Celebrating Irrfan | Sutapa Sikdar & Babil Khan Interview with Anupama Chopra | Film Companion
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- Опубликовано: 26 апр 2021
- One year after Irrfan's passing, his wife and son, Sutapa Sikdar and Babil Khan speak for the first time to Anupama Chopra about how they've coped with the grief of losing him, his last few days with them and why the loss felt so personal to the entire country.
#Irrfan #Babil #IrrfanKhan
00:41 - Sutapa on interacting with people after Irrfan's demise.
03:25 - Babil on living as Irrfan Khan's son.
03:49 - Sutapa on love is about pain.
05:30 - Babil on Irrfan wanting to cast a spell on the audience.
08:38 - Sutapa on Irrfan's cancer.
09:06 - Babil on last two days in hospital with Irrfan.
10:11 - Sutapa on Irrfan being curious about death.
14:11 - Babil on doctors telling him about Irrfan was going to go.
15:19 - Sutapa on Irrfan planning films with Babil.
16:22 - Babil on Sutapa doing anything and everything for Irrfan during his chemo's.
17:28 - Sutapa on Irrfan wouldn't pretend anything, he would say what he felt.
22:07 - Babil on Irrfan being his best friend.
23:45 - Sutapa on still Irrfan being present in the house.
26:57 - Babil on Irrfan asking him to learn acting from him.
28:56 - Sutapa on Irrfan wanting to go to Tonk.
30:24 - Babil on spirituality.
31:08 - Sutapa on watching films with Irrfan.
33:24 - Sutapa on Irrfan's NSD play incident.
40:02 - Babil on Sutapa's support in Irrfan's success.
40:48 - Sutapa on her son's respecting women.
41:41 - Babil on comparison with Irrfan and doing good cinema.
44:19 - Sutapa on social media & nepotism.
48:19 - Babil on wanting to be an actor since 8th grade, getting rejected in auditions.
50:02 - Sutapa on writing, producing & stillness in performance.
52:28 - Anupama Chopra on Irrfan being there in the legacy & generations of actors.
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Let's celebrate Irrfan, here in the comments section too. Share with us your favourite movie performance by the actor and how it impacted you
Paan Singh Tomar, his transition from a well behaved army jawaan to a dreaded dacoit was believable and wonderfully done. Even Maqbool was quite good
Roohdar from Haider. His art of moving narrative forward in a mysterious manner, a Shakespearian element, left me blank for most of his presence in that movie. I'm a sucker for good 'entry' scenes since that movie.
Piku was so lovely ❤️ even Qarib Qarib Singlle
Many. Most recently 'Karava' with Dulkar Salman.
he was wonderful in all the movies..I loved him in haider ..piku and metro..
Sutapa started the interview saying that I have tears. And then during the interview she is laughing and rejoicing sharing his memories. That’s the impact he had. He has left limitless memories. Irfan created joy.
The way it started made me stop & watch.
This interview was therapeutic for his wife and son. Damn, I'm crying all over again.
We hope so :)
We were all crying, but had a smile throughout...
Me too😭
Me too..
Irrfan had a strong sense of relatability. I guess that’s why it felt like a loved one passed away.
His eyes...
True
Babil is such a beautiful reflection of Irrfan
Babil reminds me of Irrfan so much.. his looks, mannerisms, voice , the way he speaks. He seems very mature and wise for his years. Hope he does well in life . He says he is an anxious person and he looks like a sweet , sensitive kid. I hope the eventual trolling and negativity won’t affect him.
He took upto his dad's look.
I don't think anyone other than Anupama could have conducted this interview with such grace and warmth. Thanks a lot. I think it's pretty ok to cry while talking about Irrfan, he was something else and he will always be sorely missed. His whole family is a sweetheart. Sutapa is so cute.
Agree Anupama allowed them to talk without talking in between, also noticed her tears 😢
Irrfan was truly god's angel. Born in a royal family yet competed with others to get into NSD. Passed in first attempt. Struggled for years. Internationally renowned actor. Did a film while battling cancer within. An acting institute & a humble human being with no arrogance whatsoever. Thank you Irrfan Sir.
