Satya Turns 26: How Manoj Bajpayee Became Bhiku Mhatre After A Small Role In Daud

Recalls Manoj, "In Daud I had a very small role, so I couldn't interact with him much. But in Satya I encountered a new Ram Gopal Verma. I could see his passion and energy growing with every moment. The important thing was to treat the character of Bhiku Mhatre as a human being who represented all the anti-social characters in our society. I had to avoid making him a caricature. At the same time I had to make Bhiku Mhatre a prototype of the gangster. While trying to feel, think and act like Bhiku Mhatre I couldn't help being affected. When I was going through my initial struggle I sometimes began to doubt my own abilities. In Satya, I was like a corpse being revived, the actor shudders.”