Irfan Khan and Deepika Padukone are all set to unite with Vishal Bharadwaj’s next film which is an adaptation of S Hussain Zaidi’s book Mafia Queens of Mumbai. The book is based on the life and times of Ashraf Khan who is popularly known as Sapna Didi.
Irfan spoke to a noted journalist and spoke about his experience of working with Deepika in Piku. Irfan said, “This name, Deepika Padukone, it does something to me. I like her very much, as a human being, as an actor. I still remember when we did Piku, we never interacted that much before shooting. But we used to interact while shooting and I used to see her spontaneous response to my thing. There was a kind of give and take which was so special which suddenly made me alive as an actor. I think that is the most beautiful gift to an actor if you get a live actor with you. There is a kind of intelligence in her, the way she crafts her role. Piku’s character could have gone anywhere, you know, it could have become a little annoying character because it was written that way, that she is hyper.”
Irfan had earlier said, ”I will always be excited to work with Deepika. I am all the more excited this time (as to) how our chemistry (will) work. In this film, I am not (portraying) a decent or civilised man, so our equation in this film is completely (different from ‘Piku’). She is the most beautiful person and a good human being. It gives me happiness when I see Deepika.”