The last movie I saw in theatre was Angrezi medium.. and I loved it so so much... cried a lot. On the day Irrfan passed away, I was in the middle of a zoom meeting, and instantly the his death notification flashed on my mobile screen. I just zoned out. Could not concentrate in the meeting. Don't know why tears started rolling down. I never even saw him in person.. But having watched all his interviews, I thought I knew him personally. Watching this interview was so overwhelming...I cried so many times.. Thankyou Anupama Chopra.
Today I grieved for Irrfan in a way I had no idea I needed to grieve. This interview hit hard.
The ultimate love and sacrifice a women gives to her children and husband. Sutapa, you have paved your way to heaven, InshaAllah!
God bless Sutapa Sikdar. What a wonderful soul 💕💕
I lost my husband 4 months ago - even I feel my husband is around us in the house. I can totally relate to Sutapa!! What she feels about Irfan is how I feel.
Sorry for your loss. Best wishes to you 🙏
Comdolences. May his memory be an inspiration.
Those tiny gestures and check ins between mother and son during the conversation. Such a lovely bond ♥️
How Irfan continues to live through his family. Very satisfying for anyone who is a fan of Irfan , the actor and the person. Wholesome!
This interview is my Silver Lining in this tough time. Thank you Sutapa Madam for making us feel better with your vivaciousness. We love you.
Only a few people are able to leave behind such a big legacy in such a short life span. Irrfan was a legend, and will always be remembered as one.
I liked the fact he understood why people are frustrated regards with nepotism.. wishing him all the success
There cannot be another Irrfan. Yes, the loss felt so personal and this interview was a catharsis of sorts for people like me. I rewatch his movies be it Maqbool, Haasil, Piku, or Hindi Medium to relive his greatness. On odd days, even his old interviews work. Irrfan's legacy lives on through his body of work.
you know it is one of the best interviews when the host breaks down like that.....such purity...
Brought tears to my eyes. There can never be another Irrfan Khan! Such a sweet family.
Why do we miss him like our own family?
He embodied his characters so well that we truly believed he was those people. Be it the endearing characters in Namesake and Life of Pi, or the goofy ones in Karwan and Qarib Qarib Single, or the serious ones in Piku and Haider. And yet, the being that he presented in these roles was his own. The dialogues he spoke seemed like his own words. This dichotomy made us feel like we knew him. He was our own.
Lost my father 7 months ago and I could feel the shared pain in this interview. I appreciate Babir & Sutapa sharing their grief and close memories with us
Such a pure interview!! This was such a cathartic experience both for Irfan’s family and us audience. I think all of us just celebrated the greatness of Irfan together. I loved Irfan in all of his movies.. but I think his role in Piku is so heart warming. Makes one just feel good and smile. Wonderful acting!
Thank you!
So true !!!
This interview is a closure everyone of us needed!...Thank you Film Companion!
And the 1st step towards future for Sutapa ji ,Babil, and little one
Very true...
True❤
Yes !!! I always wanted to hug Sutapa .. coz it was a collective loss!! This interview felt like that hug
That’s a line u picked up somewhere .
18 minutes in, I don't think I have it in me to finish this. What a great loss. And Sutapa and Babil seem absolutely wonderful. All my love ❤️
Babil looks so like Irfan sahab. Sending love and hugs to the graceful mother-son duo.
😭😭😭😭 the best moment was being an Indian parent, REALISING that your child has grown up and the relationship is asking for different dynamics...
I had just got over Irfan's absence, you guys made me cry again and brought back that sense of loss. Loved him as an actor and love him even more now, as a person.
Losing Irrfan meant personal to so many of us. I cried and was upset for days. My father has given up on life in depression and is waiting for his end. Back when the world mourned on loosing Irrfan, I wished they could trade lives as Irrfan wanted to live. One is waiting for his end and there is one who wanted to hold on a little longer. Such was his greatness.
