Actor Manoj Bajpayee will star in the second season of The Family Man, and there’s something about his character Shrikant Tiwari that he doesn’t understand. Manoj recently spoke out about Shrikant’s potty mouth on the show and how one particular swear word surprised even Manoj.
Shrikant and his wife Suchitra (played by Priyamani) are seen at a couple’s therapy session in the show’s preview. He begins dishing out Bollywood dialogues and finishes it with swear words that had to be beeped out, fed up with people using metaphors for his situation.
Manoj told Mumbai Uncensored that the amount of swearing in the scene is not something he is used to in real life. “Woh jo jeeta wahi sikander, uske baad joh gaali aati hai, woh zindagi mein kabhi use nahi kiya, woh gaali sach mein itni gandi lagti rahi ki pata nahi kaise muh se mere woh organically nikla,” says Shrikant Tiwari. “It’s such an obnoxious swear word that I’m not sure how it came to me so naturally. It just happened organically because I was immersed in Shrikant Tiwari’s character the entire time. Sh*t yaar yeh loge yahi rakhenge, yahi rakho iske alawa kuch nahi rakhna hai.” In the interview, he said, “These people will use it. All this and nothing else”
Despite his reservations, Raj and DK were eager to incorporate it into the show. “Exactly this happened; I spoke to Raj and DK, who said, ‘No no, it’s looking fine, it’s superb,’ before jumping, ‘no no, don’t change this violence, this is brilliant, this goes with Shrikant more.’ I’ve never used that kind of violence in my life, and I won’t do it again because social media is such an evil platform, and you never know when it’ll come back to bite me” he said. Shrikant will face new obstacles and villains in the upcoming season. Samantha Akkineni, an actress, is also a part of the second season, which will premiere on Amazon Prime on June 4th.
