Manoj Bajpayee: "I Got Infected With COVID Because Someone Else Didn't Follow The Rule" Follow Actor Manoj Bajpayee on Tuesday opened up about his COVID-19 diagnosis, saying that he got infected with the virus because someone from his latest film's crew was careless regarding protocols. The 51-year-old actor tested positive for COVID-19 last week after Kanu Behl, the director of his film "Despatch", for which he was shooting, contracted the virus. View this post on Instagram Bajpayee said filming amid COVID times is seamless if people take necessary precautions. "You don't face any problem (while shooting) if COVID-19 protocols by the production are followed. The problem arises when you flout those protocols. I got infected with COVID because someone else didn't follow the rule and the entire shoot had to be cancelled," the actor told reporters.