With more than 90 films in the span of 30 years and 20 plus projects on Television, Irrfan Khan is the actor who proved that talent can take you anywhere in life. Life of Pi, Angrezi Medium, Jurassic World, Hindi Medium, The Lunchbox, Slumdog Millionaire, Piku, Qarib Qarib Singlle, Madaari, Talvar, Paan Singh Tomar, The Amazing Spider-Man, Jazbaa, Thank You, Life In A… Metro, Haider, 7 Khoon Maaf, Gunday, D-Day, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, New York, Bajirao Mastani, and Mumbai Meri Jaan are the movies that became famous. Imagine the underrated ones he did. The list is endless!
Sadly, death called upon him unexpectedly. Cancer has become more common in the modern world than can be considered normal. Almost every other citizen across the globe is suffering from this disease. Irrfan Khan got diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer in March 2018. He battled with it for 2 years before he succumbed to it. For more information, neuroendocrine cancer basically is a malignant form of tumour that happens in neuroendocrine cells – ones that are similar to nerve cells and hormone-producing cells.
His beloved wife, Sutapa Sikdar came up with her desire to write about her husband. But, she’s chosen the silver lining of this dark cloud. She says she wants to write the bright, hilarious parts of his life and his battle with cancer so that when people read about his last moments, it brings a smile on their face instead of tears.
She turned her desire into bound pages and blank ink with a front cover. On June 10, she became the author of the newly launched, ‘Irrfan: A Life In Movies’ in Central Mumbai. In the launch event, Sutapa said, “I liked the idea of not fictionalizing something and not delving into personal details. She was not interested in it. She was more interested in (his) process of acting. This was different from what I had thought in my mind.”
When Danish Husain asked what was Sutapa’s thoughts behind writing a book on Irrfan, she replied, “I wanted to write a funny book about him. Everybody knows him as a serious person. He had neuroendocrine cancer which affected his gut. He was a very decent, soft and delicate male. He was not a macho, masculine man. He had this etiquette all the time. When this (cancer) happened, he had to fart a lot. That’s the funniest thing to write about, as to how embarrassing it was for him. And how slowly we accepted the disease, how the disease accepted us and how slowly it became a part of our lives.”
Sutapa further said, “What he believed in life was reflected in his films. He never changed himself. He didn’t have an attitude. He didn’t think that he had to arrive 10 minutes late or he needed to have 2-3 bodyguards. From the inside, he was the middle-class man that he played in Madaari (2016) or the Qarib Qarib Singlle guy (2017). But it was easier said than done. As Shubra said, he pushed the envelope. But when it comes to the Mumbai film industry, the envelope comes with a heavyweight. His bravery lies in the fact that he managed to push the envelope that many were and are not able to.”
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