Today the success of any actor is measured by his box office collection. Whenever there is discussion about the big stars of the industry and the kings of the box office, the names of many actors of Hindi cinema come to everyone’s mind. The names of stars like Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar come first but there was one star actor who beat them all, who earned more than Rs 2000 crore. But he was not called a superstar.

Actually, the Bollywood actor we are talking about is none other than Irrfan Khan. Even though he is no longer in the world today, he is still alive in the minds of people through his films. He is the only actor in the industry who has left behind stars like Shahrukh, Salman, Hrithik, Akshay Kumar and Aamir Khan in terms of earnings.

Irrfan Khan is the highest grossing actor of Indian cinema

Irrfan Khan is the highest grossing actor of Indian cinema. He has had a career in films spanning more than three decades. In his career, he has been a part of such films which have earned more than 4 billion dollars worldwide. His earning is due to 4 Hollywood films. This includes the names of films like Jurassic World, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Life of Pi, and Slumdog Millionaire. Irrfan worked in many international films in his career, due to which he got recognition worldwide.

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Irrfan Khan’s films earned Rs 22000 crores

Irrfan Khan’s films performed amazingly at the box office. According to Hindustani Times report, the late actor’s Hollywood films earned around Rs 21000 crore from 2006 (The Namesake) to 2016 (Inferno). At the same time, he was also a part of some of the best Indian films. His Hindi films did business close to Rs 1000 crore. There have been films like ‘Piku’ and ‘Gunday’, which have done business of more than Rs 100 crore. ‘Piku’ proved to be his biggest domestic hit, collecting Rs 141 crore ($23 million) at the box office.

How much did the three Khans earn?

At the same time, if we talk about how much the three Khans of Bollywood earned compared to Irrfan Khan, then Shahrukh Khan is the most successful actor of Bollywood. According to the report of Hindustani Times, he has earned Rs 10000 crores due to his films. Whereas Salman Khan has done business of around Rs 7500 crore and Aamir has done business of Rs 7000 crore. While all three stars were seen as lead actors on screen in Hindi cinema, Irrfan Khan was seen in supporting characters in Hollywood.

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Highest grossing films of Irrfan Khan

Jurosic World – $1.67 billion
The Amazing Spider-Man – $759 million
The Life of P – $609 million
Slumdog Millionaire – $378 million
Inferno – $220 million

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Irrfan Khan’s career

However, if we talk about Irrfan Khan’s career, he started acting in 1987 with the TV show ‘Srikanth’. He also did small roles in films. He received a lot of praise for his small roles in ‘Salaam Bombay’ and ‘Ek Doctor Ki Maut’. He got his first big break in films in 2003 from Tigmanshu Dhulia’s film ‘Haasil’. After this he was seen in films like ‘Maqbool’, ‘Paan Singh Tomar’, ‘Billu’, ‘7 Khoon Maaf’ and ‘Haider’. At the same time, films like ‘Life in a Metro’, ‘New York’, ‘Gunday’ and ‘Billu’ were successful at the box office.

It is noteworthy that Irrfan Khan had said goodbye to the world at the age of 53. He breathed his last in the year 2020.

Irrfan Khan and Vidya Balan’s film ‘The Last Tenant’ has finally been released after 25 years. This unreleased film has been released on YouTube on the occasion of Irrfan Khan’s sixth death anniversary. In this film, shot about 25 years ago, we get a glimpse of the early days of Irrfan Khan and Vidya Balan’s career. This film has been directed by Sarthak Dasgupta. He has also written the story of the film. He has produced it together with Neena Dasgupta.

watch movie on youtube
You can watch ‘The Last Tenant’ for free sitting at home. This film, released on April 29, is available on YouTube channel The Salt Inc. This film is considered to be one of the initial projects of Vidya Balan. According to the report of Hindustan Times, this could also be the first film of the actress. This is the only film of Irrfan Khan and Vidya Balan, in which both of them are seen together.

