Manoj Bajpayee is an Indian actor and recipient of several awards including National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, and Asia Pacific Screen Awards. He was honored with the Padma Shri by the Government of India. He started his acting career with Shekhar Kapur’s biographical film Bandit Queen (1994) based on the life of bandit Phoolan Devi. He then appeared in movies like Satya (1998), Kaun (1999), Shool (1999), Pinjar (2003), LOC Kargil (2003), Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), Chakravyuh (2012), Naam Shabana (2017) and Bhonsle (2018). In 2006, he married actress Shabana Raza, also known as Neha Bajpayee, and the couple has a daughter.