A middle-aged married man stuck in a full time job and unexciting life. Now where have I seen that? Oh, yes! My uncles, my neigbours, the person I buy groceries from, etc etc. But there is more to Dev’s story. When Dev finds out his wife is cheating on him, he secretly blackmails his wife and her lover as a form of revenge. Why? Well, you’re losing your wife to infidelity, might as well make some money out of the betrayal, right? But things don’t go quite as Dev had planned. What happens when the blackmailer gets blackmailed instead?
Wouldn’t you be interested in paying 300 bucks, buying yourself a large popcorn combo and watching Irrfan Khan’s action-comedy-thriller Blackmail? If not the chilling trailer, we’ve some B-town approved reviews that will definitely covince you.
We all know that Irrfan Khan is in UK undergoing a treatment for the ‘rare disease’ he has been diagnosed with – Neuroendocrine tumour. So the film’s co-producer, Priya Gupta, thought of starting the movie promos on a sweet note.
Feels so strange to start screenings of our film #Blackमेल without u @irrfan. So badly wish you were here with all of us. But I also know for sure that a lot of love is on its way to you after people watch u in the film. Get well soon. pic.twitter.com/oO1PZK36wo
— Priya Gupta (@priyagupta999) 29 March 2018
After a spot-on review from Irrfan’s Piku co-star, Amitabh Bachchan…
T 2760 – Saw a delightful film today .. “BLACKMAIL” ..https://t.co/e79YFffALp .. a brilliant screenplay, unique story, exemplary performances and great presentation and editing ..
Actors excel from Irfan Khan to some fresh new faces .. so happy to see such creativity .. !! pic.twitter.com/Srv9BgiOE2— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) 31 March 2018
…a special screening was organised for the Bollywood biggies. Here’s how the filmmakers of Blackmail planned to promote the film in Irrfan’s absense – by showing it to the people who understand cinema the best, the directors, of course.
Director’s are the toughest to please. ThankU so much for ur love!!! #Blackमेल screening. @RajkumarHirani #PradeepSarkar @AshGowariker @raviudyawar @IAmSudhirMishra #AmoleGupte @tanujachandra @meghnagulzar @bangdu @alankrita601 #SriramRaghavan @CastingChhabra @AbhinayDeo pic.twitter.com/oGbi4tgxT1
— Priya Gupta (@priyagupta999) 2 April 2018
Rajkumar Hirani, Amol Gupte, Nishikant Kamat, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Meghna Gulzar, Sudhir Mishra, among others, attended this screening and the response from them is just so overwhelming.
Here’s what the Lagaan director Ashutosh Gowariker had to say:
An absolutely unpredictable film, this #Blackमेल !
Congrats @AbhinayDeo on your wicked direction!!
Really enjoyed your ESCAPADE! @priyagupta999 https://t.co/SUTvALdSuM— Ashutosh Gowariker (@AshGowariker) 2 April 2018
Followed by Meghna Gulzar, the daughter of legendary lyricist and Bollywood favourite, Gulzar. She worked with Irrfan in Talvar and is now directing Alia Bhatt’s upcoming Raazi.
#Blackमेल is twisted and terrific! Unguessable till the last turn. Superlative work by the entire team! @AbhinayDeo @priyagupta999
— Meghna Gulzar (@meghnagulzar) 2 April 2018
Dev had me. Emotionally entangled and evil with even flourish! There’s nothing you can’t do Sir.. @irrfank #Blackमेल
— Meghna Gulzar (@meghnagulzar) 2 April 2018
What the Lipstick Under My Burkha director, Alankrita Shrivastava, thought about the thriller:
Thankyou @priyagupta999 and @AbhinayDeo for sharing your wonderful mad film #blackmail with us. All the best for the release!❤ https://t.co/dlbB0K79ZD
— Alankrita (@alankrita601) 2 April 2018
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Blackmail, releasing this Friday on April 6, also stars Kirti Kulhari (you might have seen her in the movie Pink), Urmila Matondkar, Divya Dutta and Aronoday Singh. Book your tickets now!
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