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Why was the film not released for 25 years?
‘The Last Tenant’ could not be released for almost two decades because its original footage was lost. Later, director Sarthak Dasgupta got a VHS (Video Home System) copy of it, after which it was remade and released. This film was also the directorial debut of Sarthak Dasgupta. Later he directed films like ‘The Music Teacher’ and ‘200 Halla Ho’. He has also made the web series ‘Dharavi Bank’.

what is the story of the movie
The story of the film revolves around a broke musician who comes to live in an empty house before leaving the country. There, memories, music and emotions slowly start merging with each other around him, but as the story progresses, things do not go as per his plan. This film also stars actors like Anu Khandelwal, Saurabh Aggarwal, Sabyasachi, Satish Kalra and Anand Mishra. Even though the film is not completely polished, it shows the excellent acting of both the actors.

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The festival of Eid has been celebrated with great pomp across the country on 21st March. From Salman Khan to Shahrukh Khan, many stars have wished their fans on this special occasion. Meanwhile, late actor Irrfan Khan’s son Babil Khan also posted a special photo on his Instagram, which has won everyone’s hearts. In this post he told that actress Tabu has given him a special gift.

Tabu gave a gift to Babil

Babil Khan, who has now become active again on social media, shared his photos on the occasion of Eid. In these photos he was seen wearing a white kurta. While sharing these photos, Babil wrote in the caption, ‘Eid Mubarak. Tabu has gifted this kurta to me. Babil looks quite handsome in these photos. Fans are also getting emotional after seeing this kurta given by Tabu.

Tabu and Irfan were good friends

Let us tell you that there was not only a professional relationship between Tabu and Irrfan Khan, but both were also very good and close friends. For this reason, his relationship with Babil has also become like a family. The video of an event also went viral on social media, in which Tabu became emotional after seeing Babil and hugged him. The pairing of Irrfan and Tabu was very much liked in films. The chemistry of both of them had won the hearts of the audience in films like Maqbool, The Namesake and Haider. In an interview with Film Companion, Tabu had told that after working with Irrfan Khan, her approach to acting completely changed. He learned from Irrfan to maintain truth and honesty for his characters.

Some relationships are not based on time, but based on memories. If love is true, it remains alive even after the death of the person. Late actor Irrfan Khan’s wife and writer Sutapa Sikdar shared a similar feeling on her wedding anniversary, which made people emotional. On this special day, she reached Irrfan’s hometown Tonk and wrote a heart-touching caption from there. There was love, affection and a slight smile in his words, which were linked to Irfan’s memories.

Wife Sutapa wrote an emotional note

Sutapa told that ‘Our wedding anniversary was on 23rd. This date was chosen so that it would coincide with my birthday and Irfan would remember it, because he could not remember dates at all. Belatedly, happy anniversary Irfan. You wanted us to get married again when we completed 25 years of marriage. This time, do everything which could not be done in our simple marriage, with full rituals and happiness. But perhaps fate had other plans and we could not get married again. Ramzan is going on here. I think mother must be telling you upstairs, Irfan, to keep the fast. Perhaps to explain it to you properly, he called you during Ramzan. Happy marriage and Ramadan. I went to your city Tonk and celebrated my special day there. Even today your laughter echoes in my ears after hearing the word ‘D-Day’. Fans also showered a lot of love on this emotional note of Sutapa.

Died in the year 2020

Let us tell you, Irrfan and Sutapa met in the National School of Drama. Their friendship started from there, then this friendship gradually turned into love and both of them got married on 23 February 1995. He has two sons, out of which Babil Khan is now making his mark in the film industry. In the year 2018, Irfan was diagnosed with a serious disease called Neuroendocrine Tumor. He went to London for treatment. Later he returned to India and completed his last film Angrezi Medium. In April 2020, his health suddenly deteriorated and he died in the hospital. His demise broke the hearts of not only the film industry but also millions of fans.

