Manoj Bajpayee Birthday: 'Gangs Of Wasseypur' To 'Family Man', A Look At Actor's Most Memorable Roles

Manoj Bajpayee is touted as one of the most versatile actors in the B-town industry. From garnering paraise for his role of a gangster in Gangs Of Waseypur to The Family Man, the actor has carved out an unrivalled niche for himself. As the actor celebrates his 54th birthday on April 23, 2023, we look back at some of his most memorable roles:

Gangs Of Wasseypur:

The actor's comeback to the highest echelons was highlighted by Anurag Kashyap's two-part crime epic, Gangs Of Wasseypur. The humorous juxtaposition of his social ineptitude as a husband/father and his increasing renown as a mafia warlord exposed a side of Bajpayee so compelling that it may be regarded a spiritual forerunner to The Family Man.

The Family Man:

He portrays Srikant Tiwari, a middle-class NIA agent who strives to juggle his personal and professional lives. The action, sarcasm, comedy, drama, thrill, and passion humanise Srikant Tiwari and link to Bajpayee's own roller coaster career. This is the part that showed the actor's sarcastic wit and near-satirical knowledge of his surroundings, allowing a new generation of filmmakers to use him for who he can be rather than what they need him to be.

Rajneeti:

Prakash Jha's multi-starring political potboiler is elevated by the actor's mercurial depiction of the film's conniving and throne- thirsty antagonist.

Tandav:

The'musical' collapse in Devashish Makhija's nasty short about a system-beaten police policeman ranks as one of Bajpayee's most memorable on-screen moments.

Sonchiriya:

In the opening act of Abhishek Chaubey's Sonchiriya, Bajpayee's character dies, but his soul lives on in the ravines of the 1970s-set dacoit film. In his brief appearance on television, the actor is mesmerising and haunting, abandoning theatricality in favour of austere magnificence.