Blackmail (2018 film)

Blackmail
The poster features the face of a person wearing a Paperbag Mask and the title appears at the bottom.
Directed byAbhinay Deo
Written byStory & screenplay:
Parveez Shaikh
Dialogues:
Pradhuman Singh Mall
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJay Pinak Oza
Edited byHuzefa Lokhandwala
Music bySongs:
Amit Trivedi
Guest composers:
Badshah
Guru Randhawa
Background score:
Mikey McCleary
Parth Parekh
Production
companies
Distributed byT-Series
Release date
  • 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹18 crore (equivalent to ₹24 crore or US$2.9 million in 2023)[1]
Box office₹28.81 crore (equivalent to ₹39 crore or US$4.6 million in 2023)[2]

Blackmail (stylised as Blackमेल)[3] is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film co-produced and directed by Abhinay Deo. The film stars Irrfan Khan, Kirti Kulhari, Arunoday Singh and Divya Dutta in lead roles and is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Apurba Sengupta and Rohit KaduDeshmukh under the banner of T-Series Films and RDP Motion Pictures.[4][5][6][7] Blackmail depicts the life of a married-man in his late 30s stuck in a full day-time job and unexciting life but things turn after he finds that his wife is having an extramarital affair.[4] The film had its theatrical release in India on 6 April 2018 and turned out to be a Sleeper Hit at the box office.

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  2. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (7 April 2018). "Box Office: Worldwide collections and day wise break up of Blackmail - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Blackमेल Trailer: जब ब्लैकमेल करते-करते खुद ही ब्लैकमेल होने लगा ब्लैकमेलर". ABP News. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b FP Staff (30 January 2018). "Blackmail: After Delhi Belly, stars Irrfan, Kirti Kulhari". FirstPost.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  5. ^ IANS (31 January 2018). "Irrfan Khan and Kirti Kulhari's Blackmail to release on this date". TimesNowNews.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  6. ^ IANS (31 January 2018). "Abhinay Deo's upcoming Irrfan Khan-starrer 'Blackmail' locked for release on April 6". NewIndianExpress.com. Mumbai. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Blackmail teaser: Why is Irrfan Khan running bare-chested on the streets?". Hindustan Times. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.