Babil Reveals He Had Suicidal Thoughts After Irrfan Khan Passed Away

As today marks Irrfan’s first death anniversary, his son Babil Khan, who is also stepping into the film industry, opened up on how he has been handling his father’s passing away.

Babil Reveals He Had Suicidal Thoughts After Irrfan Khan Passed Away (Image courtesy - @babil.i.k/Instagram)

New Delhi: The death of the ace actor Irrfan Khan was mourned by everyone. His family, friends and fans are still not able to come in terms with the loss. Last year on this day (April 29, 2020), Irrfan passed away due to colon infection. The death of Irrfan Khan is definitely a huge loss to the film industry and all cinema lovers.

As today marks Irrfan’s first death anniversary, his son Babil Khan, who is also stepping into the film industry, opened up on how he has been handling his father’s passing away. Babil disclosed while speaking to a leading daily that he used to get suicidal thoughts after the ‘Angrezi Medium’ actor passed away.

Babil told Times Of India, “I crashed. I just crashed. Everything shut off. I went into deep, deep depression. I can’t even explain. There was no will to wake up. I was very suicidal. I was done. I didn’t have any will to live. I still struggle with it a lot.”

As Babil is now all set to step foot in the industry, he also revealed in his interview that Irrfan saw him act once and got so excited that the ‘Hindi Medium’ actor took over. Babil said, “He saw me act once, though! I was assisting the camera team in Qarib Qarib Single. There was this shot where me and my then-girlfriend, we had this one second shot as extras. And he was so excited to see me in front of the camera, he just took over! He wouldn’t even let Tanuja ma’am say ‘action’ also! He took over everything, he came to say ‘action’, I saw this joy on his face, I can’t explain it to you…I would have loved for him to watch me.”

Irrfan Khan was last witnessed on-screen in the 2020 movie ‘Angrezi Medium’. The film also starred Radhika Madan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Dimple Kapadia. The film released in theatres a few weeks before his death.

Meanwhile, Irrfan’s son is all set to debut with ‘Qala’, which has been produced by Anushka Sharma and stars Tripti Dimri in the lead role.

Stay tuned for more updates.