Manoj Bajpayee Hates Anubhav Sinha, Reveals “He Used to Drink Scotch, Serve Old Monk to his Poor Friends”

Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad starring Taapsee Pannu made a lot of noise recently. The film, based on domestic violence was hailed by fans, and it received good reviews from critics as well. However, the film was also mired in a number of controversies. 

Recently, Baaghi 3 director Ahmed Khan’s ‘strange’ remark on Thappad had also irked Taapsee and Anubhav Sinha. After Thappad, the filmmaker is yet again in news, and this time, thanks to Manoj Bajpayee.

In a recent interaction with Mid Day, Manoj shared how he was called to Sinha’s house for an interview at the exact moment when he was about to have his drink and lunch. 

Sharing an anecdote, Manoj said that he hates Anubhav Sinha and reveals an incident how the Article 15 director used to drink an expensive drink himself, but used to serve a different, more affordable drink to his friends.

Anubhav Sinha used to tell me, ‘Do you know how much this drink costs?’ He used to rub it very hard. ‘This is scotch, do you know what is the difference between scotch and whisky?’ he used to say. I used to hate him. But this is how Anubhav Sinha is. He used to keep scotch for himself and serve Old Monk to his poor friends, no matter how social he is on Twitter.

- Manoj Bajpayee told Mid Day.

Besides, Manoj also reveals how Sinha was the reason he came to Mumbai as he wanted the actor to be a part of a TV Series. Sinha even paid for his flight tickets, however, he did not get selected for the project. 

The Family Man actor also opened up about his struggle as he stated, “I have never had such a difficult time from the time I left my village at the age of 17 and a half. This four years was like 40 years. Everything was falling apart, once I got three projects: a series, a corporate film, one docudrama and another series. In one day I was chucked out from all.”

Meanwhile, on the work front, Manoj Bajpayee will be soon seen in the second season of the web series The Family Man.