43 degrees in Delhi where Manoj Bajpai was shooting for Jugaad did nothing to the star who was as cool as a cucumber. When asked what went wrong with the career of a National Award winner, he smiled and said ‘I was confined to my house for almost a year’ due to shoulder injury after which he had an eye infection. ‘I have to put my surgery on hold till I complete my impending projects’ says the professional, whose character Bhiku Maatre has been etched in the history of Bollywood forever. Once on the cover of every magazine now one hardly gets to read about him.
The year 2007 has not been favorable to him as most of his films got shelved. ‘Two of my English films also didn’t see the light of the day. 1971 and Swami which were ready in 2007 finally got released on 2008.’says the actor who is now doing Sanddeep Kapur’s Jugaad and Ganesh Acharya’s Money Hai Toh Honey Hai.While Jugad is based on the life of producer Sanddeep Kapur, Money Hai .. sees him sharing screen space with Govinda another brilliant actor who ,made a super comeback.