Actors Manoj Bajpayee and Pankaj Tripathi, who both hail from Bihar, have something of a mutual admiration society going. The latter considers Manoj an inspiration and trail-blazer, and the former appreciates Pankaj’s talent. But surprisingly, he confessed to this writer that he also ‘envies’ Pankaj. Manoj hastened to explain – “I don’t mean I envy him [Pankaj] for his talent. I am not jealous of any actor in the world. It is my good fortune that he respects me so much. But I want to maximize my potential before I get older.”It is the age-factor that Manoj envies his younger colleagues like Pankaj for. “They have time on their side. Success and a kind of stardom have come early to them, whereas I am now in my 50s. I’ve some years to go, but I don’t want to overstay my welcome. Before the audience gets bored with me, I want to do good work,” he said.Manoj plans to quit before fatigue sets in. “Before I get tired of facing the camera, I want to retire, do the things I couldn’t because of my jampacked schedules – travel to places I haven’t seen, spend time with my family, watch the films that I’ve been lining up for years. Yes, there is life beyond cinema for me, but later,” he said.
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