God give you strength
please get him treated, there are medicines that really help, do let me know if you need guidence
Irrfan smiled when his son said "no you're not" because he knew he would live on in his family's hearts
Anupama took this one so well. Her empathy was coming through and such genuine, pure energies in this chat. ❤️
This is what real love is like...no pretensions...just sheer love....Sutapa ma'am and Babil ...you guys are really genuine. Irfan ...you will be terribly terribly missed❤️
Babil is such a smart kid. It must been so hard for him to just hold his tears while talking about his father :'( lots of love. prayers
his son look wise and manners wise are exactly like irfan khan...I can see him..
Ramadhan me rula diya yaar i can feel it may almighty bless his soul & his family
This was such a personal loss, as Anupama rightly said he made us his audiences better human beings by just being best at his art, there can never be anyone like Irfan
Still I have not come to terms with the fact that he is gone. This loss was so personal.
Exactly ..
Just cried several times. It was nice to get a closure. Would love to see Babil grow up into a fine man.
Best interview of 2021, it shows the chemistry this two people had, Sutapa's eyes reflects the immoral love for Irfan. Best wishes for Babil.
Immortal love
Immoral love nahin baba.....big difference...immortal love bolo!
Anupama conducted this interview with such grace! and hats off to the family for such a warm and affectionate discussion on Irrfan.. I rarely get emotional about these things but when in the end there were tears.. You just cant not get affected thinking about him.. RIP Irrfan. We miss you...
this has to be one of the most and probably one of the only thoughtful and sensitive interviews FC has ever done!! coz of the actor you're celebrating!! thanks!! so moving!! irfan is once in a lifetime kinda actor ❤️
"How long do we have to remember Irrfan?"...
We will remember him always ! Because we have all made this journey with him , we went together to a place where there was nowhere left to go....( I will remember him as Ashoke Ganguli)
Me too Ashok Ganguly.....
This is the best an irreplaceable actor
Namesake❤️❤️
Truly a closure..yet he’s cast such a spell as he intended that he’s always around. “Sab jeete hain yahan zindagi,
tujhe zindagi ne jiya magar,
tha wo rab bhi tanha tere bina,
jo bana liya tujhe humsafar..”
R. . Trehan , A sincere virtual hug ! Is that ok ? So impressed with your Shayeri ! Beautiful !
Thank God he has given us Babil to carry his father’s legacy. This interview is the best way to celebrate his life and mourn his death ❤️ teary eyed again and not complaining !
Clearly Anupama is single handedly bringing a different side of the Hindi film industry that nobody else ever did and I think nobody will. ❤️
Class act Anupama. Its a masterclass in conducting requiem interview and I am amazed how you did it with so much empathy. Thanks to Sutapa and Babik for generously sharing so many personal cherished memories for all of his fans ! RIP Irrfan
His legacy will always be here till generations to admire and cherish. Sutapa Sikdars's smile and Babil khan's voice.. he is right there.
Damn so pure, so spiritual may babil reach at height what irfan bhai wanted to reach
No Im not crying, you are❤️
We all are. Hugs!
Were struggling to hold back our tears throughout. Thank you @FilmCompanion. This was genuinely a gift for all of us.
Thank you for sharing your precious memories, Sutapa and Babil! We wish you the very best in life!
What a cathartic interview, you had me crying all over again💔💔💔. Because of Babil ,I finally understand why his demise felt so personal to me ,it’s because Irrfan’s performances put us in a spell and stayed with us forever and now that he’s gone we feel this enormous void because we have no physical being to associate what he made us feel with the performances that he left us with.
even now when he is not here .. on this screen ... he is teaching us so much through sutapa mam and babil ... phenomenal .. I kept crying all through out this interview. cathartic. i cannot even imagine what these 2 might be going through. thank you for doing this sutapa mam and babil. loads of love.
Thank you Anupama , Sutapa and Babil for this amazingly honest interview which reveals so much of Irrfans humanity and curiosity, and indeed each one of you.. Irrfan was the most thinking and complete actor I have known and indeed the most humble. With this tour de force one actually comes close to catharsis.. Thank you all for giving of yourselves with such honesty! It was memorable !
