by: Ram Gopal Varma
Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Sushant Singh, Manoj Bajpayee
Release date: 26 February 1999
About the movie: A woman is home alone on a stormy evening when she learns about a serial killer on the loose from the news. Soon her doorbell rings and a strange man wants to take shelter. This is one of those Manoj Bajpayee movies that proves how talented an actor he is.
Watch Kaun? on YouTube
Special 26
Directed by: Neeraj Pandey
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Shergill, Kajal Aggarwal, Rajesh Sharma
Release date: 8 February 2013
About the movie: A group of con men conduct raids and rob politicians and businessmen by posing as CBI officials. When the real CBI officer learns about this, he sets out to catch them, but they are busy planning the greatest heist ever.
Watch Special 26 on Jio Cinema.
Raajneeti
Directed by: Prakash Jha
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Arjun Rampal, Katrina Kaif, Manoj Bajpayee, Nana Patekar, Shruti Seth, Naseeruddin Shah
Release date: 4 June 2010
About the movie: Samar, belonging to a political family, has to return to India from the USA after his father’s death. He puts his life on hold and enters the world of politics to ensure the safety of his family.
Watch Rajneeti on Netflix.
Zubeidaa
Directed by: Shyam Benegal
Cast: Karisma Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Rekha
Release date: 19 January 2001
About the movie: Set in the 1960s, Zubeida aspires to be an actress and gets married to a prince to become his second wife. But when the marriage turns sour and she wants to break free, the consequences prove fatal.
Watch Zubeidaa on YouTube
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