Anurag
Basu
and
Irrfan
Khan
had
worked
together
for
the
2007
film
Life...In
A
Metro.
Recently,
while
speaking
with
Mumbai
Mirror,
the
filmmaker
revealed
that
he
was
working
on
a
sequel
to
the
film
with
Irrfan.
While
revealing
that
the
idea
of
the
sequel
came
from
Irrfan,
Anurag
also
said
that
he
had
approached
the
late
actor
to
essay
the
role
of
Ranbir
Kapoor's
father
in
Jagga
Jasoos.
However,
things
didn't
work
out
and
the
role
eventually
went
to
Saswata
Chatterjee.
The
tabloid
quoted
him
as
saying,
"I
had
approached
him
to
play
Ranbir's
(Kapoor)
accident-prone,
adoptive
father
in
Jagga
Jasoos.
He
was
busy
with
other
films
then,
and
since
Jagga
Jasoos'
dates
were
all
over
the
place,
we
couldn't
collaborate
on
that
project.
But
he
told
me,
Chal,
Metro
sequel
banate
hain."
He
said
that
Irrfan
reminded
him
about
it
during
the
Qareeb
Qareeb
Singlle
promotions.
"Metro
2
mujhe
Irrfan
ke
saath
hi
karni
thi
(I
wanted
to
make
Metro
2
only
with
Irrfan).
I
don't
know...
I
really
don't
know," Basu
was
quoted
as
saying.
The
filmmaker
also
revealed
that
when
Gangster
released,
Irrfan
was
miffed
with
him
for
not
writing
a
role
for
him
in
that
film,
despite
their
long
association
in
TV.
"I
made
up
with
a
role
in
Metro
which
showcased
his
lighter
side,
which
I
was
acquainted
with
from
our
TV
shows.
As
Monty,
lrrfan
was
a
riot," said
Anurag.
Besides
the
Metro
sequel,
Irrfan
was
supposed
to
do
a
film
on
pandemic,
with
Ship
Of
Theseus
director
Anand
Gandhi.
Speaking
about
the
film
titled
Emergence,
the
director
recently
revealed
in
an
interview,
"Irrfan
and
I
drove
to
Pune
once
and
became
friends
over
the
years.
We
explored
the
possibility
of
his
presence
in
Tumbbad
before
the
final
script
and
schedule
changed
things.
He'd
have
been
in
Emergence
too.
I
wish
I
had
created
something
with
him."
Irrfan
Khan
passed
away
on
April
29,
after
a
two-year
long
battle
with
endoneurocrine
tumour.