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Abhinay Deo: Irrfan Khan's treatment is important

Abhinay Deo, the director of Blackmail, feels that Bollywood should work on bringing quality stories. During an interview, he said, "As creative people, we need to put enough thought behind every script. We, as a film industry, churn out maximum number of films but just the number is not important."

"We must given attention to content, writers must be able to come up with good stories that are different. Our industry should not be known just for quantity but for quality as well. We should all aim for excellence and aim to write an excellent script," he added


The film’s trailer has imbibed a sense of excitement in the audience to watch the movie. Irrfan Khan plays the lead in the film. Talking about Irrfan, he said, "His sense of timing, the way he manages to deliver funny things without doing many things is commendable. We feel he is not doing anything but he has thought it out very well and makes it look easy but it isn't that easy."

Speaking about Irrfan's absence from film’s promotions, the director said, "It does affect the promotions. But everybody knows the reason why Irrfan is not here and that his treatment is important at the moment. We hope the film does well as that's what even he wants."

"There are times when the scenes are not funny, they are serious but the audience is laughing its guts out because of the situation. There is not a single character in the film who is trying to be funny but it is still a comedy," he added.

Co-produced by T-Series, the film also stars, Kirti Kulhari, Divya Dutta, Arunoday Singh and Omi Vaidya. The movie is scheduled to release on April 6, 2018.

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Highlights

  • Hemant Modi was arrested after allegedly evading authorities for 12 years following parole
  • Police say he adopted a new identity and worked as actor Spandan Modi
  • Investigators claim he appeared in films with Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Mohanlal
  • Authorities traced him in Ahmedabad after a tip-off reportedly led to his identification

A life sentence gave way to a disappearance

For more than a decade, police say Hemant Nagindas Purshottamdas Modi lived a life few would have expected after a murder conviction. Arrested this week by Ahmedabad’s Detection of Crime Branch, investigators claim the 54-year-old spent years creating a new identity and working in films while remaining a fugitive.

Modi was convicted in 2008 alongside his brother Sachin Modi and five others in the murder case of Narendra alias Nano Yashwant Kamble, linked to a killing in June 2005. All seven were sentenced to life imprisonment.

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