After a special screening for him recently, superstar Amitabh Bachchan became the first one to give a review on Irrfan Khan-starrer Blackmail. The actor seemed really impressed by the comedy-drama.
The makers of Blackmail not organised a special screening for Bollywood directors. Renowned filmmakers such as Amol Gupte, Tanuja Chandra, Meghna Gulzar, Rajkumar Hirani, Nishikant Kamat, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Sudhir Mishra, Sriram Raghavan, Ravi Udyawar, Rensil D’Silva, Mukesh Chabbra, Pradeep Sarkar and Soumik Sen attended the special screening of the film.
The attendees were impressed by the direction of Abhinay Deo and shared their thoughts on their Twitter handles.
Ashutosh Gowarikar’s tweet read: “An absolutely unpredictable film, this #Blackmai! Congrats #AbhinayDeo on your wicked direction!! Really enjoyed your ESCAPADE!
An absolutely unpredictable film, this #Blackमेल !
Congrats @AbhinayDeo on your wicked direction!!
Really enjoyed your ESCAPADE! @priyagupta999 https://t.co/SUTvALdSuM— Ashutosh Gowariker (@AshGowariker) April 2, 2018
Meghna Gulzar tweeted: “#Blackमेल is twisted and terrific! Unguessable till the last turn. Superlative work by the entire team!”
#Blackमेल is twisted and terrific! Unguessable till the last turn. Superlative work by the entire team! @AbhinayDeo @priyagupta999
— Meghna Gulzar (@meghnagulzar) April 2, 2018
“Dev had me. Emotionally entangled and evil with even flourish! There’s nothing you can’t do Sir.. @irrfank #Blackमेल”, she added
Dev had me. Emotionally entangled and evil with even flourish! There’s nothing you can’t do Sir.. @irrfank #Blackमेल
— Meghna Gulzar (@meghnagulzar) April 2, 2018
Sudhir Mishra said, “Really well said . Blackmail is wicked and totally unpredictable. The actors are terrific . Arunoday has evolved so well and Divya is so good and what can one say about Irrfan . He’s in absolute control and in total sync with the films style . Congratulations Abhinay Deo !”
Really well said . Blackmail is wicked and totally unpredictable. The actors are terrific . Arunoday has evolved so well and Divya is so good and what can one say about Irrfan . He’s in absolute control and in total sync with the films style . Congratulations Abhinay Deo ! https://t.co/nxjthdKL47
— Sudhir Mishra (@IAmSudhirMishra) April 2, 2018
Soumik Sen tweeted, “The genius of @irrfank in complex shades of Career best turn from @arunodaysingh7,usual brilliance from @IamKirtiKulhari @divyadutta25, a stunning score makes #blackmail a winner.”.
The genius of @irrfank in complex shades of dark. Grt job @priyagupta999 @TSeries @AbhinayDeo n such joy to see school bud Apu as producer. Career best turn from @arunodaysingh7 ,usual brilliance from @IamKirtiKulhari @divyadutta25, a stunning score makes #blackmail a winner.
— Soumik Sen (@bangdu) April 1, 2018
ALankrita Shrivastava shared: “Had so much fun watching #blackmail. It is mad and crazy and unexpected! Congratulations @AbhinayDeo and @priyagupta999!”.
Had so much fun watching #blackmail. It is mad and crazy and unexpected! Congratulations @AbhinayDeo and @priyagupta999!
— Alankrita (@alankrita601) April 2, 2018
Priya Gupta, the co-producer of the film Blackmail, posted a picture with directors at special screening. Her tweet read: “Directors are the toughest to please. ThankU so much for ur love!!! #Blackmail screening”
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) April 2, 2018
The film depicts the life of a middle-aged married man stuck in a full-day job and unexciting life but things turn after he finds that his wife is having an extramarital affair.
In March, Irrfan revealed that he has a rare disease neuroendocrine tumor, for which he is getting treated abroad.
Abhinay Deo’s directorial Blackmail also features Kirti Kulhari, Divya Dutta, Arunoday Singh, Omi Vaidya, Anuja Sathe, Pradhuman Singh Mall and Gajraj Rao. The black comedy-drama film is slated to release on April 6.