Irrfan Khan shouted at Tigmanshu Dhulia after crew member set fire to beehive on set, accused him of genocide: ‘Bahut daanta mujhe’

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Recalling an incident on the Saheb, Biwi, Gangster Returns sets, Tigmanshu said that he noticed a beehive at their shooting location. He got angry, and said that the beehive should be cleared by the next day. The next day, he arrived on set to discover that someone had set fire to the hive, leaving thousands of bees dead. Irrfan was incensed.

He said, “Mujhe ek baar Irrfan ne bahut daanta. Mera uska jhagda waise kam hua hai… Main set pahuncha shooting ke liye, Irrfan bahar khada hua tamtamaya hua. Kehta hai, ‘Yeh kya kiya hai tumne?’ Chaar gaali saath mein. Kisi ne madumakkhi ka chhatta jala diya yaar. Wahan pe hazaron madumakkhiyan mari padi thi. Mujhe bahut daanta, ‘Tumhe pata hai madumakkhiyan kya cheez hoti hain?’ Pollination se leke… Maine bola yaar maine thodi kaha tha jalao, madumakkhi hatane ke aur bhi tareeke hote hain. He really took my class. Narsanhar hi tha woh (Irrfan yelled at me once, we didn’t argue much otherwise… I reached set for shooting, and saw Irrfan there, angry. Somebody had set fire to the beehive, thousands of bees had died. Irrfan yelled at me about the importance of bees, abused me. I told him I didn’t order it, but he saw it as a genocide).”

Tigmanshu and Irrfan worked together on films such as Haasil, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 2, and Paan Singh Tomar. Irrfan died in 2020 after a two-year battle with cancer.