Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Biography
Name: Irfan Khan
Birth name: Irrfan Khan
City: Jaipur
Country: India
Children: son Babil
Marital status: married
Spouse: Sutapa Sikdar
Education: fellowship at (NSD) National School of Drama
Occupation: bollywood actor
Debut Film: Salaam Bombay!
Languages: hindi, english
Irfan Khan was born at Jaipur. After passing out from National School of Drama (Delhi), Irfaan Khan moved to Mumbai. Before coming to films Irrfan acted in numerous television serials like "Banegi Apni Baat", Chandrakanta, Starbest Sellers, Darr etc.
Irfan Khan's first stint with a Hindi film was a cameo role in Mira Nair's "Salaam Bombay", which was edited out in the final film. He kept himself busy with theatre and television till he appeared in the critically acclaimed film "Ek Doctor Ki Maut". Since then Irfaan Khan has featured in various mainstream Bollywood movies. Irfaan appeared as supporting actor in most of his movies but things changed when he got lead role in an English film "The Warrior" directed by London based director Asif Kapadia. The film "The Warrior" stormed in international film festivals in 2001 and Irfan Khan was noticed in a big way. In Bollywood, his first film as the lead actor was "Rog", which proved a flop at box office. Irfan Khan played the title role in the critically acclaimed film "Maqbool", which was an adaptation of Shakespear's story 'Macbeth'.
Irfan Khan won his first Filmfare Award in Best Villain category for his role in the film "Haasil", where he played the role of a student's union leader. Irfan appeared in another English film "The Namesake" which was one of the biggest hits overseas. Irrfan has also appeared in another international film "A Mighty Heart".
Trivia
* Irfan Khan is married to writer Sutapa Sikdar, also a NSD graduate, and they have two sons.
* He always thinks of giving his mother a big black suitcase crammed with currency notes like those gangsters do in our masala films.
Filmography
1. Bhopal Movie (2008) (in production)
2. Road to Ladakh (2008) (announced) .... Shafiq
3. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) (post-production) .... Police Inspector
4. Krazzy 4 (2008) (completed) .... Mukherjee
5. Sunday (2008) .... Kumar
6. Tulsi (2008) .... Suraj
7. Aaja Nachle (2007) .... Farooque - Najma's husband
8. Apna Asmaan (2007) .... Ravi Kumar
9. The Darjeeling Limited (2007) (as Irrfan Khan) .... The Father
10. A Mighty Heart (2007) (as Irrfan Khan) .... Captain
11. Life in a... Metro (2007) .... Monty
12. Partition (2007) .... Avtar Singh
13. Meridian Lines (2007) .... Devraj
14. Migration (2007) .... Abhay
15. Sainikudu (2006) .... Pappu Yadav
16. Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante (2006) .... Krish Vaidya
17. The Namesake (2006) (as Irrfan Khan) .... Ashoke Ganguli
18. The Killer (2006) .... Vikram/Roopchand Swaroopchand Solanki
19. Yun Hota To Kya Hota (2006) .... Salim Rajabali
20. Aksar (2006)
21. Mr. 100% (2006)
22. Dubai Return (2005) .... Aftab Angrez
23. Chocolate (2005) .... Pipi
24. 7½ Phere (2005) .... Manoj
25. Chehraa (2005) .... Chandranath Diwan
26. Garam (2005)
27. Rog (2005) .... Inspector Uday Rathore
28. The Film (2005) .... Shameembhai
29. Schatten der Zeit (2004) .... Yani
30. Aan: Men at Work (2004) .... Yusuf Pathan
31. Charas: A Joint Operation (2004) .... Ranbhir Singh Rathore/"Policeman"
32. Maqbool (2003) (as Irfan) .... Maqbool
33. The Bypass (2003) .... Policeman
34. Footpath (2003) .... Sheikh
35. Supari (2003) (as Irfaan Khan) .... Baba
36. Haasil (2003) (as Irrfan) .... Ranvijay Singh
37. Dhund: The Fog (2003) (as Irrfan) .... Ajit Khurana
38. Gunaah (2002) .... ACP Digvijay Pandey
39. Kali Salwaar (2002)
40. Bokshu the Myth (2002)
41. Pratha (2002) .... Nimi Pandey
42. The Warrior (2001) .... Lafcadia - Warrior
43. Kasoor (2001)
44. Ghaath (2000) .... Mamu/Romesh Bhagwat Dogra
45. Such a Long Journey (1998) .... Gustad's dad
46. Bada Din (1998) .... Police Inspector
47. Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One (1997) .... Inspector Khan
48. Purush (1994)
49. Vaade Iraade (1994) .... Naresh Tripathi
50. Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991)
51. Drishti (1990/I) .... Rahul
52. "Chanakya" (1990) (mini) TV mini-series .... Senapati
53. Kamla Ki Maut (1989) .... Ajit
54. Salaam Bombay! (1988) .... Letter writer