Soon after the success of the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, actor Irrfan Khan once happened to be sitting in the same restaurant as Mark Ruffalo in New York, hoping to interact with the Hollywood star but to no avail. According to the book, Irrfan and Indian director-screenwriter Aditya Bhattacharya were once having a brunch at a-well-known restaurant in New York City with producer Leslie Holleran.