Here’s
What
Irrfan
Is
Quoted
As
Saying
In
the
Book
"Bhatt
saab
is
a
very
intelligent
person;
he
is
very
aware.
He
would
say,
'Arre
Irrfan,
gandi
acting
kar
(Irrfan,
do
bad
acting).
Spoon-feed
the
audience'," Irrfan
is
quoted
as
saying
in
the
book.
Irrfan
had
been
trained
in
theatre,
and
his
outlook
and
desire
was
to
make
good
artistic
cinema
whereas
Bhatt
also
wanted
him
to
get
the
essence
of
mass
cinema
where
subtle
performances
do
not
necessarily
work
with
the
audience,
the
book
stated.
Here’s
What
Mahesh
Bhatt
Wanted
From
Irrfan
Khan
"I
believe
it
is
better
to
be
crude
and
clear
than
to
be
artistic
and
vague
because
the
constituency
we
are
pitching
our
narrative
to
is
not
an
elite,
refined,
affected
audience
which
is
being
shaped
by
a
sensibility
over
years,"
Bhatt
is
quoted
as
saying
in
the
book,
published
by
Rupa.
"The
dharma
of
mainstream
entertainment
is
maximum
reach.
The
idiom
compels
us
to
be
a
little
shrill.
And
you
have
to
appeal
to
that
person
who
is
a
low-grade
moron
who
is
sitting
in
the
last
row
of
your
cinema
hall.
'Usko
samajh
mein
aana
chaiye
baat'
(He
has
to
understand
the
film),"
he
said.
In
2017,
Irrfan
Clarified
What
Bhatt
Meant
When
He
Said
‘Gandi
Acting’
Irrfan,
in
an
interview
with
Film
Companion's
Anupama
Chopra
in
2017,
said
by
‘gandi
acting'
Bhatt
meant
him
not
to
personalise
the
character
he
was
playing.
"What
happens
in
Hindi
cinema
is
that
an
actor
comes
and
says
the
dialogue,
the
camera
covers
you,
the
lines
are
flat.
It's
an
actor
who
fills
a
scene
with
magic.
He
(Bhatt)
meant
to
say,
do
something
superficial,
give
a
hypnotic
performance," Irrfan
said.
He
Further
Added…
"By
'gandi
acting' he
did
not
mean
that
do
it
so
badly
that
nobody
watches
it.
He
meant
don't
personalise
the
character,
just
say
the
lines
with
a
flourish,"
the
actor
added.
The
National
Award-winning
actor
on
Wednesday
lost
his
battle
to
cancer
at
a
hospital
in
Mumbai.
He
was
54.
In
a
career
spanning
three
decades,
Irrfan
transcended
the
borders
of
television
to
mainstream
Hindi
cinema
and
also
made
a
mark
in
Hollywood
rubbing
shoulders
with
top
global
stars
and
winning
accolades
for
his
work.