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Blackmail

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 18m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
13K
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Irrfan Khan in Blackmail (2018)
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Dark ComedyComedyDramaThriller

When Dev finds out his wife is cheating on him, he secretly blackmails his wife and her lover as a form of revenge.When Dev finds out his wife is cheating on him, he secretly blackmails his wife and her lover as a form of revenge.When Dev finds out his wife is cheating on him, he secretly blackmails his wife and her lover as a form of revenge.

  • Director
    • Abhinay Deo
  • Writers
    • Parveez Shaikh
    • Pradhuman Singh
  • Stars
    • Irrfan Khan
    • Kirti Kulhari
    • Gajraj Rao
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Abhinay Deo
    • Writers
      • Parveez Shaikh
      • Pradhuman Singh
    • Stars
      • Irrfan Khan
      • Kirti Kulhari
      • Gajraj Rao
    • 69User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations total

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    Irrfan Khan
    Irrfan Khan
    • Dev Kaushal
    Kirti Kulhari
    Kirti Kulhari
    • Reena
    Gajraj Rao
    Gajraj Rao
    • Chawla
    Urmila Matondkar
    Urmila Matondkar
    • Mili (dancer in bewafa beauty song)
    Divya Dutta
    Divya Dutta
    • Dolly Verma
    Anuja Sathe
    Anuja Sathe
    • Prabha Ghatpande
    Arunoday Singh
    Arunoday Singh
    • Ranjit Arora
    Omi Vaidya
    Omi Vaidya
    • DK
    Alfredo Tavares
    Alfredo Tavares
    • Inspector Andrew
    Vibha Chhibber
    Vibha Chhibber
    • Blind woman
    Mridul Das
    Mridul Das
    • Mobile Store Guy
    Neelima Azim
    Neelima Azim
    • Dolly's mother
    Atul Kale
    Atul Kale
    • BST Shankar
    Pradhuman Singh
    • Anand Tripathi
    Abhijeet Chavan
    Abhijeet Chavan
    • Inspector Pramod Rawle
    Pravina Bhagwat Deshpande
    • Reena's Mother
    Saheb Das Manikpuri
    • BMC Peon
    • (as Saheb Das Manik Puri)
    Manohar Teli
    • Prabha's Father
    • Director
      • Abhinay Deo
    • Writers
      • Parveez Shaikh
      • Pradhuman Singh
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    User reviews69

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    9Fella_shibby

    Awesome comedy. Dark, funny, witty n a superb ending.

    SPOILER: Saw this in a theatre. Was highly anticipating it because i loved the director's earlier effort Delhi Belly which was outrageously funny. Of course the other reason is Irrfan Khan. The film follows the life of Dev (Irrfan) and his sometimes odd, sexual preferences. The missing photographs scenes were hilarious. The face cover scenes were hilarious too. Dev who is most attracted to his wife when she's sleeping, has a habit of peeping through a hole into his own bedroom. One night Dev comes early as advised by his colleague, finds his wife sleeping with another man. Surprisingly, given this dark subject matter, hilarity does in fact ensues. The film is filled with wacky complications, it takes a turn into darker territory with blackmailing, murder, conspiracy n accidents. One of the best part is that ther r no bloody songs except for one item song which was necessary for the colleague getting drunk n opening his mouth. There is some cleverly intelligent comedy here, but thats what I come to expect from Irrfan n Abhinay Deo. This film is really Irrfan's. He imbues his character with a sweetness that makes him more human and we as audiences wants him to win in his Pac-man game as well as in his revenge.
    7prafullasrivastav

    Irrfan khan and Extra-Martial affairs added more fun in black comedy

    Direction:

    Delhi Belly fame Abhinav Deo is back to black comedy genre after failure of Suspense and Action saga Game and Force2. As many scenes will recall you Delhi Belly's funny incidents. As Black comedy is new harvest for Bollywood and quite refreshing with compare to silly and WhatsApp's joke based comedy movies.

    Performance:

    Irrfan proved his mettle again in this black adult comedy drama. Nowadays Irrfan is little bit choosy regading script and he always come up with something new and refreshing one e.g. Piku, Hindi Medium and Qarib Qarib Singlle. Aronoday Singh has done great job in the role of unlucky husband of rich wife. Pink fame Kirti Kulhari looks good in supporting role. Divya Dutta and Omi Vaidya have done justice with their roles.

    Script:

    As script is quite good as Delhi Belly in terms of treatment. Some scene used as symbolic e.g. Water tap where you will be laugh based on your imagination. This means that script has great connect with the audience. As Bluffmaster movie has bluff as infection, same thing about this script because every one is blackmailing every one. Bajrangi Bhaijaan fame Parveez Sheikh has done brilliant job in great writing.

    Music:

    Amit Trivedi's music is with in frequency with script and situation. Two other music directors Badshah and Guru Randhawa have great contribution in form of "Happy Happy" and "Patola" where "Patola" is already party anthem.

    Dialogue:

    Any comedy genre, Dialogue is the soul of the movie. Dialogue was witty and funny at the same time.

    Box-office:

    As this black comedy earn 2.8 crores only which less than expected amount on day 1. Word of mouth is really good for this movie so we can expect good footfall on Saturday and Sunday.

    Last Words: Wish speedy recovery of Irrfan who are fighting with Neuroendocrine Tumour so that he can enjoy the success of his work in this movie.
    8ReelShahid

    You would want to witness this humorous chain reactions of blackmails

    Mahn! This was something. Honestly speaking, I wasn't expecting it to be such a fun-filled experience. I mean your expectations will always be high from an Irrfaan starter, but this truly was epic.

    Every cast member was so much involved in their character that you would actually feel at a point that you are witnessing a live show of interlinked blackmails.

    Brilliant film making!
    9acgug

    Very entertaining and brilliantly made

    Funny, thrilling , suspenseful and excellent performances from all. Ifran is a brilliant actor and pulls this role with aplomb. Highly recommend movie . A dark comedy, not your typical Bollywood movie. A must watch
    7ayanbosetatai

    Loved it !

    This black comedy movie was perfect, superb acting, great storytelling, the plot gonna makes you confuse for the nicely built climax which was pretty well executed. Bollywood needs this type of movie more for sure

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    • Trivia
      Irfan Khan read the script in two hours and gave his nod for the film.
    • Goofs
      The digitial clock shown in his office is never in sync with the Analaog clock which is next to it - showing London time.
    • Soundtracks
      Happy Happy
      Written by Badshah

      performed by Badshah and Aastha Gill

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    • Release date
      • April 6, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Шантаж
    • Production companies
      • RDP Motion Pictures
      • T-Series
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,018,081
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 18m(138 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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