Blackmail movie review: A mad, zany tale that’ll surely leave you crackling

While this plot rolls out, Irrfan aka Dev’s office shenanigans are equally crazy . His boss played by Omi Vaidya is hellbent on selling their brand of toilet paper which gives way to subtle toilet humour and Irrfan’s colleague is a major tale-teller who in an inebriated state of mind spills out his blackmailing secrets to a newly joined ‘virgin’ female employee which in turn calls for another madcap situation at his workplace. Together, all things lead to one path i.e. BLACKMAIL and that’s portrayed with a humourous dash.

Coming from Abhinay Deo’s table, this one too belongs to the dark comedy genre and Irrfan shoulders the film like a breeze. You see the sorrow and the pain in his eyes which converts into hushed revenge with effortless ease. Kirti Kulhari is good at what she does while Arunoday Singh’s confused expressions aren’t too pleasing. Divya Dutta’s strong baritone as she calls out to her Tommy perfectly describes her need to overpower her hubby while Omi Vaidya as Irrfan’s adamant boss has his crazy American twang intact here too. Also, Pradhuman Singh as Anand Tripathi, his not-so-trustworthy colleague and Anuja Sathe as the greedy-for-money employee are good in their small yet noticeable characters.

The music is on point especially the track Badla which blends perfectly as the situations unfold. While, the plot of the movie is the hero, the pace could have been tightened as towards the end of the second half, we are yearning to come to a conclusion as soon as possible. Overall, this one’s a wacky tale that’s caught our eye in a long while.

P.S. If only Urmila Matondkar could have earned a better item number, we would have surely blown a few whistles there too.