It has been solely two days because the second season of “The Family Man” started streaming on Amazon Prime Video and series lead Manoj Bajpayee says fans have already started “demanding” the third chapter.
Created by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, the brand new season of the espionage motion thriller sequence launched on Friday after a lot of wait amid the controversy round Amazon’s reveals “Tandav” and “Mirzapur”.
While season two finale of “The Family Man” drops more than a hint about the potential renewal, Bajpayee, who plays Srikant Tiwari, an intelligence officer trying to balance his personal and professional life on the show, said he has no idea how the story will progress if there is a third part.
“There’s a lot of work that goes into making a season. I will be very happy if Amazon, and Raj and DK decide to do a season three but before that the writing has to be complete. All the formalities need to be finished. I’m ecstatic that people have started demanding season three,” the actor informed PTI in a Zoom interview.
“What all season three can have, I personally don’t know. I’m ready for the script to come back to me,” he added.
With mostly positive reviews coming their way, the team of “The Family Man” has appeared to have achieved the inconceivable: delivered a higher season two.
Bajpayee, who gained his maiden greatest actor National Award for “Bhonsle” earlier this year, is in a happy space for more than one reason.
“Season one was considered classic and cult in its own way and it created a franchise. After this, Raj and DK are regarded as one of the best minds in the industry. Suparn Verma, who joined the directors and writers, is a very close friend of mine. He has got his due with the second season. I must congratulate writers Suman and Manoj. These guys are pure geniuses,” the 52-year-old actor added.
“The Family Man” also stars Sharib Hashmi, Priyamani, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Sunny Hinduja, Shahab Ali, Ashlesha Thakur and Vedant Sinha.
Bajpayee, who continues to be at the top of his game in his 27-year-long acting career, said it is “touching” that the sequence is not recognized for being simply a one-man present.
“Sharib’s success with this new season really touches my soul. I need him to do very nicely. His success is like my success. All these actors like Shahab who performed Sajid…
“Shreya had already turn into a massive star after season one after which ‘Scam 1992’ got here. I see Sunny who is Sandeep bhaiya in ‘Aspirants’ after which Milind on this present and Priyamani, Ashlesha and Vedant… Their success is much more touching to me than me being talked about.”
The second season marks the digital debut of South star Samantha Akkineni, as Raji, who goes toe-to-toe with Bajpayee’s Srikant as his new and powerful adversary.
“Samantha is such a huge star. She doesn’t need anybody to validate her work but she comes in and she contributes so much to the show,” Bajpayee stated praising his co-star.
Over two seasons, the staff has turn into a household, which like each different brood, has its personal WhatsApp group that retains buzzing, he stated.
“Now we’re a household. Everyday we’re continually in contact with one another. There is a Family Man group on WhatsApp. I don’t go there very often as I actually can’t kind. But this is the way in which it is. We are extra glad for one another than for ourselves. This is the environment not solely on set, but in addition (off digicam) as we preserve checking on one another.”
Be it Srikant reciting the iconic “Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikandar” dialogue with expletives or being schooled by a youthful and hyper new boss within the trailer of the sophomore season, Bajpayee has been garnering reward for his comedian timing, a much less explored aspect of his persona within the films.
The “Aligarh” actor, however, said he was simply being true to the character.
Citing his memorable roles like Bhikhu Mhatre in “Satya” and Sardar Khan in “Gangs of Wasseypur”, Bajpayee said the audience found these parts “quite hilarious”.
“Similarly after I’m taking part in Srikant, individuals get these moments coming from his behaviour. But I’m not making an attempt to make you snicker, I’m placing the character in that state of affairs, exploring his thought course of and his responses.
“I’m curious about getting the character to you in essentially the most clever and sincere approach. When you take a look at the state of affairs from a distance, it is hilarious. But on the similar time, for these people who find themselves residing it, it is troublesome,” he added.
On one level, “The Family Man” is a face-off between the “good guys” and “bad guys”, however the present additionally makes an attempt to blur this line between the 2, by healthful characters, Bajpayee stated.
“We are so influenced by mainstream cinema that we take a look at villains as darkish (individuals). I feel Ram Gopal Varma, Shekhar Kapur, Mani Ratnam have damaged this stereotype and after them administrators like Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar (Banerjee) have checked out characters in a human approach. They tried to the touch upon their story from their perspective.”
There is a collision between the two worlds in which these characters live, he observed.
“So it is as much as Srikant Tiwari’s series as it is Raji’s. Like the first season was as much Srikant’s as it was Moosa’s (played by Neeraj Madhav). How directors or writers tell a story or create characters and the world they inhabit, makes all the difference.”
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