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- Anubhav Sinha put his faith in another seasoned actor who was already stereotyped – Manoj Pahwa. The actor agrees that before he signed Mulk, he was stereotyped as a comedian. So, apart from giving relevant stories a chance, the filmmaker also took the risk of casting actors against type.
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Jun 22, 2021 · Though none of the artistes could decode why things changed for Anubhav Sinha, both Manoj Pahwa and Kumud Mishra agreed that he probably took time to understand the direction he wanted to take. “Maybe he wanted to give multi-starrers, big budget films a try in the beginning. But later realised that’s not his real calling.
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May 10, 2022 · As the conversation continued, Manoj Pahwa expressed how he is glad that filmmakers’ gaze has changed towards him. He thanked Anubhav Sinha’s Mulk and Article 15 for changing his career’s trajectory. He stated how he picked up roles initially to survive in Mumbai. “When I stepped into the city of dreams (Mumbai), I had crossed a certain ...
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Jul 23, 2019 · For most of his career Pahwa has played the boisterous mama (uncle) of the heroine or the rich father of the hero, but now he’s been *rediscovered* by director Anubhav Sinha, in two stellar performances in Mulk and Article 15 respectively.
- "I Left My Father's Business to Become An Actor"
- "Anubhav Sinha Had Doubts About Casting Me in Mulk"
- Manoj on Working with Nitesh Tiwari in Bawaal
Describing his decision to move to Mumbai as the biggest challenge he ever faced, Manoj Pahwa said, "I left my father’s business at the age of 30 and moved to Mumbai to become an actor. I was married and had two children. I had family responsibilities. My relatives would say that someone has done some kind of witchcraft on me and that I am 110 kg o...
"Soon after, I got frustrated with the roles being offered in films. There was nothing solid but I had to do (those roles) because, at the end, I had to run a family. Then I saw a shift when Article 15, Dil Dhakadne Do, Mulk came. Of course, Anubhav Sinha had told me that he had doubts when he offered Mulk to me. He said that his team was not certa...
Manoj Pahwa was recently shooting for Bawaal in Lucknow. The film is being directed by Nitesh Tiwari. Speaking about it, the veteran actor shared, “I used to have a complaint with many filmmakers that we never had proper planning for shoots. But on Nitesh Tiwari’s set, everything was planned and I was so happy. I enjoyed the scenes with everyone, m...
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Jun 28, 2019 · Manoj Pahwa is his malevolent best as the upper-caste policeman who cautions Ayan that the caste system is based on a delicate balance that must be maintained for social harmony. Kumud Mishra...
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Aug 19, 2018 · Manoj Pahwa, 55, has often been recruited as a comic actor, right from the time of the popular TV show Office Office (2001), but he plays a tragic figure in one of his most recent credits. In...
The Ready actor says, “Things changed for me after Mulk where I had a serious role and then Article 15 won me an award for Best actor in a negative role. Suddenly, industry noticed that there is ...
