Tribute to versatile Irrfan Khan ! His Dialogues - Relationship like lifespan of a man does not come with a guarantee card !

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"An incredible talent .. a gracious colleague .. a prolific contributor to the World of Cinema .. left us too soon .. creating a huge vacuum," the iconic Amitabh Bachchan aptly summed up the life and times of actor Irrfan Khan, who breathed last
on April 29 at the young age of 53. How should one pay tribute to such a complete actor?
In contemporary setting -- perhaps more than the journalists and writers, we bloggers are better custodians of memories. It is truly the testimony to Irrfan's good works and achievements that he had, to a large extent, became synonymous with the wide range of films he worked.

One easy way to talk about actors is to refer to their movies and of course the catchy dialogues!

Dialogues actually work as a bridge between the protagonists an actor plays and his audience and fan following. But do wereally know the human being in those stars through their films and dialogues?

In effect, we need not!

But talking about Irrfan, a versatile genius, one must admit he has been a smart actor and also an interesting person with his distinct sense of intellect, sense of selection of roles and of course his own way of thinking. Truly, Irrfan's place in history of Indian cinema and also some good western movies is fixed. And he deserves all the credit - more for the ease he applies in delivering his dialogues!


He appeared in Bollywood as an alternate hero. A 'disadvantage' that he could not be a typical Hindi film hero ultimately had become his biggest asset.
More than the powerful dialogues, perhaps his expressions and the eccentric mannerism on the screen endeared him to his audience and admirers.

One good dialogue - I remember off hand is "Rishtey kisi guarantee card ke saath atey toh nahi hae (Relationship does not come along with a guarantee card)". This was from film 'Life in a Metro'.

Irrfan Khan's screen name is Monty - a somewhat confused guy but a nice guy around but who could leave his female partner unimpressed.

In this film there is another dialogue that reflects the youngman next door's spirit especially for someone who is trying to strike gold in sapno ka nagari- Mumbai. "Yeh sheher hamey jitna deta hae, badle mein kahin zyada humse leta haen (This city takes much more than than it gives you)".

If this was a typical middle class man's angst or confusion. In 'Life of Pi', Irrfan appears a philosophical genius summing up various paradoxes of life and mutters : "...You cannot know the strength of your faith until it has been tested".

Irrfan Khan's movie Life of Pi has a wonderful dialogue "I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye". 

Those of you have not seen the film, may I take the liberty of pointing out that you all have missed something as this film deciphers some of the obvious complexities of life, survival instinct at the time of the corona crisis and of course death.

The film explores the notion of morality and also highlights the human tendency to survive in adverse conditions. It is the faith that drives the protagonist - Pisci Patel.

English movie 'A Mighty Heart' is one of my favourites. The film also has Angelina Jolie who plays the role of deceased journalist Daniel Pearl's wife Mariane.

Irrfan mirrors a patient 'tenacity' of a Pakistani police investigator 'The Captain' and does it in the reality-based film as Pearl was kidnapped and eliminated by Talibans.

Talking about terrorism and Irrfan, one ought to refer to his television panel discussion (Times Now) when hehad said: "There is a huge chunk of the Muslim population that is fighting against terrorism. We only see Muslims in India. When you go abroad, you see there are people who are fighting terror… and trying to put Islam, the way they have understood, in the right perspective”.Irrfan had in effect also had challenged the clerics about some of the rituals observed by Muslims during Ramzan and Muharram.

Incidentally, Irrfan's last moment also came at a time when Muslims are observing the sacred Ramzan in between April 23and May 23.Aamir Khan was quizzed to react on Irrfan's remarks when he said: "I feel religion is a very personal issue and each one hastheir own feelings about it".

More about his films.

In 'The Lunchbox' Irrfan Khan portrays a character so well and breaks audience's heart when he writes to Ila about his old age and thanks her for giving space to him in her young life. 

And the dialogue would leave his audience again spell bound - "Life is very busy......There are too many people and everyone wants what the other has". 

There were few other gems. 'Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante' - a surgeon's life is rattled when his daughter is taken hostage in their own home and he is given 24 hours to pay a hefty ransom.

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