Irrfan Khan’s son Babil and his wife Sutapa Sikdar
Bollywood’s finest actor Irrfan Khan is no more with us today, but his son Babil continues his legacy of acting following in his footsteps. Babil who will soon be making his acting debut with Kaala, recently revealed how his mother Sutapa Sikdar sacrificed her career so that Irrfan could work. Breaking his silence on his mother’s sacrifice, Babil told GQ in an interview, “He sacrificed his career to raise us and ensured that Baba’s work continued uninterrupted. And let me tell you, She is a very ambitious woman. It takes a lot to set aside her ambitions for her partner, for her children. He would have killed her to do so and yet she did. Baba was Baba because Mamma was Mamma He would have been nothing without him. And I don’t think he gets enough credit. Not even from Baba.”
In fact, Groucho Marx rightly said, “Behind every successful man is a woman, behind him is his wife.”
He further revealed that it was only during his final days of illness that he acknowledged their sacrifices, “It was only after his illness that he acknowledged the scale of his contribution to his success.”
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Sutapa and Irrfan fell in love during their college days at the National School of Drama. They got married in 1995.
For those unaware, Irrfan brought Hindi cinema recognition to the international front with some stellar performances in Hollywood. He died in Mumbai in April 2020 at the age of 54. He was diagnosed in 2018 with a neuroendocrine tumor, a rare form of cancer that attacks different parts of the body.
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Meanwhile, Bulbul fame Trupti Damri will also be seen in Babil’s debut film. He will also be seen in The Railway Man, a film on the Bhopal gas tragedy.