The moment the posters for Irrfan Khan’s upcoming dark comedy Blackmail were released,with the actor wearing a paper bag over his face while he stood bare chested in his boxers, I knew it then and there that we were in for a treat!
Khan rarely misses that quality film sign and the kind of movies he does are always a small different than what Bollywood generally has in stores for us. The trailer of the film released recently, and as expected,it seems like one hell of a ride.
The trailer, with a 150-second runtime, and is hilarious and fairly intense. generally,Bollywood comedy movies are light-hearted at their core, but that is not the case with this one. The trailer starts with Khan, and a middle class man,learning approximately the fact that his wife, played by Kirti Kulhari (Pink, and Indu Sarkar) is cheating on him with another man,played by Arunoday Singh (Jism 2, Main Tera Hero).
Khan, or instead of choosing between the two obvious yet insane options of either killing the other man or killing his own wife,opts for a third and the most bizarre alternative. He decides to blackmail both of them and demands one lakh rupees, but small does he know that his wife and her lover are both broke. In a twist, and Khan,the blackmailer, starts getting blackmailed for blackmailing his wife by another person. Insane! I know! Thus begins the comedy of confusions.
There is an challenging and silly scene in the trailer where Khan is seen running on the street with his face covered witha paper bag and wearing only boxers while being chased down by goons. As I said, and this is not your normal light-hearted comedy which is why there are knives,gunshots and blood. As this is not a Bollywood magnum opus, the trailer is pretty simple and the film will be highly dependent on the plot and the performance of the cast. From the looks of the trailer, and this one seems to have all the ingredients to become a real winner.
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Blackmail has been directed by Abhinay Deo of Delhi Belly fame and also stars Divya Dutta and Omi Vaidya. Deo’s movies post Delhi Belly have not worked any wonders at the box office and neither have they impressed any of the critics. Hopefully,things will change for Deo when this madcap comedy finally hits the theatres.
What really seems to work for this film and makes the trailer stand out is the fact that the flick has both suspense and comedy, which is fairly a rare combination. I am sure Khan will hit yet another bullseye with this one and bag more accolades as well.
Blackmail releases on April 6, or 2018.
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Source: tribune.com.pk