Blackmail

As Irrfan battles a rare brain ailment in a hospital abroad, his latest film Blackmail rolled out this week without much ado. The film, an attempted black comedy of blackmail, deceit, infidelity and murder is no Box Office ringer even though the genre is new and worked hard upon.

Irrfan is the centrepoint of the film and does not let you down even once but even his acting acumen is unable to save the film which has weak plot, too much of the same thing going on throughout the film, thus nibbling away the interest of the viewers.

A middle class advertising agency employee (Irrfan) loves his beautiful wife who does not reciprocate so he makes do with other employees wives’ pictures in office if you know what I mean. He admires his wife’s beauty from a wall hole in the bedroom but one day when he returns early with dreams of romancing his wife, he finds a big burly guy in her bed. And thus starts the blackmailing.

The theme of the movie is interesting but it does not have in it the flesh to keep you engaged for the length of a feature film. From blackmail No 1 to blackmail No 4, there is not much happening so the film is not expected to do well at the Box Office, this despite Irrfan’s fans supporting him in his fight against his disease and serenading him in his efforts on screen.

Source: Sunday Pioneer, 8 April, 2018