India, Oct. 9 -- Filmmaker Tanuja Chandra recently opened up about her experience working with the late Irrfan, describing it as "beautiful, difficult." Reflecting on their collaboration for the 2017 romantic comedy Qarib Qarib Singlle, on The Pooja Bhatt Show, Tanuja said: "Working with Irrfan was beautiful, difficult. He's not easy. He wouldn't like to do too many takes because he used to think that the spontaneity would go away."

Tanuja also recalled how Irrfan took a whole year to agree to the film. "He took one year to say yes, till I finally said, 'You know, Irrfan, if it's not going to happen, maybe another time.' So his wife (Sutapa Sikdar) said, 'Let's make it with someone else.' 'We'll make it with Farhan. We'll make it with Fa...