This was absolutely a gem of an interview! Thank you Film Companion for this. I remember last year I woke up and my husband told me Irrfan Khan had passed away. He knew how much i loved and adored him. And the entire week after that I was in such pain. I cried like a baby. It felt so personal. Even today when i see his films i have a smile on my face and teary eyes. Watching Sutapa and Babil talk about him and his nature gets you much closer to him as a human being. God bless both
Can u believe how much good movies we lost, he is a genuine human being, I mean he ' is '
Yes, his passing away felt like a personal loss. Irrfan Khan will be forever missed. Unique person.
He was someone else, in a simple word he was a wonderful person....
To have an interviewer ask questions, but listen more deeply is so rare. This interview touched all the right chords of our hearts! Irrfan sir is right here, in every breath of air we take. To hear about Irrfan and his family this upclose and personal is a such a beautiful feeling, made me feel love Irrfan sir all over again! Really looking forward to where Babil leads us! Thank you Anu❤️
It's very very hard to get through the whole video without crying.. 🥺
Thanku film companion for this❤️❤️❤️
first sutapa cried, then babil, then anu and then me!! :(((( he created a void in all of our lives
How I came at this video nd cried even though he is not here..
His aura his presence was eternal...
Blessed to be born when irfan sir was on this planet..
Now bollywood has no one.. Just noone...
I got so overwhelmed with this interview- felt so bad about this news - he was just different and amazingly amazing - Fav tv show banegi apni baat - Hind medium - piku- thank you - Lunch box and blackmail
Everytime sutapa ma'am got emotional throughout the interview, I had tears in my eyes.
I have watched Irrfan Sir's movies (actually who hasn't) but listening to his rejoice and larger than life personality traits from sutapa ma'am n baabil was so therapeutic.
The best part of the interview was the gamete of emotions they went through while remembering Irrfan Sir's irreplaceable memories. Getting emotional for a moment n laughing on next second shows how bigger and positive a person Irrfan Sir was.
The Indian cinema will miss a versatile and natural artist like Irrfan Khan Sir forever 💯
Today this interview has helped me learn the actual aspects of life and career.
I wish luck and love to both Sutapa Ma'am and Baabil 🙏
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And Anupama ma'am, as usual I don't think anyone would ever be as humble and positive viber like you. Really love watching your interviews.
Irfan and Sushant were the purest hearts... Unfortunately that purity is impossible in any other actors in Bollywood! They are so full of themselves.....
May the Allah have mercy on him and placed him into his havens amen 🤲 Irrfan khan 😭
Ameen
Ameen
This is mostly beautiful, emotions and heart touching interview uh will ever watches..
Anupama uh are the best ❤️
Babil and Sutapa's mam all the love and strength to you😘
Can't explain in words how much we miss you and love uh Irfaan sir❤️❤️❤️
It's the first time I never wanted an interview to end.
Such a lovely interview... Brought back the memories and did bring back some tears as well. Great artists are very rarely great people and some are more often celebrated for their craft than the kind of people they were. Irrfan was a gem in front of and away from the camera. His performances centered around characters rooted in reality and with his own personal touches made the common man the star of his films.
There are so many performances of his that come to mind but I especially connected with his performance in the lunchbox. I could see people who I interacted with everyday in his performance. His legacy will live on and he'll always be remembered as one of India's finest actors. As an audience, all we can do is root for his son as he attempts to create his own path in films and not compare him unfavorably to his father.
When sutapa says "kuch nahi hota yaar" shows how beautiful the friendship was. Love to the lady and luck to the son. Always #irrfan fan. ❤️🤗
I wanted to watch a spiritual video and then this popped up. I am glad I watched this. This was SPIRITUAL!
Irrfan and Sutpa were/are/will be real soulmates ❤️❤️
Strange to be living in a world without Irrfan. Yes, he's there with us through his performances but it saddens me that I won't see more of his work and genius on screen. He was just getting started. Lots of love and strength to the family. Great interview, Ms. Chopra.
Such a non pretentious conversation.. Just loved it... One of the best I have ever seen.
