{"id":117431,"date":"2025-11-02T09:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/117431\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T09:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:31:10","slug":"he-loves-to-cook-cooked-a-lot-for-me-divya-dutta-talks-about-featuring-opposite-manoj-bajpayee-calls-him-a-fabulous-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/117431\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He loves to cook&#8230; cooked a lot for me&#8217;: Divya Dutta talks about featuring opposite Manoj Bajpayee, calls him a &#8216;fabulous actor&#8217; |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/125029548.jpg\" alt=\"'He loves to cook... cooked a lot for me': Divya Dutta talks about featuring opposite Manoj Bajpayee, calls him a 'fabulous actor'\" title=\"Divya Dutta recently shared her experience working with Manoj Bajpayee after three decades, highlighting their shared passion for food and his culinary skills.  She also reflected on the evolving roles for women in cinema, praising actresses who have challenged traditional narratives and expressed optimism for more substantial characters for women in their 30s and 40s.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Divya Dutta recently shared her experience working with Manoj Bajpayee after three decades, highlighting their shared passion for food and his culinary skills.  She also reflected on the evolving roles for women in cinema, praising actresses who have challenged traditional narratives and expressed optimism for more substantial characters for women in their 30s and 40s. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/divya-dutta\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Divya Dutta<\/a> recenlty opened up about starring opposite <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/manoj-bajpayee\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manoj Bajpayee<\/a> for the first time after three long decades. The actress also shared that they bonded over their shared love for food and his habit of cooking.&#8217;He loves to cook and feed people&#8217;Mid-Day quotes the actress saying, &#8220;It\u2019s nice to have known him more closely now, beyond being co-actors who would just cross paths on set. We have a certain relatability and connect, and he\u2019s a fabulous actor. Even when we were exhausted from shooting late nights, both of us would stay back to give cues to each other. And if you ask what we discussed the most \u2014 it was food! He\u2019s such a foodie. He loves to cook and feed people, and he cooked a lot for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Divya Dutta Says She\u2019s \u2018Overqualified\u2019 for Marriage, Embraces Single Life with Pride<\/p>\n<p>On evolving roles for women in cinemaDivya further spoke about her journey in Bollywood. Dutta shared that \u201cenjoying in the now gave her a lot,\u201d but added that she still hopes for stronger roles. The actor is glad to see how the portrayal of women in films is evolving. She said, \u201cThere was a time people said married actresses couldn\u2019t romance heroes or look glamorous. But look at <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kareena-kapoor-khan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kareena Kapoor Khan<\/a>, Vidya Balan, Alia Bhatt, they\u2019ve changed that narrative. We\u2019re now telling stories about what happens after \u2018happily ever after\u2019. Women in their 30s and 40s can play both younger and mature roles \u2014 it\u2019s a beautiful phase.\u201dMeanwhile, on the work front, she will next be seen in romantic drama Tum Rahe Na Tum, opposite Jimmy Shergill. The actress is also a part of Neeraj Pandey&#8217;s next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Divya Dutta recently shared her experience working with Manoj Bajpayee after three decades, highlighting their shared passion for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4779,1482,4471,70461,70464,93,61,60,16092,7077,15309,270,70462,70463],"class_list":{"0":"post-117431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-alia-bhatt","9":"tag-bollywood","10":"tag-bollywood-news","11":"tag-divya-dutta","12":"tag-divya-dutta-manoj-bajpyee","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-kareena-kapoor","17":"tag-kareena-kapoor-khan","18":"tag-manoj-bajpayee","19":"tag-movies","20":"tag-neeraj-pandey","21":"tag-vidya-balan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}