Deepika among finest actors, Irrfan a favourite: Vishal Bhardwaj.

Ace filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, who will be
working with Deepika Padukone and Irrfan
Khan in his next film, on Saturday said he
considers Deepika as one of the finest
actors in the country at present while Irrfan
is one of his favourites.
"I am really looking forward to working
with Deepika, she is one of the finest actors
right now and Irrfan has been one of my
favourites. So I am really excited to work
with them," Bhardwaj told IANS on the
sidelines of a session on his new book of
poems at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary
Festival here.
The filmmaker, who will be working for the
first time with Deepika, said the script of the
film was written well in advance and he is
not at all sceptical about casting her in his
next project despite the recent controversy
surrounding her upcoming film
"Padmaavat".
"This is a script I wrote two years back so I
am really not sceptical about anything," he
said.
The "Rangoon" director also welcomed the
emergence of digital media in the country
for its "good content" and said more such
platforms are necessary to reach out to a
larger audience.
"Of course it is a good trend. No matter how
many platforms come up for the films, I feel
there is always room for more. Also, they are
coming up with such good content.
Everyone is hooked on to some or the other
show on Netflix. So the more the merrier,"
he said.
Bhardwaj, who is also a renowned music
composer, said music is equally close to his
heart.
About his emergence as a writer with his
maiden book "Nude", a collection of poems,
Bhardwaj said: "I will keep writing and I
think in every two three years I will come up
with a book of poems."
CREDITS: IANS.

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