Manoj Bajpayee, Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s 'The Family Man Season 2’ turns two

MUMBAI: Actors Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Ruth Prabhu starrer action thriller series ‘The Family Man Season 2’ turned two on Sunday.

Helmed by the director duo Raj and DK, the show premiered on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video and was declared a super hit.

‘The Family Man’ is an edgy, action-drama series, which tells the story of a middle-class man, Srikant Tiwari, ably portrayed by Manoj, who works for a special cell of the National Investigation Agency.

Manoj, who is known for portraying diverse roles with perfection, garnered immense appreciation for essaying the role of Srikant Tiwari.

Apart from him, Samantha also received a lot of appreciation for her negative role in the show.

The series also starred Sharad Kelkar, Sunny Hinduja and Vedant Sinha.

Meanwhile, Manoj was recently in the courtroom drama film ‘Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai’ which premiered on the OTT platform Zee5.

Helmed by Apoorv Singh Karki, ‘Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai’ is story of an ordinary man – a high court lawyer who single-handedly fought an extraordinary case against the country’s biggest godman and successfully ended up prosecuting him for the rape of a minor under the POCSO act.

Elated on receiving the audience’s praises, Manoj said, “It is amazing that after a couple of years of hard work, relentless rehearsals, shootings and post-production; the contributions of so many people including the crew, Suparn S Varma, Vinod Bhanushali, director Apoorv Singh Karki and actors like Surya Mohan Kulshrestha and Adrija Sinha, the film is being celebrated. Surya Mohan Kulshrestha is being praised, Adrija is being raved about and everyone is being celebrated which gives me such a big reason to celebrate this film.”

Samantha, on the other hand, will be next seen in the upcoming hindi remake of the action series ‘Citadel’ opposite actor Varun Dhawa. Helmed by Raj and DK, the show will stream on Amazon Prime Video.