In Aligarh, Manoj Bajpai has played a role of Guy and he tool months in shooting and preparation. But he says that after this also he is straight. Social worker Harish Iyer on Tuesday in a press conference said to Manoj, 'I promise to you that you will not become gay supporting this film.' On this Manoj said that he is right. Because after shooting for 35 days , he is straight. Manoj has played a role of profesor in this film, who is a gay. Someone makes a video when he makes Gay sex with some other person. She video goes to college management and then he gets suspended. Then he files a case against college management and gets his job back, but his life becomes hell during this time. Manoj said that Gulzar Sahab said that if you play this character seriously then this stick to you mind. He said during playing the character, you have to recognise the character whole day as it get easier for you. That's why after completing the film, it was very hard to back from that character. Hansal Mehta has directed Aligarh and Rajkumar Rao wil also be seen in the film. This film is releasing on 26 January.