Manoj Bajpayee says his wife Shabana felt ‘insulted, humiliated’ after watching one of his films: ‘She said stop doing films for money’

Manoj Bajpayee who is promoting his film Sirf Ek Bandaaa Kaafi Hai, recently shared how his wife, Shabana Raza, once scolded him and told him to “stop doing films for money.” Manoj was sharing an anecdote from the time when his wife went to watch a “bad film” starring him and she felt “humiliated” watching him romance heroines on screen. Manoj, without naming the film, said that when Shabana went to watch it, there were a few girls sitting behind her in the theatre who were “making fun” of him. “It was a bad film, bad film. After the film she called me and I asked how she liked the film and she said, ‘Stop doing films for money. We are not so desperate that you did it for money. It was embarrassing, I felt insulted, humiliated in the theatre, don’t ever do it, please! You are good at stories and characters, please choose them, not these films, you don’t need to prove anything else’,” he shared with Janice Sequeira. Manoj said that it was a “great advice” even though it came in the form of “daantna (scolding)”.