Wife Shabana was against Manoj Bajpayee doing ‘The Family Man’, the actor told what was the reason

On one hand, Manoj Bajpayee’s film ‘Bhaiya Ji’ has been released this Friday, 24th May, and on the other hand he/she is busy shooting for the third season of the hit web series ‘The Family Man’. Fans are eagerly waiting for this season. Manoj Bajpayee has made a place in the heart of every audience by becoming ‘Family Man’. But Manoj Bajpayee’s wife Shabana did not want him/her to do ‘The Family Man’. She was against it, and this has been revealed by the actor himself. Manoj Bajpayee told in Ranveer Allahabadia’s podcast that wife Shabana was unaware of the influence and power of the OTT platform at that time. he/she felt that the actor was doing The Family Man only for money and family.

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Manoj told why his/her wife was against doing ‘The Family Man’

Manoj Bajpayee said, ‘When I was doing the first season, my wife worriedly asked if everything was okay? Why are you doing the series? I told her Shabana, this (OTT and online streaming platforms) is a big thing in America, and it will reach its peak here too. But Shabana could not understand.

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‘You don’t do what you don’t like and we are happy’

Manoj Bajpayee further told that Shabana felt that he/she was doing everything for money. he/she said, ‘Shabana asked whether you are doing this for money? We are very happy. You don’t have to do things you don’t want to do. Then I told him/her I wasn’t doing it for the money. It is a very good show and the show is performing very well all over the world. We shot two seasons, and then the pandemic came and the pandemic changed everything.

Manoj Bajpayee said this on ‘The Family Man 3’

Manoj Bajpayee recently also gave an update regarding the third season of ‘The Family Man’. Manoj had told that the first shooting schedule of the show is over. In the third season, while he/she will be seen fighting the threat to the security of the nation, on the other hand he/she will also be seen trying to improve his/her relationship with his/her wife. In this series, Manoj Bajpayee played the character of a middle class man named Shrikant Tiwari, who is actually a detective. It will be streamed on OTT platform Prime Video.