Remembering Irrfan Khan On His 54th Birth Anniversary With Photos Shared By His Family

One of Irrfan Khan’s wishes from early days has been to gift his mother a suitcase full of cash just like how they do in movies. (ALL PICS Credit: Instagram)

Irrfan Khan is the first actor from the Indian film industry who was a part of cult movies, Slumdog Millionare (2008) and Life of Pie (2012), both Academy Award winners.

His wife Sutapa Sikdar narrates that when he was directing the episodes of Banegi Apni Baat, he asked for around 11 rewrites from her until he was fully convinced with the final one.

He is one such actor who has joined the likes of many stars who have not just acted in their home cinemas but have done exceptional work globally. Apart from Indian cinema he has also worked in many successful Hollywood projects and has been appreciated all the way.

When he arrived in Mumbai, he started working as an air condition repair man. It is even said that one of first houses he visited for repairing services was that of the legend Rajesh Khanna

Irrfan Khan left for the heavenly abode in April 2020 but his diligent attitude towards the movie business and heartwarming performances will stay with us forever

Irrfan Khan got married to writer and fellow NSD student Sutapa Sikdar on February 23rd 1995. Apart from his pillar of strength, his wife, he has two sons, Babil and Ayan

Irrfan's son Babil shared this photo on his Instagram account and captioned it, ' I still feel like you’ve gone for a long shoot, a long schedule underwater and you’ll come back to me, to the surface again'.

Getting into films was not what Irrfan Khan had planned for. He was interested in a career in cricket, however, his parents were not too keen on it.

Irrfan Khan was born to a Muslim Pathan family on 7th January 1967 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. His father was the late Jagirdar Khan from village Khajuria near the Tonk district. His mother, Begum Khan belonged to the Tonk hakim family. Irrfan Khan’s father ran a tyre business.