Shyam Benegal was convinced that Manoj Bajpayee would be the perfect choice to play a royal prince in Zubeidaa.

Manoj Bajpayee remembered working with Shyam Benegal in 2001 film Zubeidaa. The ace filmmaker passed awya at the age of 90 on December 23.

Renowned filmmaker Shyam Benegal, known for pioneering art house cinema in India, cast actor Manoj Bajpayee in an unexpected royal role for the film 'Zubeidaa'. Bajpayee, initially hesitant, was transformed by Benegal's vision,

It took the genius of Shyam Benegal to see beyond his looks, says actor Manoj Bajpayee who never imagined himself playing a royal and did so in the 2001 film "Zubeidaa" after the filmmaker convinced h