The film ‘Haasil’ has got a special place in Hindi cinema. This film showed student politics and the thinking of the youth in a very true manner. But very few people know that director Tigmanshu Dhulia had to face a lot of difficulties during the shooting of this film.

According to reports of The Indian Express, film director Tigmanshu Dhulia told. During the shooting in Allahabad, the atmosphere became so bad that he started receiving death threats.

Controversy occurred during Allahabad shooting

The story of Haasil was based on the student life of Allahabad. When the shooting of the film started there, some student organizations felt that they were being shown in a bad light in the film. Gradually the opposition increased. An angry crowd started gathering around the shooting.

Tigmanshu Dhulia told that he was threatened to be paraded in the ‘donkey parade’. He was very sad and scared after hearing this. He said that the situation had become so bad that he started crying. It was not easy for a new director to handle all this.

Jaya Bachchan took charge of the situation

When the matter escalated, Tigmanshu Dhulia asked Jaya Bachchan for help. Jaya Bachchan was active in politics at that time and had an old association with Allahabad. He immediately took this matter seriously and talked to the people. After his intervention the atmosphere calmed down and the shooting of the film could resume.

Tigmanshu admitted that Jaya Bachchan’s help at that time was a great relief for him. They felt that there was someone who was standing with them.

Manoj Bajpayee had rejected the role

Irrfan Khan’s character in the film is still remembered. But first this role was given to Manoj Bajpayee. Tigmanshu told in a conversation that he had talked to Manoj earlier. At that time Satya had been released and Manoj had become quite famous.

When the story was narrated to him, he clearly said that he would not play the role of a villain. Tigmanshu explained that this is a different kind of character, but Manoj refused. After this, this role went to Irrfan Khan and he played it very brilliantly. Director Tigmanshu Dhulia has completed almost all the preparations for his next film. He told that work on this new subject will start soon, although the name of the film has not been revealed yet.

‘Vadh 2’ is one of the most awaited spiritual sequel films of 2026. Its theatrical release is near and the craze among people is continuously increasing. This actor-driven film with strong actors like Neena Gupta and Sanjay Mishra has been attracting people’s attention ever since its trailer was released.

Emotional moment of film promotion in NSD
A very special and emotional moment was seen during the promotion of the film when Sanjay Mishra, Neena Gupta and Kumud Mishra recently visited the National School of Drama, New Delhi. All three are alumni of this prestigious institute. In NSD, he was welcomed with love and warmth by the faculty and theater lovers. This visit had created an atmosphere like a celebration of cinema and theatre.

Sanjay Mishra’s NSD experiences
During this conversation, Sanjay Mishra recalled his early days spent in NSD and told how he learned a lot by watching seniors and big artists. Sanjay Mishra said, ‘I myself do not know what I learned or did not learn in NSD but I had people like Irfan Bhai. You could just keep looking at them. There were people like Virendra Saxena, Ankur ji, Robin Das and Anup Da whom you used to observe continuously. I remember once seeing Irfan Bhai performing, I thought, ‘When will this man start acting?’ He was playing at that level. His experience deeply connected everyone present there and proved that real learning was not limited to the classroom.

Characters and story of the film
Sanjay Mishra and Neena Gupta will be seen in completely new characters in ‘Vadh 2’ written and directed by Jaspal Singh Sandhu. The emotional and philosophical depth of the first film has been retained. This spiritual sequel, made under the banner of Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg’s Luv Films, has emerged as one of the most talked about films of 2026.

Gala Premiere and Release Date
Its craze has increased further after the gala premiere screening of the film at the 56th IFFI 2025, where the loud applause has once again proved the permanent identity of Sanjay Mishra and Neena Gupta in cinema. Luv Films’ presentation ‘Vadh 2’ has been written and directed by Jaspal Singh Sandhu while it is produced by Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg. This film is going to be released in theaters on 6 February 2026.

