The talented actor was awarded for his outstanding performance in Hansal Mehta's Aligarh, which was also highly acclaimed at many international festivals too. The audiences, critics and fans had appreciated Manoj Bajpayee's performance of a 64 yrs old gay professor Siras Shrinivas and had also claimed that it to be by far his best performance ever. The prestigious award MISAFF is a landmark film festival in Canada and features ground-breaking and award-winning films, carefully curated for their cinematic excellence and social consciousness.
Talking about the fine actor Manoj Bajpayee says, `I feel gratitude with love and appreciation I have received for my performance in Aligarh. A special thanks to Hansal Mehta, Apurva Asrani, Mukesh Chabbra and the entire team of 'Aligarh'. I hope Aligarh wins many more awards in the future."