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.

Karan johar on babil khan: A video of Irrfan Khan’s son Babil Khan’s weeping went viral a few days ago. Everyone was surprised as soon as the video surfaced. In the video, Babil was weeping and taking the name of many celebs, calling Bollywood fake.

However, later Babil removed this video but by then he had gone viral. After this, his mother issued a statement and clarified. In this whole case, many Bollywood celebs were seen standing in support of Babil. Now film maker Karan Johar has also spoken about Babil Khan.

What did Karan Johar say on Babil
Karan Johar has recently given his reaction to Galata Plus on the question asked on Babil. When asked Karan Johar that after the video of Babil Khan’s breakdown surfaced, many people started targeting Bollywood and along with this many people started saying that you run these systems.

In response to this, Karan says, ‘I do not even know Babil. I knew his highly talented father, I have only met Babil in the red carpet. Even I do not know Irfan’s wife or his family. ”

After this, Karan also questioned him on the fingers rising on him and says, “Suddenly someone comes in a random podcast and he is asked if you have met Karan Johar and someone starts saying anything about me.” Whereas I never have anything to do with this.

He further said that why is there a talk about me, am I a face of Bollywood Hate?

Karan Johar was sad to see Babil
Karan Johar further said on Babil, ‘When I saw Babil’s video, I felt as bad as the rest of the people, because I also have a son and a daughter.’

After this, Karan also says, ‘I have seen not only my children, but many children going to stress and seeing all this, I feel bad as a father.’ Karan further said that I have sympathy as being a paint with Babil and I know that he will come over from it.

What was in Babil’s video
Babil Khan had put a crying video in which he was seen taking the names of actors like Shanaya, Ananya Pandey, Arjun Kapoor. Crying badly, he described Bollywood as ‘Fakest’. After this, his mother issued a statement and clarified that his video has been introduced incorrectly.

Pooja bhatt post: Actress and filmmaker Pooja Bhatt appeared emotional on Irrfan Khan’s 5th death anniversary. While sharing a collage picture on social media, Pooja wrote beautiful and emotion -filled line for the late actor Irfan Khan as well as singer KK.

While sharing the post on Instagram, Pooja Bhatt wrote in the caption while mentoring KK along with Irfan, “I am confident that Irfan Khan will be doing a great show in AAP and KK sky.”

Babil Khan remembers his father

Sharing the pictures with father Irfan Khan on Instagram, Babil wrote a poem in the caption, “With you, life keeps going, with me, without me. Soon I will reach there. I will reach there. I will reach there. I will reach there. With you, not with you, without you and we will run together, and fly.” Completing the line of poetry, Babil further wrote, “Drink water from the springs, not pink blue. I will hug you very tightly, and cry. Then we will laugh, as we used to laugh before. I miss you.”

Shoojit government remembers Irfan

Prior to Babil, the filmmaker-director Shoojit Sarkar wrote a beautiful and emotion-filled letter to the late actor Irfan Khan’s fifth death anniversary. By sharing the post on social media, he told how much he is missing Irfan.

Praising the late actor, Shoojit Sarkar wrote in the caption, “Dear Irfan, wherever you are, I know that you will be doing very well. You may have made many friends there too and I am sure that people must have become crazy about your attraction, like we are all crazy about you.” He further wrote, “I am fine here. But there is one thing that you probably do not know Irfan – how much people love you here and how much you miss you.”

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