IRRFAN KHAN- talent gets its due

I love the acting of Irrfan Khan. There is a silent, brooding intensity about him which has time and again earned him roles as well as recognition in foreign shores.
The first film of Irrfan Khan that I saw was the film Warrior directed by the British filmmaker Asif Kapadia. The film won a BAFTA award. He also starred in the film A Mighty Heart alongside popular Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie. The movie was based on the kidnapping and beheading of Daniel Pearl by fundamentalists. Another recent film starring Irrfan Khan was the Slumdog Millionaire where he plays a Police Inspector.
Irrfan Khan is easily the most successful Indian actor in Hollywood.

 

I remember seeing Irrfan Khan for the first time in Ek Doctor Ki Maut! I remember seeing him in another movie called Such A Long Journey.

Irrfan became an internationally known face when The Warrior opened in international film festivals in 2001.

He was awesome in Maqbool. He played the title role in this critically acclaimed movie which was an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

A short film titled “Road to Ladakh” starring Irrfan had received rave reviews in 2003-04 and is now being made into a full-length movie with none other than Irrfan in it!

I think his first Bollywood lead role was in “Rog” which was relelased in 2005.

 

Oh! I simply love Irrfan Khan!! He is a superb actor:bowdown!! He was too good in The Namesake and A Mighty Heart!:thumbsup I fell in love with his acting in the movie Life in a Metro – he bagged the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for that role. I can never forget the scene where Irrfan and Konkona sit and talk on the beach, the day before Irrfan’s marriage. In fact every scene that had Irrfan was hilarious and awesome!!

I have also seen him act in another international film named The Darjeeling Limited.

In 2008, he featured as a narrator in an Arts Alliance Production, id-Identity of the Soul. The performance toured worldwide with thousands of audience turning out to see the event as it toured.:bowdown

 

There is no doubt that Hollywood bosses are pleased with Irrfan Khan. In fact he is shortly going to start shooting for a Spiderman film.:thumbsup
Before he became a big name, Irrfan Khan appeared in quite a few television serials. I recall seeing him in the serial Chanakya and Chandrakanta in Doordarshan. He also appeared in the serials Darr and Star Bestsellers on the Star Plus channel. He made quite a convincing villain in Darr.
My cousin who lives in the States tells me that Irrfan also appeared as the character Sunil in the serial In Treatment which appeared on the HBO channel.

 

There is news on the Irrfan Khan front. The talented actor is going to star in a film based on Salman Rushdie’s Booker Prize winning novel called Midnight’s Children. The novel is about a character Saleem Sinai who is born at the exact hour India is declared independent. Besides Irrfan Khan, the movie also stars Rahul Bose, Nandita Das,and Shabana Azmi. The film is being directed by celebrated director Deepa Mehta.
Salman Rushdie himself was involved in adapting the novel for the screen. The film is expected to be called the Winds of Change. The film will be shot in Sri Lanka.

Source : The Hindustan Times