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Babil Khan On Attending Bollywood Parties & Dealing With Social Anxiety: 'I Like To Stay Alone'

Babil Khan, who is renowned for being forthright and honest, recently shared memories from his early years

New Delhi: Babil Khan, who is renowned for being forthright and honest, recently shared memories from his early years. In an interview with MensXP, Babil, who received praise for his acting abilities in the Netflix series ‘The Railway Men’, poured his heart out. He thought of his late father and acclaimed actor, Irrfan Khan, as well. Babil made his Bollywood debut alongside Tripti Dimri in 'Qala'.

Babil Khan on Bollywood parties

Babil Khan spoke about his absence from Bollywood parties and said, “Because I am not a star kid. Baba was not a contemporary star from any angle. But now he has become because of all the chatter. He is different. You can’t put him in a box. I go to parties sometimes. I have social anxiety, and that is not the only reason. I like to stay alone. I like to work on who I am.” 

“So when a bodyguard comes and takes him away because the crowd is rushing to him and that hand gets pulled away, for the child, I think it’s very traumatic. I had distance from my father, physical distance because he was shooting a lot, but he was very affectionate towards me when he was there.” Babil further disclosed that he was frequently scared by Irrfan's enormous fan base. 

Babil Khan on Irrfan Khan's birth anniversary

On his father Irrfan's birth anniversary, Babil Khan penned a heartfelt note on Instagram and wrote, “Do you know what is hard? To remember the ecstasy in his voice when he would raise it in exaltation to scream BABILUUUU!!! every single time he’d see me. To remember then how painful it would be to lose him for the stretches of barren time when he would be away shooting. It is impossible to remember how his beard felt on my fingers when I would scratch his cheek as he read his script or how my fingertips would rest gently on his eyelids when he took a nap. His voice was brilliantly deep, yet it evoked nothing but a gentle prayer from me, a prayer that could only rise from one’s within when an external force has calmed your existential jitters to stillness.”

 

 
 
 
 
 
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