There had been reports that Irrfan Khan and Deepika Padukone will team up once again in a Honey Trehan directorial which was rumoured to be based on the life of mafia queen Ashraf Khan aka Sapna Didi. The gangster drama was to be produced by Vishal Bharadwaj, and he had announced the film in 2017. However, he had then given an update in February 2018, that the film had to be stalled due to the lead actors’ health issues.
In his Facebook post, Vishal Bharadwaj had written, “In the past few weeks, I felt like I was back in the days of Maqbool while prepping with them. Deepika and Irrfan’s look tests have come out exceptionally well, nothing like you’ve seen before, and it took me a moment to recognize them when I saw the test photographs. I want both of them to be strong and fit before we start the film.”
Vishal Bharadwaj had also clarified that the film wasn’t a biopic. He wrote, “Yes, it’s a takeoff from the story Femme Fatale from Hussain Zaidi’s book Mafia Queens of Mumbai but as we worked on this idea, the story and screenplay have taken on a new identity and shape which is nowhere close to the above-mentioned names. Hence, it’s definitely not a biopic.” ALSO READ: Irrfan Khan Demise: Throwback To 2009 Oscars Red Carpet When Irrfan Made India Proud With Anil Kapoor For Slumdog Millionaire
It was in March 2018, that Irrfan Khan then revealed he had been diagnosed with a rare tumour.
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