‘Family Man’ actor Manoj Bajpayee celebrated the completion of six years of his widely praised film, ‘Aligarh’, on Saturday. The actor took to Instagram to share a poster of the movie and posted stories of it completing 6 years. The film also features Rajkummar Rao in the lead role with him.
Prior, Apurva Asrani, who wrote the story and screenplay of the movie, posted a long message on Instagram to celebrate 6 years of the movie. His post read, “Today marks 6 years since #Aligarh released and I’ve put together a bunch of pictures that marks it’s beautiful journey. This film is special, not just because it was my full fledged writing debut, but also because it came at a time when being gay was a criminal offense and the film became a statement of sorts. It was also during the promotions of the film, that i came out of the closet on national television (with @barkha.dutt-pic attached).”
The post continued, “Hugest gratitude to @hansalmehta for making this film and for giving me the opportunity to write it. To @erosnow for backing this little film and making it so big. To @rajkummar_rao for adding much heft to the project by playing Deepu Sebastian with such sincerity. To @ancientfeline for sparking the idea to tell this story and for bringing impeccable research and support to the writing process. And finally, to @bajpayee.manoj for playing Professor Siras with so much love, empathy and honesty. I saw the film again two days ago, and not only is he a masterclass in acting, each viewing of the film unravels different layers of his performance. Cheers to the entire team of Aligarh for giving their all. #6YearsOfAligarh #manojbajpayee #rajkummarrao #hansalmehta #apurvaasrani.”
Manoj had responded to the post by writing, “You write so well Appu!! Some memories never fade away. Making of Aligarh is such a memorable part of our life & career!! Love.” He added a heart emoji to it.