Blackmail (2018 film)

Blackmail
Directed byAbhinay Deo
Written byStory & screenplay:
Parveez Shaikh
Dialogues:
Pradhuman Singh Mall
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJay Pinak Oza
Edited byHuzefa Lokhandwala
Music bySongs:
Amit Trivedi
Guest composers:
Badshah
Guru Randhawa
Background score:
Mikey McCleary
Parth Parekh
Production
companies
Distributed byT-Series
Release date
  • 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget18 crore (equivalent to 24 crore or US$2.8 million in 2023)
Box office28.81 crore (equivalent to 39 crore or US$4.6 million in 2023)

Blackmail (stylised as Blackमेल) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film co-produced and directed by Abhinay Deo. The film stars Irrfan Khan, Kirti Kulhari, Arunoday Singh and Divya Dutta in lead roles and is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Apurba Sengupta and Rohit KaduDeshmukh under the banner of T-Series Films and RDP Motion Pictures. Blackmail depicts the life of a married-man in his late 30s stuck in a full day-time job and unexciting life but things turn after he finds that his wife is having an extramarital affair. The film had its theatrical release in India on 6 April 2018 and turned out to be a Sleeper Hit at the box office.