He's an acting powerhouse but was rejected by the National School of Drama four times. This is his story of the dream that never came true.
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00:00When I went for admission in Nationals Club Drama, I had experienced a lot in those three years, but I got rejected.
00:08So during that time, a passing thought, a big suicidal passing thought came,
00:14but people made it a headline that Manoj Bajpayee was going to commit suicide. It was not like that.
00:18Mumbai's King Kong, Bhikhu Mhatre!
00:48Mumbai's King Kong, Bhikhu Mhatre!
01:06Where is the key?
01:08Where is the key?
01:18Where is the key?
01:21My goal was to go to NSD, but before that I had to gain a lot of experience.
01:28When I went for admission in Nationals Club Drama, I had experienced a lot in those three years, but I got rejected.
01:38After that, for a month, I felt like I had lost everything.
01:44Because I didn't even have a plan B.
01:47And I never made a plan B in my life.
01:51Till date, I have never made a plan B.
01:53You got rejected in NSD. It is said that you even went into depression.
01:59No, I went through such a depression where I didn't know how to face the near and dear ones.
02:06And when you have a plan B, you feel like all the doors are closed.
02:12Everything that you had planned, everything is closed.
02:18So, during that time, there was a big suicidal passing thought.
02:24But people made it a headline that Manoj Bajpayee was going to commit suicide.
02:27It was not like that.
02:28The passing thoughts that come in depression, I had that kind.
02:34Smita, to tell you the truth, I am a very hard-hearted person.
02:39I don't break easily.
02:41I pray to God that I don't have to give such a big test.
02:46But till date, the test that God has taken, I have faced it with full strength.
02:55And the support structure that was around your friends.
02:59They took care of everything.
03:01At that time, people were not aware of the word depression.
03:05These are things of the modern world.
03:10We are talking about mental health.
03:14It is necessary.
03:15We should talk about it.
03:16We should be aware of it.
03:17But somewhere, when the family system breaks down, depression takes the form of a disease.
03:29Earlier, there used to be a system of the society that used to take care of each other.
03:36Now, the society has crumbled inside.
03:42The family is to be said, but it is completely…
03:48Then people don't speak in the name of privacy.
03:51You also keep yourself behind the door in the name of privacy.
03:55Next year, I gave it again.
03:56It didn't happen again.
03:57In NSD.
03:58Although I have had a lot of experience.
04:00Then I got the opportunity to work with Barry John.
04:03He suddenly kept me with him.
04:05I used to assist him.
04:07I used to act for him.
04:08He is a legend in Delhi.
04:10He was a legend.
04:11He was a very big theatre personality.
04:13With whom any NSD alumni or NSD student wanted to work with him.
04:20And I became his right-hand person, blue-eyed boy.
04:24And he never wanted me to go to NSD.
04:27He wanted me to learn the work with him.
04:30And he kept working hard for me.
04:33By doing this, my experience was also very big.
04:39Outside in the Mandi House.
04:41I also earned a good name in the theatre.
04:45I also stayed with Barry.
04:47I also made my group outside.
04:49I met N.K. Sharma.
04:51He was later known as Act One.
04:53He made a very big group.
04:55And I earned a lot of fame in Rang Banch.
04:59But NSD.
05:01He didn't take me four times.