Filmmaker Abhinay Deo’s Blackmail completed 7 years earlier this week. The film starred the late Irrfan Khan along with Kirti Kulhari and Arunoday Singh. On the film’s anniversary, Deo looked back at it in an interview with us.
7 years of Blackmail: Director Abhinay Deo recalls his last meet with Irrfan Khan; says, “We spoke about making the second part of the film”
How do you look back on Blackmail?
Blackmail was and always be a special film for me. It was my only film with an actor par excellence who no longer is with us …Irfan. It was my second film in the genre I love the most after Delhi Belly: dark comedy.
Irrfan fell ill during the making
Towards the end of the making, he had started feeling unwell and he wasn’t himself when we were shooting the promotional video. Throughout the promotions of the film, he was unavailable but he was suffering and fighting perhaps what was the biggest battle of his life.
Did you meet him after he fell ill?
I had gone to meet him at his home once I knew about his condition and we spoke of making the second part of Blackmail as soon as he returned from his treatment… Sadly that never happened. He was a great actor. A very intense person with an incredible sense of humour. We lost him too early.
Where do you place Blackmail in your repertoire?
Well, considering I have only made six films, out of which one, that’s Doosra hasn’t yet released … I would say right up there after Delhi Belly.
Would you consider making Blackmail sequel with another actor?
I haven’t thought of a sequel to the film ever since my friend has passed away.
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