It is better to do villainous role while working with Amitabh Bachchan, feels Manoj Bajpai

Manoj Bajpai is known for the strong characters that he portrays on screen. The actor has showed how skilled he is as an actor in films like, Shool, Zubeidaa, Rajneeti and many more, but Manoj feels that if one is working opposite Amitabh Bachchan in a film then it is better to play a negative character as any other role does not stand strong enough in front of Amitji’s character in a movie.

“In an Amitabh Bachchan film, there's no other role which is better than his. In such a situation it's only the negative role which is as good as his, so it's best to go for the negative. I must say in films like Aks, Aarakshan or even Satyagraha now, the roles were written very carefully,” said Bajpai . He has enacted anti-hero roles in Aks, Road, Rajneeti, Aarakshan and will be doing the same in Satyagraha.

The 44-year-old actor also feels that doing villainous roles is a tough task to do. He quoted, “Negative roles are very difficult. In this film (Satyagraha) my character is a pure villain but I had to make an effort to evoke laughter too. I told Prakashji that no more negative or politician role for me. I think even he is sick and tired of political films. Now, whenever I will do a film with Prakash Jha it will be a positive role.”