Days after taking the Internet by storm with a shirtless photo of himself, flaunting six-pack abs, Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee has now clarified that the so-called ‘transformation’ was morphed.
The thespian stated that the picture was actually a part of a promotional campaign, and that those involved in it clearly succeeded because of the buzz that the picture managed to create on the Internet.
“It was morphed. They wanted to start a campaign on a high with the intrigue and they managed to be successful doing it,” he told indianexpress.com.
The 54-year-old actor had left everyone gaping when he had posted the picture of himself on January 1, flaunting a ripped physique.
Actor managed to fool even colleagues
Not just fans, but even a number of celebs fell for the morphed photo. While Anurag Kashyap had commented, “Chuppe Rustom”, Aparshakti Khurana gushed, “Woahhh!”
On the work front, Bajpayee recently starred in the Netflix series Killer Soup, in which he shared the screen with Konkona Sen Sharma. The series received mixed reviews from the audience, and it explored the themes of thriller as well as dark comedy.
Before Killer Soup, Manoj also played the lead in Joram, and he was lauded for his performance in the film.
He will be next seen turning host for the show Secrets of the Buddha Relics, which will be launched on Discovery Plus on January 22.
(The article is published under a mutual content partnership arrangement between The Free Press Journal and Connected to India)