Divya Dutta spoke on intimate scene with Irrfan Khan
Divya Dutta told Pinkvilla in an interview that she was very nervous about shooting that intimate scene. She said, ‘I was very nervous, but this scene was very beautiful. The scene showed a childless couple crying and making love. It was really an emotional and beautiful scene. Our director was Jennifer Lynch, who is David Lynch’s daughter. Half the people on the set came from outside and half were our own people.

Irfan was more nervous than Divya
Divya told that everyone on the set was hoping that the scene would turn out well. She was thinking, ‘What should I do?’ What should I do?’ Because there were no intimacy directors at that time. He recalled that on finding out where Irfan was, he found out that he was hiding on the terrace, and was even more nervous. Divya says, ‘I asked, listen, where is Irfan? The director said, ‘He is sitting on the terrace, more nervous than you.’ Divya Dutta said, ‘You have to see that your co-star is comfortable. At that time your friendship is very useful.

Late actor Irrfan Khan was one of the most brilliant actors of Indian cinema. He made a place in the hearts of the audience with his strong acting and strong roles. Today is the 58th birth anniversary of Irrfan Khan, born on January 7, 1967. His real name was Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan. He was not just an actor but a storyteller whose eyes spoke volumes and whose silence also had a deep meaning hidden in it. But do you know that Irfan Khan once wanted to become a cricketer. Let us know 10 unheard things related to the actor today on the occasion of his birth anniversary.

Went to Rajesh Khanna’s house to repair AC
During his early years in Mumbai, Irrfan faced financial difficulties and did various odd jobs to earn his living. An unheard story related to his life is that he once did the work of repairing an air conditioner. During one such service call, he went to the house of veteran actor Rajesh Khanna.

about irfan khanThese are the 10 unheard things

• Irrfan Khan was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan, in a Muslim family with roots in a zamindari family in Tonk. Despite expectations of joining the family business, he chose to pursue his passion for acting, a decision that gave Indian cinema one of its finest actors.
• Before making acting his career, Irfan was very fond of cricket. He was selected to participate in the CK Nayudu Tournament, a prestigious platform for players under the age of 23 who want to pursue a career in first-class cricket. However, due to financial constraints he could not participate in the tournament.
• While pursuing his Masters, Irrfan received a scholarship to study at the National Institute of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi in 1984. From here he took his graduation degree in acting in 1987.
• Irrfan started with small roles in television and films. After which he received much appreciation from Haasil (2003) and Maqbool (2003). He got international success with The Namesake (2006).
• Over time, Irrfan emerged as one of the few Indian actors who successfully built a bridge between Indian and international cinema. His international projects include Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Life of Pi (2012), The Lunchbox (2013) and Jurassic World (2015).
• Irfan married Sutapa Sikdar in 1995. Writer and producer Sutapa has been associated with many notable films, including Khamoshi: The Musical, Supari, Kahaani, Madaari and Qarib Qarib Single. They have two sons, Ayaan Khan and Babul Khan. Babul started acting with the film ‘Kaala’ and received a lot of praise for his acting.
• In February 2018, Irrfan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumor, a rare form of cancer. He publicly disclosed his illness to end the speculation and went to London for treatment, where he faced his illness with extraordinary courage and dignity.
• On April 28, 2020, Irrfan was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai due to a stomach infection. He died the next day, at the age of 53, just four days after his mother died.
• Irrfan Khan has the distinction of being the only Bollywood actor to have acted in two Academy Award winning films, Slumdog Millionaire and Life of Pi.
• Throughout his career, Irrfan has received several awards, including Filmfare Awards for Haasil, Life in a… Metro and Paan Singh Tomar. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2011 for his contribution to the arts and received the National Film Award for Best Actor for Paan Singh Tomar (2012). After his death, he was also honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his extraordinary impact on cinema.

Some of the most popular films of Irrfan Khan include The Lunchbox, Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire, Caravan, Piku, Hindi Medium and Angrezi Medium. His demise in 2020 left a void in the hearts of cinema lovers across the world.