The
cat
is
out
of
the
bag.
Irrfan
may
seem
to
be
a
gentle
poet
in
7
Khoon
Maaf
who
woos
and
wins
Priyanka
Chopra's
love
in
the
pristine
landscape
of
Kashmir.
But
within
the
sensitive
skin
lies
the
character
of
a
sadistic
animal.
At
home,
Irrfan
is
shown
to
repeatedly
beat
up
his
wife
Priyanka
before
having
sex
with
her.
Says
a
source,
"The
character
is
incontrovertibly
modelled
on
this
gentle
romantic
superstar
of
yesteryears.
He
was
a
suave
soft
spoken
ladies
man
in
public.
He
swept
the
teen
heart-throb
of
his
times
off
her
feet
(stealing
her
away
from
her
then-boyfriend).But
after
marriage
her
life
turned
into
a
living
hell.
In
real
life
she
walked
out
on
the
marriage.
In
the
film
Priyanka
slaughters
Irrfan
after
one
wacking
too
many."
The
most
traumatic
experience
of
Priyanka
Chopra's
career
as
an
actress
was
getting
beaten
up
repeatedly
by
Irrfan
Khan.
Method
director
that
he
is,
Vishal
Bhardwaj
wanted
the
real
thing.
The
blows
raining
on
Priyanka
are
not
make
believe.
Irrfan
plays
a
poet
and
a
pervert.
For
the
public,
he's
a
gentle
Kashmiri
poet
reciting
beautifully
penned
words.
In
private,
he
is
a
brute
and
an
animal
who
gets
sexually
excited
by
beating
up
his
wife
Priyanka
Chopra.
Says
a
source
from
the
film,
"Vishal
was
very
clear
about
the
violence.
He
warned
Priyanka
that
the
slaps
kicks
and
punches
would
be
real.
And
she
was
all
for
it.
But
when
it
came
to
the
crunch
she
couldn't
help
saying,
'Ouch!'
every
time
a
blow
fell
on
her."
By
the
time
Priyanka
finished
shooting
her
scenes
with
Irrfan,
she
had
welters
bruises
and
wounds
to
show
for
her
commitment
to
the
role
in
7
Khoon
Maaf.
Apparently,
Irrfan
was
not
the
least
inhibited
by
the
violence.
Says
the
source,
"She
was
given
real
blows,
no
fake
ones.
There
were
torn
lips
and
swollen
cheeks
throughout
without
any
makeup.
Once,
only
once,
Priyanka
got
a
chance
to
get
her
own
back.
In
one
sequence
her
character
gives
Irrfan
a
tight
slap
back.
Priyanka
gave
it
her
best
shot,
with
the
director's
permission.
Vishal
Bhardwaj
told
her
to
slap
Irrfan
real
and
hard.
'He's
from
the
NSD.
He
knows
about
method
acting.'
But
Irrfan
got
scared.
He
told
Priyanka
to
slap
him
with
only
four
fingers."
This
too
is
a
scene
that
could
be
straight
out
of
the
ex-superstar's
marriage.
Apparently,
after
every
bout
of
violence
he
would
fear
getting
some
of
it
back
from
his
wife.
When
contacted,
Irrfan
refrained
from
comment.
He
has
been
briefed
by
Vishal
Bhardwaj
to
keep
mum
about
his
character's
dark
violent
secret.
Finally
after
some
persuasion
Irrfan
spoke
about
his
character.
Said
the
actor,
"To
reduce
my
character
to
a
wife-beater
would
be
to
take
away
from
his
complexities.
This
is
a
man,
a
poet
in
a
state
of
constant
turmoil.
He
is
forever
seeking
something;
he
knows
not
what.
When
he
finds
Priyanka's
character,
he
feels
his
search
has
ended.
But
he
realizes
that
he
has
embarked
on
another
journey
after
marriage.
In
his
endeavour
to
find
himself,
he
ends
up
doing
things
he
doesn't
understand.
He
doesn't
know
why
he's
doing
what
he's
doing."