Irrfan's wife Sutapa,son Babil get emotional on his 1st death anny,Tinsel Town celebrities remember actor

By Rajesh Ahuja

Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan's wife Sutapa Sikdar and his son Babil Khan today turned emotional on the first death anniversary of the actor even as celebrities from Tinsel Town paid tribute to Irrfan on the occasion.

In an emotional note on Irrfan's first death anniversary,  his wife Sutapa shared a photo of Irrfan where he is seen drinking water from a stream. She also reminisced about fond memories of their days together at the National School Drama.

She also recalled how in Irrfan's last days , she and her friends sang his favourite songs for him.

Getting emotional at the memory of Irrfan Khan,  Sutapa said that for her the clock stopped at 11.11 am on April 29.

''The clock had stopped At 11.11 on 29th april for me .Irrfan you had a keen interest in mystery of numbers . .and funny you had three 11’s on your final day. some say actually many say this is a very mystical number 11/11/11. How does one walk ahead the pandemic just adds to the anxiety, fear and pain,"Sutapa Sikdar said.

She also shared a photo of a note written by Irrfan.

"'People living deeply have no fear of death' - Anaïs Nin. Your favourite poet Irrfan. Last year tonight me and my friends sang songs for you, all your favorite songs. The nurses were looking at us strangely as they were used to religious chants in critical times but I had overdone that for you Irrfan morning evening and night for two years and since they told me it was time I wanted you to go with memories you loved so we sang songs.next day you left for the next station I hope you knew where to get down without me. 363 days eight thousand seven hundred and twelve hours..when each second is counted, how exactly does one swim this huge ocean of time,'she said.

Remembering her days with Irrfan Khan at the National School of Drama,  she said, 'the days went by with umpteen responsibilities some extremely new ones like signature galore for changing of name. My fingers kept stopping on that how could I just take his name away and make it sutapa, I was unable to sign took a day off and the name game played on my mind. Like a film in a projector .i remember sitting outside NSD late evening ..beautiful girls from kathak kendra floating out.. they were all very well dressed up unlike us we were always in our blue trackpant and sky blue t shirt ..both boys and girls wore the same and you mispronounced my name and I tried to correct and rubbed it in as usual my permanent thing that north Indians are so stupid and they only can pronounce sunny Vicky Rahul type names and proceed to kake ki dukaan in gol chakkar to have ek bata do chai . its been a long journey of correcting each other spanning a life time. fighting arguing laughing evolving together. you were the loner in a crowd .
And now a whole crowd has followed you up there ..by the way OM from the tea stall in the nukkad went some years back has he made a chai ka stall up there? are you having ek bata do chai there. and are drinking water from the running streams? All of you stay in peace remember us that we loved you, all of you. And remember all of you is missed by some one or the other ..all your families grieve ..may you all rest in peace! I hope there is enough space I hope some of you will forgive us for not been able to give a respectable cremation .#irrfan #NSD #nationbleeding # wearesorry #restinpeace.'

On his first death anniversary, Irrfan's son Babil Khan also wrote an emotional note.

"Chemo burns you from the inside, so to find joy in the simple things, like building your own table to write your own journals. There is a purity, I have not yet discovered. There is a legacy that has already been concluded by my Baba himself. A full stop. Nobody can ever replace him. Nobody will ever be able to. To the greatest best friend, companion, brother, father, I ever had and ever will have.

I love you so much, for the rest of this chaos we are choosing to call life. I miss you, more than all that shah-Jahan/mumtaz stuff; I would have built a space monument that could have taken us to the furthest parts of a blackhole singularity you were always intrigued by, but I would have been there with you Baba, and we could have gone together, hand in hand,'he wrote.

Irrfan Khan's wife Sutapa Sikdar and son Babil Khan post emotional notes on his 1st death anniversary 

Celebrities pay tribute to Irrfan on his first death anniversary 

Celebrities from Tinsel Town also remembered Irrfan on his death anniversary.

Remembering Irrfan,  her Qissa co star Rasika dugal (who will be seen in the season 2 if web series Out of Love,  said,'Thank you for the laughter, the memories, the magic and the cinema Irrfan . So many beautiful qissas.....
Remembering #Irrfan.#Qissa .'

Irrfan's co star in The Lunchbox Nimrat kaur also remembered Irrfan on his first death anniversary.

'Thank you for the gift of your life..,'Nimrat Kaur said.

The National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) aldo paid tribute to Irrfan on his first death anniversary.

'Remembering actor extraordinaire, #IrrfanKhan whose untimely demise, last year left a void in the film fraternity. He was a treasure to the World Cinema! The versatile actor was part of @nfdcindia's greatest award winning classics that included Lunchbox, Qissa, Salaam Bombay!,'the NFDC said.

Rasika dugal , Nimrat kaur and NFDC pay tribute to Irrfan on his first death anniversary 

Irrfan Khan passed away on April 29 last year after a long battle with cancer.

Considered  as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema, Irrfan Khan, in a career spanning  over 30 won numerous accolades, including a National Film Award, an Asian Film Award, and six Filmfare Awards. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.

 In 2021, he posthumously won the Filmfare lifetime achievement award.