Manoj Bajpayee initially rejected ‘The Family Man’, says his wife Shabana thought it was a ‘serial’ Hindi Movie News – Times of India

Manoj Bajpai One of the biggest OTT franchises to its credit is ‘The Family Man’ whose third part is eagerly awaited. Recently, the actor opened up about how he was initially reluctant to do it.
casting director Mukesh Chhabra had reached out to the actor saying that Raj and DK wanted to narrate a series to him. Manoj Bajpayee revealed that his first reaction was that he was not interested as most of these web series are about ‘sex, violence and adventure’. Even after Mukesh’s assurance, Manoj Bajpayee revealed that he had heard Akshaye Khanna The talks were on for the project and since he doesn’t like to take another actor’s work, he won’t do it. Manoj Bajpayee told a news portal that he agreed to narrate the story only after much persuasion. Mukesh And assured that Akshay was not associated with the show. Manoj revealed that he was sold on the idea of ​​’The Family Man’ and stuck to it.
Manoj Bajpayee recalled not working for eight months while doing this project, which had become an issue for his wife Shabana. He told a news portal, “He thought I was doing some kind of serial and asked me what is this OTT. I told him it is different and he said, ‘What is the need of money? Why are you pursuing your career? ruining it? Everything is going well. Everything will end. I told him how the show feels narcos have become popular. ‘But it is a serial after all isn’t it?’ She’ll tell me Manoj said that his wife didn’t realize the potential of OTT until she watched the first season of ‘The Family Man’.