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TopicIrrfan Khan

Topic: Irrfan Khan

People think Irrfan was intimidating. I want to write about his funny side—wife Sutapa Sikdar

Purva Chitnis -
At the launch of the book, Irrfan: A Life In Movies, Khan's wife Sutapa Sikdar, son Babil, writer-producer Shailaja Kejriwal, and actor-poet Danish Hussain were in a conversation with film critic and author Shubhra Gupta at The Quorum in Mumbai.

Irrfan was no prisoner to image. He singlehandedly lifted the status of ‘character actors’

Shubhra Gupta -
In ‘Irrfan: A Life in Movies’, film critic Shubhra Gupta engages Bollywood and beyond in conversation about the star’s art, craft, life and legacy.

The Song of Scorpions is an Irrfan Khan superfan movie. But the script is too weak

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Film critics questioned why an accomplished Indian actress like Tillotama Shome wasn’t chosen for such a role. Farahani’s acting gives the answer.

Irrfan Khan was an actor, not a showman. That made him the hero Bollywood & Hollywood needed

Humra Laeeq -
When the 100-crore club shattered ceilings with their box office hits, Irrfan Khan chose to shatter the fourth wall between his audience and himself.

This 36-episode anthology was a launchpad for directors like Hansal Mehta, Anurag Kashyap

Taran Deol -
Star Bestsellers blended genres like drama, thriller, comedy and romance and aired from 1999-2000.

Chandrakanta, the show in which Irrfan won hearts four lines at a time

Shubhangi Misra -
The 1994 Doordarshan show was a supernatural fantasy period drama based on an eponymous 1888 book, considered the first modern Hindi novel.

Our life was a masterclass in acting, learnt to see harmony in cacophony: Irrfan’s family

ThePrint Team -
Wife Sutapa Sikdar and sons Ayan and Babil released a statement about Irrfan Khan's untimely death Wednesday due to cancer. Read the full text here.

Goodbye to ‘Dil waale Kapoor’ and whitewashing hands as coronavirus cure

Shubhangi Misra -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Amitabh is ‘destroyed’, Simi mourns her ‘darling’ & Lata holds on to memories of Chintu

Shubhangi Misra -
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Irrfan’s 8 finest performances and what made them so special

Samira Sood -
From a rebel athlete to a don’s aide to a clueless man navigating the world of dating apps, Irrfan could do it all.
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Opinion

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

Bishwajit Bhattacharyya -
The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

The long arc of rural employment—from welfare to rights to rationing

Muslim objections to Vande Mataram are about faith, not rejection of India

Economy

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

Keshav Padmanabhan -
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Defence

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

National Interest

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Shekhar Gupta -
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.

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