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'Had I been launched as a leading actor, it would probably have worked better.' 'Prabhu Devaa came eight years after me. Maybe if a filmmaker had thought of a film for me like the ones he got, my career would have been a different trajectory.'
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'I felt I didn't understand the film industry at all.'
'It was amazing how he controlled the crowd, not with force or even star power, but with sheer love.'
'Rejection teaches you a lot of endurance, self-trust, and the ability to show up again.'
'Shah Rukh is such a generous person, such a giver, that I can only wish for life to give him all the love and happiness he deserves.'
'On the editing table, we would be salivating on how she maintains her continuity to perfection on each take.' 'I have seen this with Shah Rukh sir and I observed the same level of precision with Rasika.'
'Every story I've told so far has left something with me. And I can't wait to find out what the next one does.'
'My respect for Irrfan has grown 100 times now when he is no longer with us.'
'Women have always been given titles like 'mother' or 'housewife'. 'These tags put so much pressure on a woman to be a certain way.'
'We don't make films for profit and that's exactly why profit follows.'
'Your family doesn't want you to come to this field because there's no direction, no formula.' 'It's not as if your career is settled and you will get work consistently.'
Shoojit Sircar who worked with Irrfan Khan on Piku remembers the prolific actor by writing a heartfelt letter on his 5th death anniversary.
'We used Babil as a body double, and in an extreme wide shot too.'
'Audiences will buy tickets for a film on Dawood, not on Swami Vivekananda.'
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'I had not even realised I had done almost 100 films.'
Sweet surprises are made of actors best known for their dramatics taking us by surprise by shaking a leg on screen.
'Very rarely does a film give you the opportunity to do this, I was constantly improvising and adding scenes on the set.'
'I genuinely don't have the energy to indulge more but I do this as responsibility for my peers that I truly admire.'
Bollywood is such an integral part of Mumbai that it spills out in the city's busy streets!
'For him to suddenly leave the way that he did, it shattered me.' 'It took me a long, long, time to come to terms with it.' 'Because the loss of such a friend can destroy you.' 'The loss was and continues to be immense.'
'Life does not change in such a way that everything becomes easy. Struggle and hustle is there for everyone. 'The difference is that people have started knowing me.'
'We are thinking on something like the 'Irrfan Memorial Award' given to the most promising new actor.'
Sukanya Verma salutes the late actor's spectacular cinematic legacy.
'As I leave my footprints onto these steps of my life, I want to pause to be grateful for receiving your immense love and support.'
We are all blessed that Irrfan Khan has left us a treasure trove of his remarkable films. The characters he played were real, believable. We recognised them and they have stayed with us. And so a fan I like to believe Irrfan Khan did not die, says Aseem Chhabra, the actor's biographer on Irrfan's first death anniversary.
The Song Of Scorpions is a reminder, if one were needed, that Irrfan was not just a star actor but a true artiste, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Irrfan was hoping he would get a role as one of the kids in Salaam Bombay!, and when that didn't happen, heartbreak and tears followed.
'I hadn't worked for three-and-a-half years.' 'I felt industry was based on who you knew.' 'I didn't belong to a network.'
Irrfan Khan spent most of his years in the spotlight, making wonderful movies and memories for us.
Varun Gautam, Irrfan's friend from his Jaipur days, learned about Irrfan's illness when he received a phone call from Sutapa. This was sometime before Irrfan officially announced his illness. He assured her, 'Even if the doctors are concerned, he will still stay alive.'
Irrfan never stopped being hopeful about the endless possibilities open to actors and film-makers in Indian cinema.
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We have lost Irrfan, but his legacy lives on.
'Mere father ki khubiyaan woh lekar chale gaye, ab mein apne khubiyaan explore karoonga.'
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