Manoj Bajpayee Says His Flops Have Built His Credibility More Than His Successes: 80% Of My Films Never Got An Audience

Manoj Bajpayee is synonymous with versatility and ace performances in Bollywood today. The actor may have seen many flop early on in his career but he claims that his films that didn’t get an audience were actually those that earned him his credibility in Bollywood.

In an interview where he spoke about his journey in film with Times Of India, Manoj looks at his projects through a lens of quality and not based on their box office success and when asked about coping with failure the actor said, “There are so many films of mine that didn’t do well. But those are the films that created credibility for Manoj Bajpayee, more than the successful films. The film that was very successful might not really be my favourite. There are so many films of mine that faced so many difficulties before it hit the screens, forget about getting the audience to the theatres. 80 percent of my films never got an audience. But those are the films people remember me for. They got me accolades and so much honour.”

On being asked if the OTT system will be able to break the star system that exists in Bollywood, the Family Man actor claims that many of his films have been given the ‘step-motherly’ treatment due to the star system. Calling out the system the actor said, “As far as the star system is concerned, it has done more damage than good to the quality and content. Now the young stars are focusing again on the content. When the exhibitors and distributors start concentrating on stars what happens is the quality films and small films start getting step-motherly treatment. My films have faced this.”

Adding to his point Manoj also added that both in OTT and in cinema the audience will find their stars but hoped that it never becomes an obstruction for new talent. Giving his own solution to the problem he states that if popular stars star valuing content then it would make the industry healthy.