• 4 years ago
1. Irrfan Khan was born on 7 January 1967 in a Royal Family in Jaipur, Rajasthan. His father's name was the late Jagirdar Khan, who ran a tire business in Khajuria in Tonk district. His mother Saeeda Begum was from Tonk Hakim Family. 2. Irfan had two brothers and one sister. His mother Saida Begum had died a few days earlier. He was unable to attend his mother's funeral due to the lockdown. 3. His real name was Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan. Irrfan Khan liked the Extra R in his name, so he changed his name to Irrfan. 5. Irfan wanted to become a cricketer during his youth. His parents did not support him in this. Then after getting scholarship from NSD, he decided to go into acting. 6. Irfan holds an MA degree, as well as an Acting Diploma in 1984 from NSD. 7. During his period of struggle, he worked to repair AC. He used to say that when he went to repair the AC for the first time, it was the home of Bollywood legend actor Rajesh Khanna. Also taught tuition for money. 8. Irfan has also done a great job in Hollywood with "Spider Man", "Jurassic World", "Inferno" and many other international level projects. Irrfan also won the National Film Award for his acting. He received the National Award for Paan Singh Tomar. 9. Irfan always used to make blatant statements about Islam and and the bigotry of religion. Once he made a ruckus related to the sacrifice. Islamic religious leaders opened a front against him. The religious leaders have advised Irfan to concentrate on his work and not to engage in religious matters. However, Irfan said that he is not afraid of religious leaders. He does not live in a country that is run by the contractors of religion. 10. Irrfan Khan has also been a charming person, he was serious and cheerful. He had a strange desire to give his mother a suitcase full of notes. He wanted me to give such a suitcase to my mother just as I give a suitcase full of money in movies. 11. Once Irfan Khan was declared a terrorist. He was intercepted and searched at a US airport. This was not due to his name, but his face was meeting a dreaded terrorist. Later, the misunderstanding was cleared and he was let go with forgiveness and full respect. 12. Irrfan can be called Mr. Perfectionist, he did not do any film or dialogue until it was well written. His wife once told that she had scripted a film for about 11 times. 13. Irrfan is the only actor in Hindi cinema to have won the Academy Awards for Slumdog Millionare and has won these awards for himself. His film Lunch Box received the Cine Choice Award at the Cannes Film Festival. 14. Irfan was born in a Muslim Pathan family, but Irfan Khan never ate non-vegetarian food. For this reason, his father jokingly said that a Brahmin has been born in a Muslim family. 15. Irrfan Khan entered Bollywood with the film 'Salaam Bombay'. The film was nominated for the Academy Award in 1988. Going for an Oscar for an actor's first film is a big success.

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