"There was no apprehension in playing the role. Mentally, I was ready to do something risky in terms of people’s mind sets. The way actors choose their scripts, there is a lot of insecurity in them as to what will happen but I have been a part of this industry for a long time, " said Manoj.The Hansal Mehta-directed Aligarh is based on the life of Professor Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, who was suspended from his job because of his sexual orientation.
Manoj plays the role of Siras, and Rajkummar Rao plays a journalist, who tells Siras’ story to the world."This is Hansal Mehta’s idea, we don’t want to dirty our city with these posters, and we have been promoting with our own efforts till now, and this is one method to promote the film among the people, " Manoj Bajpayee said. The actor plays a gay professor in the Hansal Mehta-directed film