Bollywood's
Manoj Bajpai hosts a column for bbchindi.com
Bollywood
star Manoj Bajpai will be writing a weekly column exclusively
for BBC Hindi service's popular online site, bbchindi.com.
Manoj
Bajpai has created a niche for himself in the Hindi film industry
as a "thinking actor". From
Satya to Jago, he has portrayed a whole palette of characters.
Known
not only for his intense style of acting but also for his candid
and informed views on issues related to cinema and society, Manoj
Bajpai will be writing on a variety of subjects – but primarily
on cinema.
Manoj
Bajpai says he is delighted to write for bbchindi.com: "It
is a great pleasure to be associated with the BBC which has been
part of our family life since my childhood.
"My
father and uncle used to spend their evenings listening to BBC Hindi
radio, and now I'll be writing for it, not only as an actor but
also as a person, talking about my feelings and my struggle.
"I
am looking forward to it, it will be a great fun."
bbchindi.com
gets around one million page impressions every month, and the figure
is growing.
Editor
of bbchindi.com Salma Zaidi said she is delighted that Manoj Bajpai
will be a regular contributor.
"Manoj
Bajpai's comments already published on bbchindi.com have proven
very popular with visitors to the site, many of them Indian expatriates
who follow Bollywood keenly," she said.
"Our
audiences will be pleased to know that more celebrities from different
fields will be writing exclusive columns for us in the future."
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