Vishal Bharadwaj on cutting off ties
The director opened up about his fallout with late actor Irrfan Khan and how they eventually got back together. Vishal said that Irrfan refused to do his movie Ishqiya after his earlier film No Smoking, as a producer was a major failure at the box office. Vishal collaborated with the late actor for films like 7 Khoon Maaf, Talvar, and Maqbool.
“We were making Ishqiya (2010), which Abhishek Chaubey was directing, and obviously, Irrfan had to be in it. We never used to think beyond Irrfan Khan and he had already agreed. So, when we reached out to him, he said, ‘Oh Vishal sir, I’ve given my dates to another film.’ I asked him why.
Then Irrfan said, ‘Your No Smoking (2007) flopped so I thought you won’t make another film now.’ And we’d said no to a big female actor because she said I won’t work with Irrfan because he’s not a commercial actor. And we’d told her if you won’t work with Irrfan, we won’t work with you. Now, I’m laughing at it, but I was very angry at him. I said, ‘Films work and flop, but how dare you think that I’d not stand by my films.’ I didn’t talk to him, or pick up his calls for two-three years. Then he also stopped calling because I didn’t want to talk to him.”
Haider’s director said “Nobody was saying yes to a character in Saat Khoon Maaf (2011) because he was a wife-beater. It was a complex character as he used to feel sexually aroused only by beating up his wife. It was such a terrific character and written by Ruskin Bond. Every actor, big or small, was saying no to that role. So, I thought if Irrfan was there, he’d have got this character. So, I called him but dropped the call after the first ring. He called back and asked me why I called him. I told him there’s a role. He said I don’t want a narration, I just want to work with you. So, from then, our friendship started again,” he added.
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