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Had thought of Irrfan bhai for Manoj Bajpayee's role in 'Ray': Writer Niren Bhatt

By IANS | Updated: July 12, 2021 10:30 IST

Mumbai, July 12 Writer Niren Bhatt wrote two stories "Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa" and "Spotlight" in ...

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Mumbai, July 12 Writer Niren Bhatt wrote two stories "Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa" and "Spotlight" in the anthology "Ray", which was based on short stories of iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Bhatt says he had initially visualised late actor Irrfan Khan in the role of Musafir in "Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa". Eventually, Manoj Bajpayee played the character.

The segment "Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa" is based on the short story "Barin Bhowmik-er Byaram", and it features Gajraj Rao, Raghubir Yadav and Manoj Phawa along with Bajpayee.

"It is a little sensitive thing and I am opening my heart here. I want to be honest with what I have in mind. Firstly, no one would doubt when I say that Manoj bhai is one of the finest actors that the Indian film industry has currently. But, when I started writing visualising Musafir, his body language, how he speaks and every other detail, in my mind Irrfan

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