Manoj Bajpayee says his wife Shabana felt ‘insulted, humiliated’ after watching one of his films: ‘She said stop doing films for money’

Manoj, without naming the film, said that when Shabana went to watch it, there were a few girls sitting behind her in the theatre who were “making fun” of him. “It was a bad film, bad film. After the film she called me and I asked how she liked the film, and she said, ‘Stop doing films for money. We are not so desperate that you did it for money. It was embarrassing, I felt insulted, humiliated in the theatre, don’t ever do it, please! You are good at stories and characters, please choose them, not these films, you don’t need to prove anything else’,” he shared with Janice Sequeira. Manoj said that it was a “great advice” even though it came in the form of “daantna (scolding)”.

Manoj has appeared in films like Satyameva Jayate and Baaghi 2 as well and when the interviewer admitted that she actually walked out of Satyameva Jayate, Manoj quipped, “But you paid for the ticket.” He added that he “loved the experience” of working on the film.

Manoj admitted that while watching Satyameva Jayate, his wife was laughing out loud during the climax scene, even though it wasn’t supposed to be funny. “Shabana was laughing when she saw the climax, so I asked her why she’s laughing, so she said, ‘I am finding it quite hilarious, the way you are acting’,” he recalled.