Amitabh Bachchan was upset when Irrfan Khan improvised a scene in Piku, says wife Sutapa Sikdar: ‘They later became friends’

Sutapa, who is also an acclaimed writer, recalled having a conversation with director Shoojit Sircar, who helmed the film Piku. Shoojit told Sutapa, “Bachchan saab is very structured and really prepared when he comes and Irrfan improvised and he got really upset. Then they became friends.”

Talking about the interval scene that left everyone impressed, Sutapa said that the whole scene was improvised and Shubhra added, “Shoojit said he did not have the courage to cut it.” Shubhra also recalled that Shoojit once said, “When I was directing Irrfan [on the set of] Piku, I would sometimes even be afraid of saying ‘Cut’”. The interval scene was the one where Deepika, Irrfan, and Big B’s characters were stuck on a highway, having a heated argument.

Irrfan breathed his last on April 29, 2020. The actor was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour and succumbed to colon infection. Irrfan Khan: A Life in Movies, written by Shubhra Gupta and published by Pan Macmillan India, was launched in Delhi on Sunday.