Irrfan's character name in Blackmail was a tribute to Dev Anand. On Tuesday Trivia

Did you know Irrfan's character in Blackmail was named Dev as a tribute to the legendary actor, Dev Anand? Blackmail turns 3 today.

A film like Blackmail isn't made every day. Three years ago, on this date - April 6, 2018 - Irrfan gave us this delicious black comedy, Blackmail, and those who have seen this will agree, it was just spectacular. Every frame, every dialogue, every twist in this Abhinay Deo directorial venture just hit it out of the park. It even brought Urmila Matondkar back on screen for the special number, Bewafa Beauty. But Blackmail was as much about what it showed as it was about the underlying, subliminal messages. And one of them was about Irrfan's character name in the film. Irrfan's character was named Dev Kaushal in the film. Dev is a sales executive working in a company that manufactures toilet papers. Forever dissatisfied Dev hates his job because it doesn't pay him well. His marriage to Reena Kaushal, played by Kirti Kulhari, isn't going that great either, for not only does she not love him, but it is also later revealed that she is having an affair with her ex, Ranjit, played by Arunoday Singh.