On the primary day of 2024, Manoj Bajpayee broke the web when he shared his shirtless photograph with six-pack abs. Taking to the Instagram, the Nationwide Award-winning actor posted his bare-chested photograph and wrote, “New Yr New Me! Dekho scrumptious soup ka meri physique pe asar. Ekdum killer look hai na? (See how scrumptious soup has reworked my physique. It is completely a killer look, isn’t it?).”  His photograph went viral on the web with netizens sharing their shock on his jaw-dropping transformation.

Now, Manoj has revealed the reality behind his shirtless photograph. The actor has shared that the image was not actual and was photoshopped. He disclosed that it was the streaming platform Netflix’s resolution to begin the promotional marketing campaign for his not too long ago launched internet collection Killer Soup with that viral put up.

Speaking to IndiaToday.in about his viral shirtless photograph, Manoj mentioned, “It was photoshopped and never actual. That is not my physique. It is inconceivable to do one thing like that. It was their resolution, a advertising technique, to begin the marketing campaign for Killer Soup. Even when I need, I can not have such a physique as I do all types of movies. These six-packs wouldn’t swimsuit lots of my characters.”

Additionally starring Konkona Sen Sharma within the lead position, Killer Soup began streaming on Netflix on January 11. Created and directed by Abhishek Chaubey, the present is the story of Swathi (Konkona) who tries to switch her husband Prabhakar (Manoj) together with her lover Umesh (additionally Manoj), his doppelganger. The black comedy crime thriller obtained optimistic to combined evaluations from audiences and critics.

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