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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

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

+TFP Praveen Swami -
The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

China will be more central to India now. Though an anti-US unity is premature

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Economy

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

+TFP Mayank Kumar -
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

Defence

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Tanzia Alam -
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

National Interest

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

Shekhar Gupta -
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

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