Deepika Padukone on the late Irrfan Khan as Piku completes 9 years: Oh, how much we miss you

Deepika Padukone took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a behind-the-scenes (BTS) photo from the sets of her film Piku. In the caption, remembering her co-star, the late Irrfan Khan, she said that everyone missed him. The film, directed by Shoojit Sircar, also starred Amitabh Bachchan, Moushumi Chatterjee and Jisshu Sengupta.

In the photo, Deepika, Bachchan and Irrfan are sitting on chairs having a snack on the sets of the film during the shoot. Earlier, speaking about Deepika, Bachchan had said, “Yeh har 3-minute mein khaana khati hai” (She eats food every 3 minutes). Referring to that, Deepika wrote in the caption, “He loves telling everyone how much I eat! @amitabhbachchan #Piku #Bashkor #Rana #ShoojitSirkar.” Further, talking about Irrfan, she added in the caption, “@irrfan Oh how much we miss you.”

The film told the story of Piku, an architect and her flawed relationship with her aging father as they go on a car journey to Kolkata with the owner of a travel company, played by Irrfan. The film was written by Juhu Chaturvedi. It received critical and commercial success upon its release in 2015.