Yash Chopra was worried about Veer-Zaara : Manoj Bajpayee

New Delhi Dec 7 (IANS) Actor Manoj Bajpayee who shared screen space with actors Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji in "Veer-Zaara" says late filmmaker Yash Chopra was worried about the films response at the box office during its release in 2004.

"I was sitting with Yashji when ‘Veer-Zaara was about to release and he was very worried about the film -- how it will perform and what will happen? I told him that it s his (Yash ji s) picture. It has to perform well " Manoj said at the News18 India Chaupal here on Thursday.

"That day he (Yash Chopra) told me that if he had the formula for making a hit movie all his movies should have been hit and he would have had no flop films " Manoj added.

Manoj was in the capital to promote his forthcoming film "Aiyaary" alongside actor Sidharth Malhotra and director Neeraj Pandey.

"I am here in the industry to make a difference with my acting and I want the young generation to be inspired by movies like ‘Aiyaary . The film is about the issues of generation gap between a mentor and his prodigy " Sidharth said.

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