Director Tigmanshu Dhulia reflects on 21 years Of his crime drama Charas, what it was like working with the late Irrfan Khan and also reveals what is coming next in this special conversation with Subhash K Jha.

Your sophomore film Charas was not as well received as your first film Haasil. Was that a disappointment?

It was twenty-one years ago, my second film Charas got released. Expectations were high. But it did not come close to the kind of admiration my debut film Haasil received.

Was Charas a challenge to make?

I loved making it. Visually it is one of my best works because the canvas was enormous. I think it was ahead of its time. The plot was too thick and twisted many just did not get it. It happens when the filmmaker is trying too hard and feeling superior to his audience. My bad.

This is the first time...