'(Mahesh) Bhattsaab had wisely recommended him for the lead role, but I was young and stubborn then, and would instinctively push back against a producer's suggestion. I insisted on casting Shiney Ahuja as Daya Shankar. While he was excellent, in retrospect, I realise Irrfan would have taken the character to a different level altogether.'
A screening of Sharmila Tagore-Manoj Bajpayee's film Gulmohar saw quite a few special guests.
Qarib Qarib Singlle turned 4 this week. Subhash K Jha recalls his conversations with Irrfan, its male lead, and Sutapa Sikdar, the film's producer and Irrfan's wife.
Kapoor and Sanon feature in Rhea Kapoor's The Crew, a film on women in the airline business.
'I believed that no matter what happened, I would be there to take care of him.' 'He believed it too and even when he fell ill, he had total faith in me, ki main sab theek kar doongi.' 'I tried, I really tried, but I fell short and he went away.'
Ang Lee's Life Of Pi releases this Friday, November 23.
'Nobody can ever replace him. Nobody will ever be able to.'
Yet another screening of the Irrfan Khan-Parvathy romance, which released last week.
It's movie night for Bollywood.
Celebs spotted at the special screening of Madaari!
Two film screenings queue up their stars.
'My respect for Irrfan has grown 100 times now when he is no longer with us.'
Hard core glamour and entertainment were the highlights of the second edition of the Pinkvilla Style Icons Awards, held in Mumbai over the weekend.
'It's difficult to explain what a wondrous, beautiful, overwhelming, painful and exciting this journey has been.'
Bollywood's proud parents attended a screening of short films written and directed by the IB film students of Singapore International School at the Light Box Preview Theatre in Santa Cruz, a western suburb of Mumbai, on Saturday.
Check out the red carpet.
Aseem Chhabra introduces you to the Irrfan you never knew.
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.
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 transcended celluloid and gave us a taste of his humility and humanity,' observes Sukanya Verma.
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