No wonder Bajpai is so much in control of himself these days. The only time he loses his cool is when scribes grill him about his long-time girlfriend Neha. Manoj is still quite possessive about the actress and comes to her rescue if ever anyone from the industry dares to act fresh with her.

At a filmi bash some time back, where the two came separately, the soft music played in the background, proved too much to resist and the two cosied up, much to the embarrassment of the invitees.

But the most hilarious byte came from Neha, who acting on Manoj`s strict instructions, flatly denied having anything to do with somebody called Manoj Bajpai from Bihar, when some electronic mediamen cornered her for a quick chat. The dumbstruck members of the television crew then turned their attention to the actor, who instead of answering their question about his much publicised `friendship` with the actress, delivered a dramatic monologue on his favourite actor, Naseeruddin Shah. C`mon, Manoj. It`s time you stopped denying Neha`s existence. It`s all out in the open anyway!