Remembering his father, the legendary Irfaan Khan on the latter’s 56th birth anniversary, actor Babil Khan has taken to Instagram to share some of the old family pictures, with a heartfelt note for his father in which he talks about some recurring questions, however, didn’t share them. Irrfan Khan breathed his last in April 2020 after losing the battle against the neuroendocrine tumor.
With the pictures, Babil in the caption wrote, “Questions keep me up at night. Those that I never asked then, those that I can never ask now. My inquiries are left for me to quench on my own, that’s okay, I will figure it out. I miss your laughter though; I don’t think there is an answer for that. Remembering a day when you arrived here.”
Watch the pictures here:
A monochrome picture shared by Babil shows Irrfan capturing Sutapa on a beach as he holds Babil in her arms, while another picture shows Irrfan lying on the floor at their home with his son. Irrfan is seen moving a toy bus on the floor as Babil looks on. There is also a picture of Irrfan holding a newborn baby in his arms and playing with a toddler in another.
Irrfan and Sutapa have two sons – Babil Khan and Ayaan Khan. Babil is the elder one. He recently made his film debut with Netflix's Qala, alongside Tripti Dimri in the lead which also features Swastika Mukherjee.
The movie is set in the 1930s and is about the tumultuous relationship between an aspiring singer and her mother. It was last year when Babil talked about the burden he has for Irrfan’s legacy.
During an interview, he said, “I am always comparing myself to the legacy… you know, bhaar hai. I am a person who wants to give my best when I am doing something. We shot this two years ago. I have grown as an actor a lot. So, I always wonder ‘I wish I would have done this or that’. But I also believe that whatever art you make has its own journey and you can’t bring your own ego into it.”