Manoj Bajpayee recalls wife Shabana Raza’s concern over him doing the web show The Family Man : Bollywood News

Actor Manoj Bajpayee remembered his wife Shabana Raza's response to him shooting The Family Man, which she saw as a step down from the types of productions he generally does. In an interview, the actor hinted that his wife didn't fully comprehend the global significance of streaming, and that she was concerned when he informed her he'd agreed to do the program.

Manoj Bajpayee recalls wife Shabana Raza’s concern over him doing the web show The Family Man

Manoj is now filming the third season of the Amazon Prime Video series. On Ranveer Allahbadia's podcast, the actor remarked that he went through a 'saade saati' - seven and a half years of misfortune - before rebounding in a big way with financially successful films such as Satyamev Jayate and Baaghi 2. “When I was doing season one, my wife asked with concern, ‘Is everything alright? Why are you doing a series?’ I told her, ‘Shabana, it’s a big thing in the US, and it’s going to peak here as well’.”

Manoj continued, “But Shabana could not understand. She asked, ‘You’re not doing this for money, are you? We’re very happy, you don’t need to do things that you don’t want to’. I told her that I’m not doing this for money, and that this is a very good show and shows are doing very well all over the world. We shot two seasons, and then the pandemic happened, and the pandemic changed everything.”

Previously, the actor admitted that his wife didn't like some of his professional decisions and felt 'humiliated' after seeing one of his films. “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.

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