Name, computer and me…

Even before a child is born, the christening process begins. From Chinku to Pinku to Amitabh and Aamir, even Manoj for that matter are the names considered. Personally Manoj doesn't fascinate me much, as there are around thousands of Manojs on this earth..!!!...And someone intelligent had said once that 'what's in the name'….so I believe that..!!

Recently a friend of mine suggested me to write a blog and interestingly I found myself thinking about its name more than its content. Another friend of mine who actually helped me in creating the blog, when told me that it has been named Manoj Bajpai, it kind of made me upset. The reason for this was that they didn't use my original and official name which is Manoj Bajpayee and not Manoj Bajpai. Bollywood journalist didn't also write my spelling right and when I tried to correct it, I was called a numerology fanatic..!!!

I think that to an extent name doesn't matter. Like for an example, if my name was "Idiot", people would have called me an idiot. They would have said things like," Oh..!! Idiot rocked in Satya" and "Look, Idiot managed a National Award for Pinjar". So essentially, it doesn't matter to me much if my name is Manoj, Idiot or even an Ullu for that matter..! But one thing is mentionable here, that I managed to negotiate with my spelling in the blog and got it changed. This gave me an intent satisfaction, if not anything else.

These days one thing keeps me occupied a lot. The thing happens to be a "computer". Computer was totally a new phenomenon for me a year back. But now I have exposed myself to this new world and I must say that I'm enjoying it a lot. It's exciting to explore this whole new world of science. But sometimes it scares me to, as I fear that it may get destroyed. It's really expensive after all.

It's always good to learn new things and that exactly what I'm doing. Recently, when I was shooting for Acid Factory, Fardeen and a fellow friend Jeetu taught me to download music. These days I listen to music, not on my tape recorder, but on my PC.

Time has changed, all of a sudden. It seems that it was only the other day that Babuji bought a Panasonic tape recorder from Nepal. I still remember my brothers recording their voices on it and listening to it again. It got them excited.

So much has changed since then. The world has shrunk and the relations have dispersed. The era of globalisation is the reason. Huhh..!!!...But who am I to comment? One has no right to think differently. And since I've been the numerology fanatic and have been called one or the other things every now and then, it's better to stay out of it. Let the things be the way they are…

Welcome to my blog. It's for all of you out there. I'll continue writing on this so that I can keep thinking. And yes, I would definitely not sigh off without publicizing my new film Money hai to honey hai. At least I deserve that much liberty. Isn't it?
Also there's an upcoming film called Jugad, on Delhi sealing which you would like, so do watch it…I'm sure you'll like it.

Yours
Lots of love

Manoj Bajpayee with Payee