New Job search for Manoj Bajpai, after Kam Ya Zyaada

Televisionpoint.com Correspondent
The concept of new season seems to have caught on on Indian television. After Siddhant, Deal Ya No Deal, Special Squad and Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai, the other show going off air for this season is Manoj Bajpai anchored Kam Ya Zyaada. The game show will be off air for about five months and will be back with a new look and format. Says Bajpai, "I made a commitment with the channel for 100 episodes and that's over. Now, when they take a call to come back again with a new season, we will talk all over again. There will be a new contract in the second season."

On the rumors that the show had not picked up at all. Bajpai says, "On the contrary, it was doing better than other game shows in that time slot on other channels." He further adds, "I think after Kam Ya Zyaada, my Hindi has become much better. I did speak chaste Hindi but after coming to Mumbai it had got corrupted by English."

His career has been rocky, but Manoj Bajpai seems to be on a roll now. Not just with his TV game show Kam Ya Zyaada, but also with a spate of films lined up. To start with, he is teaming up again with director E Niwas after the critically acclaimed Shool. The subject, says Bajpai, will revolve around the police and the system, like it did in Shool, but with a twist.

There is also Iqbal Rizvi's film 90 Minutes, which is about indoor football. It's an interesting subject and there is also lyricist Mehboob's first film as director called Ek Minute, which is a thriller. Meanwhile, Bajpai is awaiting the release of Return to Rajapur, Amrit Sagar's debut film 1971 on the Pakistan war and Rajeev Virani's The Whisperers.