Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan
Born	Sahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan
Other names	Irrfan
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Sutapa Sikdar Khan

Sahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan also known as Irrfan (Template:Lang-hi, Template:Lang-ur; born November 30, 1962) is an Indian actor in film, television and theatre. He received recognition for his roles in The Warrior (2001), Maqbool (2003), Haasil (2004), The Namesake (2006), A Mighty Heart (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Billu (2009) and New York (2009). He has won two Filmfare Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.

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Career

After graduating in 1987, Khan moved to Mumbai, where he acted in numerous television serials like 'Chanakya','Sara Jahan Hamara' 'Banegi Apni Baat' and 'Chandrakanta' (Doordarshan), 'Star Bestsellers' (Star Plus), etc. He was the main villain in a series called Darr (which aired on Star Plus), where he played the role of a psycho serial killer, opposite Kay Kay Menon. He also played the role of famous revolutionary Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India Makhdoom Mohiuddin in Kahkashan produced by Ali Sardar Jafri.

He acted in some of the episodes of Star Bestsellers (aired on Star-Plus). In one of the episodes, his role was of a parchoon shopkeeper who has a misconception that his landlord's wife is trying to seduce him & it turns out that his own wife (TIsca Chopra) is cheating on him. In the other one, he played the role of an office-accountant who, after been insulted by his lady-boss, took revenge by making her mad. He also appeared in a serial called Bhanvar (aired on SET India) for two episodes. In one episode, he performed the role of a thug who somehow landed to a court, where he presented himself as a lawyer.

Theater and television kept him afloat until Mira Nair offered him a cameo in Salaam Bombay (1988) though his role was edited out in the final film.

In the 1990s he appeared in the critically acclaimed film Ek Doctor Ki Maut and Such a Long Journey (1998) and various other films which went unnoticed.

After many unsuccessful films, things changed when London-based director Asif Kapadia gave him the lead in The Warrior, an historical film completed in 11 weeks on the locals in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. In 2001 The Warrior stormed in international film festivals making Irrfan Khan a known face, world over.

In 2003 he acted in Indian born writer-director, Asvin Kumar's short film, Road to Ladakh. After the film received rave reviewsat international festivals, the film is now being made into a full length feature, again starring Irrfan Khan. That same year he played the title role in the critically acclaimed Maqbool, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

His first Bollywood main lead role came in 2005 with film Rog. Thereafter he appeared in several films either playing the leading role or a supporting role as a villain. In 2004 he won the Filmfare Best Villain Award for his role in film Haasil.

In 2007, he appeared in the box office hits Metro, for which he received a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, and The Namesake, which was a hit overseas. They were closely followed by his appearance in the international films A Mighty Heart and The Darjeeling Limited.

Even after becoming a successful actor in bollywood, he has not severed his ties with television. He used to anchor a show 'Mano ya na mano' (airing on Star One). He had hosted another programme called "Kya Kahen" which was on the similar lines of Mano Ya Na Mano like Superstition and Extra Sensory Perception etc.

In 2008 he featured as a narrator in an Arts Alliance production, id - Identity of the Soul. The performance is due to tour worldwide, this year tens of thousands turned out to see the event as it toured the West Bank. He also plays the police inspector in the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Personal life

Khan is married to writer Sutapa Sikdar, also an NSD graduate, and they have two sons.

Awards

• 2003: Filmfare Best Villain Award. for Haasil
• 2007: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. for Life in a Metro
• 2008: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. for Slumdog Millionaire
• 2008: Nomination for the Spirit Award.

Filmography

Film Name	Year	Role	Other Notes
Salaam Bombay	1988	Letter writer
Drishti	1990	Rahul
Ek Doctor Ki Maut	1991
Such a Long Journey	1998	Gustad's dad
The Warrior	2001	Lafcadia - Warrior
Kasoor	2001	Public Prosecutor
Gunaah	2002	Police Inspector
Haasil	2003	Ranvijay Singh	Won, Filmfare Best Villain Award, His rannvijay act & dialogues became a cult among his fans.
Footpath	2003	Sheikh
Maqbool	2003	Maqbool
Aan: Men at Work	2004	Yusuf Pathan
Charas	2004	Ranbhir Singh Rathore
Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets	2005	Pipi
Rog	2005	Inspector Uday Rathore
7½ Phere	2005	Manoj
Yun Hota To Kya Hota	2006	Salim Rajabali
The Killer	2006	Vikram/Roopchand Swaroopchand Solanki
Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante	2006	Krish Vaidya
Sainikudu	2006	Pappu Yadav
A Mighty Heart	2007	Captain	screened at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival
Life in a Metro	2007	Monty	Won, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.
The Namesake	2007	Ashoke Ganguli
The Darjeeling Limited	2007	The Father
Apna Asmaan	2007	Ravi Kumar
Aaja Nachle	2007	Farooque, Najma's husband
Partition	2007	Avtar
Road to Ladakh	2008
Sunday	2008	Kumar
Krazzy 4	2008	Dr. Mukherjee
Mumbai Meri Jaan	2008	Thomas
Slumdog Millionaire	2008	Police Inspector	Won, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Dil Kabaddi	2008	Samit
Sunday	2008	Kumar
Acid Factory	2009	TBA
Billu	2009	Billu/Vilas Pardesi
New York	2009	Roshan (FBI Official)
New York, I Love You	2009	Mansuhkhbai
Paan Singh Tomar	2009	TBA
Right Yaa Wrong	2009	TBA
Bhopal Movie	2010	TBA

External links

• Irrfan Khan at IMDb
• Irrfan Khan Official Website