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Manoj Bajpayee on His Triple Play With Festival Hit ‘The Fable,’ Thriller ‘Despatch’ and Prime Video’s ‘Family Man’: ‘My Audience Is Getting Wider and Wider’ (EXCLUSIVE)


Indian actor Manoj Bajpayee discusses 'The Fable' at international festivals, 'Despatch' premiere and teases 'The Family Man' Season 3.

The film follows a happy family led by Dev (Bajpayee), who live as owners of a vast Himalayan orchard estate until a series of mysterious fires bring into question who they really are. Meanwhile, Bajpayee’s “Despatch,” directed by Kanu Behl (Cannes titles “Titli” and “Agra”), is set to premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival. Bajpayee, who has won the best actor prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards twice (for “Bhonsle” and “Aligarh”) and acting honors at India’s National Film Awards three times (for “Bhonsle,” “Pinjar” and “Satya”), found his popularity enhanced even further with Prime Video series “The Family Man.” In the hit show, Season 3 of which is filming now, Bajpayee portrays Srikant Tiwari, a middle-class Mumbai-based salaryman who is secretly an intelligence officer.

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