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Manoj Bajpayee was born on April 23, 1969, in a small village in Bihar and dreamed of acting from childhood, according to Wikipedia. He moved to Delhi at 17 and was rejected four times by the National School of Drama, but kept doing theater through college.
After small parts in Drohkaal and Bandit Queen (both 1994), he broke through as a gangster in Ram Gopal Varma's Satya (1998), winning the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. Shool (1999) brought another Filmfare Critics award, and Pinjar (2003) a Special Jury National Award.
After Raajneeti (2010), he won wide acclaim leading Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), then played a Naxalite in Chakravyuh and a CBI officer in Special 26. His turn as Professor Ramchandra Siras in Hansal Mehta's Aligarh (2016) earned a third Filmfare Critics award, and Bhonsle won him the National Film Award for Best Actor.
He stars in the thriller series The Family Man (2021-present), which won him the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor. Across more than 70 films he has won four National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards and two Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and he received the Padma Shri in 2019.
His latest, Gajab Raat, reunites him with creator Neeraj Pandey for a Netflix thriller unfolding over a single night, with Saqib Saleem, Divya Dutta and Nushrratt Bharuccha, Netflix announced. Read OTT releases this week in India.
Sources: Wikipedia
Our newest Manoj Bajpayee story, from October 19, 2026, is "OTT Release This Week (Oct 19-25, 2026): 11 New Shows and Films, Plus Lupin's Copycat Twist": Nobody Wants This, Lupin, The Terminal List, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and a Manoj Bajpayee thriller all land this week. Here's what's streaming in India, day by day, on Netflix, Prime Video, JioHotstar and ZEE5.
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Ram Gopal Varma's Satya (1998) (Wikipedia).
A Netflix thriller from Neeraj Pandey starring Manoj Bajpayee, set over one night (our OTT guide).
