Friday, 29th of April 2022, marked the second death anniversary of the distinguished actor Irrfan Khan. After giving a long brave fight against Neuroendocrine cancer, he passed away in 2018, leaving behind a legacy of filmography which still mesmerizes us, leaving us in tears.
Irrfan Khan’s son Babil Khan penned down a heartwarming letter addressing his late father on his second death anniversary. Babil, who will soon debut in the Netflix series Qala produced by Anushka Sharma’s production house, Clean Slate Films, wrote, “Dear baba, I’m trying to remember that perfume you wore when we traveled north to watch lights dance in Norway. I remember exactly the feeling of your smell, but I can’t remember the materialism of it. I remember the sensation on my fingertips when you spread my palms to tell my fortunes, but it frightens me to forget your playful pinch on my nostrils. I have begged, and I have cried to the heavens, to let not my body forget yet; for my soul is not ready to forfeit. I am not ready to move on, and I am alright with the idea that possibly I will never be, we were never governed by logic”.
“You and I, singular and cosmic. Everything is, and yet it is not; You’re a perfect teardrop in my asylum. I was mindful, and yet I forgot my intonations of violence. You still breathe, in my thoughts; and our institutions of madness. I miss that, what I fought; your explorations of silence. A creation of yours, Babil,” he ended the letter. The letter was initially written for the Hindustan Times, which he shared on his Instagram handle.
Irrfan Khan got married to Sutapa Sikdar in the year 1995. They are the parents of two boys, Babil and Ayan.
Irrfan was an esteemed actor who left his footmark in Bollywood movies as well as world movies. The lunch box, Paan Singh Tomar, Maqbool,Taalvar, D-day, Life in a Metro, Madaari, Karwaan, Piku, Qissa are some of his best performances that are going to leave you awestruck.
Life of Pi, The Namesake, Slumdog Millionaire, Inferno, and Jurassic World are some of the international movies in which he impressed the international audience with his spectacular performance. Let’s take a look at watch some of his astonishing performances and pay tribute to this genius.