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This is what Manoj Bajpayee is upto in Delhi

Manoj finds ally in dark Delhi

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Manoj Bajpayee is in the capital city, shooting for an international project with co-star Laura Verlinden.If the name of the actress sounds familiar, it's because her last film The Brand New Testament is Belgium's official entry for the Best Foreign Language film at the 88th Academy Awards.

The film, In The Shadows, is being directed by Los Angeles-based Dipesh Jain, who makes his feature debut with the film, after making a few short films prior.

In the film, Manoj plays Khuddoos, a lonely man, mentally and physically trapped in the dark alleys of old Delhi, trying desperately to break free. “There are two parallel stories, one about Khuddoos who has installed spy cameras in the alleys to snoop as that is his only connect with people, and the second about Idris (played by child actor Om) who is beaten up by his abusive father and how Khuddoos tries to help him. It's a story that I have been writing since 2009, in bits and pieces. I did the final polishing last year,“ Dipesh told a leading tabloid.

Manoj admitted to the tabloid that he had fallen in love with the script instantly. “I believe that as an actor it will challenge me on every level. Dipesh's perspective on old Delhi is quite refreshing."

While 90 percent of the film is in Hindi, Laura's portions are in English. She plays an architecture professor from a university in New York. “As Khuddoos has never moved out of his alleys, he is fascinated by Laura's character but there's no romance brewing between the two.

The film also features Ranvir Shorey, Shahana Goswami and Neeraj Kabi.

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