Irrfan’s The Last Tenant debuts on YouTube

The film, which was completed in 2000, was released on the YouTube page of The Salt Inc 

The Last Tenant, a movie featuring Irrfan Khan long before he became one of India’s most versatiles stars but remained unreleased, has finally been made available on YouTube by its makers. The film, which was completed in 2000, was released on the YouTube page of The Salt Inc as a tribute to Irrfan Khan on his sixth death anniversary on April 29.

Written and directed by Sarthak Dasgupta, the 43-minute movie featured Irrfan Khan alongside Vidya Balan, who was famous at the time for featuring in the TV show Hum Paanch. 

“Some films aren’t lost. They wait. In the year 2000, a young filmmaker, with no budget, no guarantees, and only a vision gathered two extraordinary souls and made something quietly magical. That filmmaker was Sarthak Dasgupta.

“Those two souls were Irrfan Khan and Vidya Balan, before the world truly knew their names. The film was thought to be gone forever. The footage, lost. The memory, alive only in those who lived it. Until now,” read the caption on the YouTube page of the movie.