India, Oct. 28 -- Manoj Bajpayee has opened up about a low phase in his career before films such as Raajneeti, Gangs Of Wasseypur and Special 26 brought a significant change. The actor recalled a time when he was turning down several offers because the kind of work he wanted to do was not coming his way. He also spoke about how conversations with filmmakers Prakash Jha, director of Raajneeti, Anurag Kashyap, director of Gangs Of Wasseypur, and Neeraj Pandey, eventually led to these films.

Recalling that period, Manoj said, "Before these films, I saw some lows. The kind of work that I wanted to do wasn't coming my way. All I was doing was refusing films and saying no to people. And the ones I said yes to, I wasn't happy doing those films....