Hurt Babil Khan recalls how he was accused of exploiting dad Irrfan Khan’s death to further his career: ‘If I had done that, I wouldn’t have…’ | Bollywood News

Babil Khan has been unanimously lauded for his nuanced performance in Amit Golani’s ZEE5 cyberthriller Logout. But he continues to live in the shadow of his late father and legendary actor Irrfan Khan. Five years after Irrfan’s death, Babil can’t get over how his father’s demise changed him as a person overnight.
“When baba passed away, the limelight suddenly shifted on me. I wasn’t ready for that. But there was one incident that was stuck within me. When baba was being taken from the hospital to the funeral, the streets were full of his fans during Covid. No one bothered if they’d catch Covid. They just wanted to see him. They were crying their eyes out. It felt so real. I had to give something back to them. It’s not just my memories and my loss alone. It’s a collective loss. So I began to share my memories,” said Babil.
However, in the interview with The Lallantop, he recalled how he was accused of exploiting his father’s death to advance his acting career. Babil made his debut as the male lead in Anvitaa Dutt’s 2022 romantic thriller Qala, which dropped directly on Netflix India. “If I’d have done that, I wouldn’t be giving auditions today. I was sharing the love because everyone gave so much love and support to us,” said Babil.
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He recalled sharing a statement with his family — mother Sutapa Sikdar and brother Aayaan Khan — after Irrfan’s passing that whoever feels the loss is a part of their family. “I used to post about Baba to honour that statement, that responsibility. But there’s always the other side of it. The yin always has the yang, the white always has the black. Whenever you try to walk in the middle, in the grey, the other opinion comes after you. I did feel a little bad about that. But I said never mind, I must keep sharing, and so I did,” added Babil.
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“I live my life the way I want to live it and nobody can stop me from doing that. I live with full emotions, I cry, I feel the hate, respond to the hate as well and I live my life. I am shy person but I don’t shy away from living my life,” Babil said in a recent interview with SCREEN. “I have given so much respect to things, and those things have fired back at me. But, still I am not used to it and I will never get used to it. I think that’s the point, you have to live through that anxiety, the pain, humiliation, embarrassment, happiness, joy, success, all of it. To live it is much more important than the outcome of it,” he added.