![]() But there’s a scene later in the film which I can’t shake. The scene in the movie theatre is the one everyone remembers, with Ranvijay (Irrfan) hilariously telling his posse to adopt guerrilla tactics. Irrfan’s breakthrough came in 2003, playing a thug involved in student politics in Haasil. There are people who watched the film when it came out who’ll tell you they saw greatness in that lean young scribe. After the boy leaves, Irrfan gives the kind of piercing sideways glance that would become so familiar to Indian moviegoers, and crumples up the paper. His earnestness is contrasted with the brusque responses of the roadside letter-writer, played by Irrfan. Krishna, the film’s young protagonist, wants to send a letter home to his mother. ![]() ![]() Director Mira Nair, taken by his look, offered him a one-scene cameo. Irrfan was initially slated for a longer part in Salaam Bombay (1988), his first film, but proved too tall and rangy.
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