I cried when sutapa mam have tears in her beautiful eyes!! And i loved when she talk pain is love ❤️❤️
Can't believe Irfan Sahab is not with us. ❤️
For ever IRRFAN.....the true artist, great Human, the Legend💓💓💓💓💓Being his fan is a bless and honour......
Question is
I always miss you..irrfan ..You will stay with us forever
More people should watch this. This is what real people are like. Love ,respect.
Such plain, simple, unaffected souls. Somehow a strange feeling that Irfan is watching and smiling in his peculiar way. I think Irfan practised and did achieve an art of being immortal in people's memory. Very few people can attain that level.
1 year of Irrfan khan sir passed
One of the greatest actor ever produced
We miss you sir
Rip 💔
Thank you so much Film Companion for this....❤️
Our pleasure!
I cried so many times during this!!!
Thank you, Film Companion for doing this!
And thank you Sutapa Ma'am and Babil for sharing such precious moments with us.
For the first time I got so involved in the interview by film companion.... It was so pure n soulful
Same feeling
Can anything be more real than this? Just pure raw emotions.
That man was a legend not just in Indian cinema but all around the world. He truly was a legend he will be missed dearly.
I was smiling crying laughing n in pain all at d same time... Such a beautiful interview....wil always miss Irrfan Khan 💖
Oh! Cried so much. . Love and positivity to both of u beautiful souls.
And I just kept looking at babil. .he , his body language, the way he laughs is just soo beautiful. Is so relatable😍
Sirf pyar ❤❤❤ hai Irrfan sir k liye.
Sutapa mam, babil and chhotu ka naam yaad nahi hai😅 (😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍)
I was a bit hesitant to watch this because of emotional reasons, but ended up watching the whole conversation in one go. THIS is what journalism should be about. Sensitive, kind, empathetic and honest. Anupama ma'am Thank You So Much for your grace and warmth, they shine through the work you do. Your interviews are always such dignified conversations. The world is lucky to have a platform like Film Companion. Conversations with depth and substance. Needless to say, Sutapa ma'am and Babil are so wonderful. This is so rare...to see such honest and real people in an industry that really does not have too many people with such qualities. Forget the industry, even the world in general lacks such genuineness in people. In their pain, like Sutapa ma'am said, there is love, laughter and so much strength. I wish and hope they will always be able to find that love, laughter and strength. 54 Beautiful minutes. Thank you, Film Companion.
I just can't stop crying....Irrfan khan is immortal through his work...I miss seeing him on screen create magic
The moments shared by both the closest personality to Irrfan here are amazing and i feel blessed as human with such a conscious with which i can try to get more into the depth of the one the greatest hardworking actor cinema got.
Thank you for this! Irrfan has to be celebrated not on one day but until this universe seize to exist.
Irrfan amar hain!
I was crying through out. Thank you for letting us to be privy to the air , process of your life . So much learning and such insight. Saved these words ( this interview)to come back to it , everytime I am in doubt.
I lost parents 22 years back , life has been a beautiful struggle and still learning from life. Your words are balm. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I felt one of my Family member behind the camera talking to me...
U made my day and the same time I was crying....
Few words
U made cry with a smile,
Listening your voice,
Far from the noise,
Sitting here next to us,
You made me up,
Baba...
U made me cry with a smile.
Thank you team film companion for this interview. This acts like a closure i never knew i needed. Irrfan was more than an actor to me, he was a friend& will always be💙💙
This is what we needed the most...tomorrow it will be the first anniversary but he is there, acting secretly and the day will come soon when we will see "Irrfan khan starrer coming soon".
Tears roll every time I see him or remember him. That’s the power of his soul that connected with audience like me. Immortal has its meaning when it comes to his “being”. As his wife says he wasn’t ready and we weren’t ready to let him go and not have get to see him again. Spread magic wherever you are
She is so right..the honesty which this man lived with was just so evident and that made each one of us feel connected to him.
This 50 minutes made me both happy and sad. ❤️💔
Such an endearing interview.....heart touching....so honest. The best interview thus far by Film Companion!
How could someone dislike it....feel sorry for them.