Late actor Irrfan Khan and director Vishal Bhardwaj had both been working for years, but they found fame after they collaborated on the 2003 film, Maqbool. Irrfan went on to find international fame in the years after Maqbool and Vishal established himself as a successful director. Vishal and Irrfan remained friends until Irrfan passed away in 2020. In a recent interview, Vishal said that he has saved Irrfan’s voice recordings from his last days.
“I have his recordings. During his last days, he would be in too much pain, so he couldn’t sleep. He used to sing lullabies to himself and he used to send me those recordings. Ki ab aapko meri acting ke sath mera gana bhi sunna padega, Vishal saab (Along with my acting, you’ll have to listen to my songs as well),” he shared with mid-day.
Vishal said that to pay his tribute to Irrfan, he wrote a script in the late actor’s memory. “I wrote a script on that. I gave my tribute through a script called ‘Irrfan aur main’. That has the whole account of how we were both in touch (during his last days)…” he shared.
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In an earlier chat with Pinkvilla, he said that he misses Irrfan in every film. “You miss Irrfan in every film. Every film I see, I make, when I see good cinema I miss Irrfan. That is the biggest loss, personal loss to me, and I think for the whole industry,” he said.
Apart from Maqbool, Vishal and Irrfan worked together in Haider, 7 Khoon Maaf. Irrfan was also supposed to star in Vishal’s production Ishqiya but it didn’t work out. In a chat with Lallantop, he shared, “We were planning to start Ishqiya, which was to be directed by Abhishek Chaubey and Irrfan was supposed to star in the film. Irrfan ke bina hum kuch sochte he nahi the zindagi mein (We never thought of making a film without Irrfan at that time). And Irrfan had agreed to do the film. But when we reached out to him for the film, he told us that he has signed some other film for those dates. He told me ‘mujhe laga ab toh aapki film No Smoking pitgayi, ab toh aap film banaoge he nahi (I thought your previous film No Smoking bombed at the box office, so you will not make films now). And we had said no to a big actress for Ishqiya because she had refused to work with Irrfan as he wasn’t a commercial actor. I got very angry with him and didn’t speak to him for 2-3 years. I didn’t pick up his calls.”
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Vishal Bhardwaj says Irrfan would sing lullabies to himself to ease his pain: ‘He used to send me those recordings’ – The Indian Express
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