Watching other films of Abhiney Deo, I have started to feel that Delhi Belly was good only because of Aamir Khan's involvement.
Deo has a background in Advertising and directing ad films so he presents the films brilliantly but his films lack in story writing.
Blackmail is one such film.
You just don't get anything in the film.
They refuse to explain anything to you and have tried to unapologetically copy COENian humor and failed.
I think people should stay away from Coen brothers type of filmmaking because it is only they who know how to do it.
It is only them who knows how to make a scene comedy and grumpy at the same time.
Blackmail boasts of brilliant performances and good camera work marred by some weed smoking writer who had no clue what he was writing and an over confident director who cared more about the look of the film than the actual film.
None of the characters have any closure.
None of the good plot points introduced has any meaning and sometimes the most senseless things become meaningful.
Characters are dumb as left activists and you don't feel a thing of excitement while watching the film. You just want the film to end because nothing much is happening in the film.
Songs are useless. Characters are more useless. Story is most useless. And direction is the worst that you can witness in filmmaking.
Irrfan Khan is at his best. If he was not there, this film would tank down so badly that no traces of it would have been found..