Omkar
Das
Manikpuri,
a
villager
from
the
most
humble
background,
shot
to
fame
overnight
as
Natha
in
Peepli
Live.
The
present
focus
of
the
media
buzz,
Omkar
is
a
diehard
fan
of
Katrina
Kaif.
The
man
of
the
moment,
Natha
has
made
it
big
in
the
movie
that
has
struck
the
box
office
with
a
rage.
In
real
life,
Omkar"s
father
is
a
daily
laborer
at
Bhilai
steel
plant.
Born
in
a
remote
village
in
the
district
of
Durg,
Chhatisgarh,
Manikpuri
is
from
a
very
poor
family
which
is
laden
with
miseries.
He
left
school
when
he
was
in
class
two.
After
they
shifted
to
Bhilai
in
1981,
he
resumed
his
studies
from
class
one
when
he
was
eleven
years
old.
Being
teased
by
his
younger
classmates,
he
dropped
the
school
again
after
class
six.
He
was
burdened
with
the
responsibility
of
earning
bread
and
butter
for
his
family,
when
he
was
young.
He
has
sold
vegetables,
worked
in
shops
and
fields
as
well.
He
got
married
in
1987
and
fathered
a
child
two
years
after
the
marriage.
Later,
Manikpuri
formed
a
local
dance
group
and
started
singing
the
folk
songs
and
traditional
dance
of
the
area.
He
also
acted
Sun
Bairi,
a
Habib
Tanvir"s
play
at
a
workshop.
Impressed
by
his
acting,
the
veteran
director
asked
him
to
enter
his
theatre
troupe.
At
Tanvir"s
Naya
Theatre,
he
would
have
been
paid
around
3,000
to
8,000
INR
monthly.
However,
Omkar
aka
Natha
bagged
INR
2,00,000
for
his
role
in
Peepli
Live.
The
movie
is
doing
rounds
in
international
film
festivals.
After
Peepli
Live,
Omkar
is
looking
forward
to
a
better
and
brighter
future.