Manoj Bajpayee Is 'Ecstatic' As Fans Demand The Family Man Season 3, Adds He Is 'Waiting For The Script'
It has been only two days since 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.
It
has
been
only
two
days
since
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
new
season
of
the
espionage
action
thriller
series
released
on
Friday
after
a
lot
of
wait
amid
the
controversy
around
Amazon's
shows
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
told
PTI
in
a
Zoom
interview.
"What
all
season
three
will
have,
I
myself
don't
know.
I'm
waiting
for
the
script
to
come
to
me," he
added.
With
mostly
positive
reviews
coming
their
way,
the
team
of
The
Family
Man
has
seemed
to
have
achieved
the
impossible:
delivered
a
better
season
two.
Bajpayee,
who
won
his
maiden
best
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
series
is
not
known
for
being
just
a
one-man
show.
"Sharib's
success
with
this
new
season
truly
touches
my
soul.
I
want
him
to
do
very
well.
His
success
is
like
my
success.
All
these
actors
like
Shahab
who
played
Sajid...
"Shreya
had
already
become
a
big
star
after
season
one
and
then
'Scam
1992' came.
I
see
Sunny
who
is
Sandeep
bhaiya
in
'Aspirants'
and
then
Milind
in
this
show
and
Priyamani,
Ashlesha
and
Vedant...
Their
success
is
far
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
said
praising
his
co-star.
Over
two
seasons,
the
team
has
become
a
family,
which
like
every
other
brood,
has
its
own
WhatsApp
group
that
keeps
buzzing,
he
said.
"Now
we
are
a
family.
Everyday
we
are
constantly
in
touch
with
each
other.
There
is
a
Family
Man
group
on
WhatsApp.
I
don't
go
there
quite
often
as
I
really
can't
type.
But
this
is
the
way
it
is.
We
are
more
happy
for
each
other
than
for
ourselves.
This
is
the
atmosphere
not
only
on
set,
but
also
(off
camera)
as
we
keep
checking
on
each
other."
Be
it
Srikant
reciting
the
iconic
"Jo
Jeeta
Wahi
Sikandar"
dialogue
with
expletives
or
being
schooled
by
a
younger
and
hyper
new
boss
in
the
trailer
of
the
sophomore
season,
Bajpayee
has
been
garnering
praise
for
his
comic
timing,
a
less
explored
side
of
his
persona
in
the
movies.
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
when
I'm
playing
Srikant,
people
get
these
moments
coming
from
his
behaviour.
But
I'm
not
trying
to
make
you
laugh,
I'm
putting
the
character
in
that
situation,
exploring
his
thought
process
and
his
responses.
"I'm
interested
in
getting
the
character
to
you
in
the
most
intelligent
and
honest
way.
When
you
look
at
the
situation
from
a
distance,
it
is
hilarious.
But
at
the
same
time,
for
those
people
who
are
living
it,
it
is
troublesome,"
he
added.
On
one
level,
The
Family
Man
is
a
face-off
between
the
"good
guys"
and
"bad
guys",
but
the
show
also
attempts
to
blur
this
line
between
the
two,
through
wholesome
characters,
Bajpayee
said.
"We
are
so
influenced
by
mainstream
cinema
that
we
look
at
villains
as
dark
(people).
I
think
Ram
Gopal
Varma,
Shekhar
Kapur,
Mani
Ratnam
have
broken
this
stereotype
and
after
them
directors
like
Anurag
Kashyap,
Dibakar
(Banerjee)
have
looked
at
characters
in
a
human
way.
They
tried
to
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."