Daijiworld Media Network - Entertainment
Mumbai, Sep 30: Irrfan Khan will seen investigating the highly talked about murder case of 14 year old Arushi Talwar in Meghna Gulzar's movie Talvar recently spoke about the central concept of the movie opining that cinema at its core should go beyond news and gossip.
The Lunch Box actor said that, "This film presses on people the need to look beyond headlines and dig deep to discover what lies beneath.Cinema should go beyond news and gossip. If you make snap judgements before the court has processed the case, it can sometimes influence the judiciary, which is unfortunate." About the movie crew working to portray a neutral stance in the case, Irrfan revealed, "We were constantly questioning, debating and ensuring that we didn't take sides but rather we raised questions about the system. There's no attempt to create a sensation but reinvent media-created perceptions."
The teenager was reported to have been having an affair with the help Hemraj Banjade and having found out about this affair, her parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were convicted by the court and sentenced to life imprisonment. Hemraj too was murdered around the same time and the blame for that too feel squarely on the shoulders of Arushi's parents. Irrfan's character is CDI detective Ashwin Kumar.
Avirook Sen wrote a book on these double murders that shook the nation titled 'Aarushi'. With regards to the book and the story there in Irrfan Khan however said, "I've yet to read it, I've been travelling extensively. Anyway, it came out after the film was shot. I have a lot of books with me which can lend themselves to good cinema and future projects, including Amitav Ghosh's Sea Of Poppies and The Hungry Tides."
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and received a lot of raise and adulation. Irrfan Khan went on to add, "The perception that Indian cinema is all about song and dance is changing, it's now about different kinds of drama." Presently busy shooting for the Japanese TV mini series, The Tokyo Trials, Irrfan will also be seen as a cop in Sanjay Gupta's Jazbaa opposite Aishwarya Rai Bachchan which is slated for release on the 9th of October.