A book on my life will be boring: Irrfan Khan
SEVERAL BOLLYWOOD PERSONALITIES have of late taken to tell-all memoirs to confess things about their personal and professional lives, but Irrfan Khan says his life story is “too boring” to be published.
Film personalities like Karan Johar, Rishi Kapoor and Asha Parekh released their autobiographies this year. Noted actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui recently withdrew his memoir - An Ordinary Life - for hurting the sentiments of some women, whose names he mentioned in the book allegedly without their consent.
Asked if he plans to come up with a book on his life, Irrfan says, “No, it is too boring for me. If I get a good writer, who will write not just about me (then I will think about the book).
It should have other things as well like the people who contributed (to my journey so far), and circumstances. It should be a story of the times and not me.”
After completing his post graduation from the National School of Drama, Irrfan started his acting career with television.
He played a small role in 1988’s Oscarnominated film Salaam Bombay. The 1990s were tough for Irrfan as his work in numerous films went unnoticed. In 2001 London-based director Asif Kapadia gave him a lead role in British film The Warrior and he became popular. Back home in Hindi cinema, Irrfan gained prominence through films like Rog, Maqbool, Haasil, Life In A Metro and Paan Singh Tomar. PTI