Ecstatic about winning the Padma Shri—India’s fourth-highest civilian honour—this Republic Day, Manoj Bajpayee says the recognition validates all the faith that people have put in him and his craft through all these years.
“What do you feel after winning such an honour? You feel honoured, and happy somewhere that whatever you have done in so many years, was right, your conviction was rightly placed. Also, it’s happening in the 25th year of my existence in this industry… when the journey hasn’t been such a smooth one, when it took so much of courage and guts to stick to one’s conviction and belief,” he told Hindustan Times.
Bajpayee says his family feels the award was long overdue. “They always say ‘it (has) been coming for many years now’, but I am hardly anyone who’s waiting for any award to happen. I love to move ahead from the last one,” he said.
However, Bajpayee says the Padma Shri is not just any other award. Highlighting its significance, he said, “An award is given for a particular performance, but Padma Shri is for your contribution to only cinema but also the society through your profession. It’s also for the manner in which one has conducted himself. This is the highest honour, and when everyone is feeling it was long overdue, I am feeling all the more happy that they wanted this to happen for me.”
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