Hansal Mehta opens up on why he did not talk to Manoj Bajpayee for 6 years; says, ‘We would cross each other and pretend to look the other way’

Hansal Mehta and Manoj Bajpayee gave us the memorable film, Aligarh. But did you know that things weren’t always great between them? Mehta revealed to Huffpost in an interview that he had a major fight with actor Manoj. The filmmaker said that they did not speak to each other for six years.

Hansal said, “The reason I haven’t been bitter is that you have to always keep the room open for mending. You never know who you’ll meet and when. I am very philosophical about it. Manoj and I did Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar 20 years ago. He was one of my best friends but we fought during the shoot and had a fallout. For 6 years, we did not talk to each other. We would cross each other and pretend to look the other way, it was that bitter. Then we met at Sanjay Gupta’s place for Dus Kahaniyaan. I had to interact with Manoj professionally. Then after the shoot we went for drinks where Manoj and I happened to be sitting next to each other. We wondered why all those years we never spoke. I was so bitter for those 6 years and I always wondered after that. Nothing, a silly fight!”

Shedding more light, he said, “I don’t even remember but it was a misunderstanding. He was in the US, and he called up and started screaming at me over something. I screamed back and I banged the phone down. After that we never spoke. But we wasted a lot of years. Ultimately what happened, we made Aligarh together. If we had stopped talking, how would Aligarh come about? Without Manoj, what even is Aligarh? You can’t close those doors,” he added.
Hansal Mehta is currently in the news for his latest web series, The Scam 1992: Harshad Mehta Story, which is getting a great response.

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