Irrfan
Khan
will
be
returning
to
the
screen
for
the
first
time
since
his
cancer
diagnosis,
with
Homi
Adajania's
directorial
Angrezi
Medium.
Homi
revealed
that
the
makers
of
the
film
were
willing
to
wait
for
more
than
a
year
for
Irrfan
to
star
in
the
film
as
there
was
no
alternative
to
him.
Homi
told
Mumbai
Mirror
in
an
interview,
"There
was
no
alternative
to
him,
this
film
was
meant
to
be
made
with
Irrfan,
so
we
waited
for
a
year."
Homi
shared
that
he
met
Irrfan
for
the
first
time
during
the
screening
of
Mira
Nair's
adaptation
of
the
Jhumpa
Lahiri
novel,
The
Namesake.
He
and
Irrfan
got
along
well.
Irrfan
had
seen
Homi's
debut
directorial,
Being
Cyrus,
and
was
interested
in
working
with
him.
Angrezi
Medium
went
on
floors
on
April
5,
2019.
Homi
revealed
that
Irrfan
was
full
of
self
doubt
when
he
came
to
the
set
after
a
long
time,
as
he
was
afraid
that
he
had
forgotten
acting.
"He
came
in
almost
like
a
clean
slate,
wondering
whether
he
had
forgotten
acting.
But
there
was
never
a
false
beat
with
him;
Irrfan
is
incredibly
organic.
Acting
is
in
his
blood,
I've
never
worked
with
anyone
like
him
before."
Irrfan
had
informed
his
fans
that
he
will
not
be
promoting
the
movie
owing
to
his
health
reasons.
Regarding
this,
Homi
said,
"Let's
keep
our
fingers
crossed
and
hope
that
it
works.
We
are
all
waiting
for
him
and
hopefully
will
see
him
closer
to
the
release
date
on
March
13."
Angrezi
Medium
co-stars
Radhika
Madan,
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan,
Dimple
Kapadia,
Ranvir
Shorey,
Deepak
Dobriyal
and
Kiku
Sharda.
The
film
is
scheduled
for
release
on
March
13,
2020.