PARENTING IS LIFE’S TOUGHEST ROLE: IRRFAN
Just before the trailer launch of Irrfan’s film Madaari last year, his son Ayan wrote the invite for the media. Irrfan says proudly, “It was my marketing team’s idea. We wrote something for him. But Ayan scrapped the entire content, and re-wrote the letter himself. Today’s kids know their minds.”
Do Irrfan’s kids want to follow in their father’s footsteps? He says, “They can be actors. Or they can choose whichever career they want. But today’s kids either want to be a rock star like Justin Bieber (sic) or they want to be star footballers. You see, children today are exposed to international artists... and have a kind of cosmopolitanism in their attitude — this is very hard for a parent to understand, or control.”
Bringing up his two sons Babil and Ayan with the correct values is the toughest challenge, he says. “How do we define what is correct for our children? Morality has transformed beyond recognition from the time we were growing up. The best I can do is to let them know what I feel is right. The rest is up to them.”