¡®My Growth Has Slowed Since Irrfan Khan Left¡¯, Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia Remembers Late Actor
Actor Irrfan Khan¡¯s death shook the country from the core. The veteran actor passed away after scumming to a colon infection in 2020. Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia who ventured into directing with Irrfan as a lead in Haasil 2003 has now remembered the late actor and said how personally Khan¡¯s death has affected him.?
The other films the duo worked together on were Paan Singh Tomar (2012) and Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (2013).
Talking about him, Tigmanshu told PTI, ¡°He was one such actor for whom it was fun writing a character. I would love writing complicated characters and situations because I knew he would be able to understand it and play it. I believe there is no actor who has that understanding.¡±
Interestingly, the 55-year-old won his first National Award for Paan Singh Tomar and Irrfan bagged the Best Actor that year.
¡°It is not that in his last two years, we talked about working together as Irrfan was also very busy. But even if I have to do something ambitious, I will not be able to do it ever because he is not with us here. As an artist, he would push me to grow more. My growth has slowed down since he left us. (Meri growth kum ho gayi hai jab se woh gaya hai). That¡¯s the biggest problem.¡±
¡°He has left us, what can we do about it? But what do I do?¡±
Irrfan¡¯s son Babil has now ventured into showbiz and it's sad to say Irrfan couldn¡¯t watch his son¡¯s debut stint.
Talking about his father¡¯s loss, the Qala debutant told Bollywood Bubble, ¡°When it first happened, the first day, I didn't believe it. One week had passed and it hit then. And then I just went into a really bad spiral. I just locked myself in my room for one and a half months. Back then he used to shoot so much that he'd be gone for a long shooting schedule.¡±
¡°When it just happened, I had somehow convinced myself that he'll come back after the shooting schedule. And then I slowly started realising that this is an indefinite shooting schedule. He's not coming back. I just lost my best friend. It was devastating on a level that I can't really put into words," he concluded.
Tigmanshu who is popular for directing Saaheb Biwi Aur Gangster will soon be seen with his directorial Garmi which will stream on Sony Liv. Produced by Swaroop Sampat and Hemal Ashok Thakkar, Garmi features Mukesh Tiwari, Vineet Kumar, Vyom Yadav, Jatin Goswami and Anushka Kaushik.
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