Remembering Irrfan Khan: Babil Khan’s Thoughts On His Debut And Father’s Legacy

In March 2018, actor Irrfan Khan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. He sought treatment in the UK for a year and returned to India in February 2019. The actor got admitted to a hospital on 28 April 2020, and got treated for colon infection caused by the disease. The 53-year-old actor died a day later. The news of the actor’s demise came as a shock for his fans and family. He is survived by his wife Sutapa Sikdar and two sons, Babil Khan and Ayaan Khan.

Babil Khan’s Debut

Irrfan Khan’s son Babil Khan made his debut with the Netflix film Qala. In an interview before the film’s launch, this star kid shared his disapproval of the term ‘debut’. He believes that getting recognised through work is greater than inheriting recognition.

Babil Khan’s Thoughts

Babil Khan shared his thoughts ahead of the film’s release and said if he was not Irrfan Khan’s son, nobody would have cared about his debut. “If I was not Irrfan Khan’s son, nobody would have cared about my debut. I would have been just an actor trying to get into films, auditioning, and maybe getting a part. Getting recognised through your work is so much greater than inheriting recognition. I feel like the word ‘debut’, and ‘launch’, these things always make the individual greater than the story and the film,” shared Babil with Film Companion.

Babil also shared that he wanted to honour his mother’s upbringing and was happy to play a supporting character in a female-led film. “From the get-go, I wanted to honour my mother’s upbringing. When I got the film I was happy that I was playing a supporting character to a female-led film, it was very important to me,” said Babil.

Babil often shares old photos with his dad on social media. “He was the king and I was his jester. I wish he could have seen that I’ve grown into his prince. I wish he could see what he wished to see, but I was too late,” shared Babil.

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