EXCLUSIVE: Sutapa Sikdar recalls when ‘perfectionist’ Irrfan Khan made her rewrite a script five times: He’d say it’s too cliched

Acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan passed away after a two-year-long battle with a neuroendocrine tumour. India’s most recognisable face in the west and an actor par excellence, Irrfan Khan breathed his last on April 29. He left behind his devastated wife and two sons along with hordes of fans and friends.

Irrfan Khan’s demise is a loss to the world of cinema and theatre. He will be remembered for his versatile performances across different genres. But not many know that the actor was a perfectionist.

In an exclusive interview with us, Sutapa Sikdar revealed that Irrfan Khan was a perfectionist. She further added that he made her rewrite a script five times which no other director had ever made her do so.

Speaking to us Irrfan Khan’s wife Sutapa Sikdar said, “I used to do so much for him even then he used to remove faults. I used to wonder why I am doing so much still he is removing faults. But that he is, that’s his personality, even with scripts you know I wrote something sometime and he directed a few episodes of Banegi Apni Baat. I have done like 301 to 257 of that show or something you know. No director ever told me to rewrite the script except Irrfan. When he  directed it he made me write five drafts of the same thing.”

 

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Sutapa Sikdar added, “The taskmaster that he was that’s how he is. He was a perfectionist. I was so used to it that now when I write something all say very well written. That’s when I miss him so much, as he was my best critic. If I wrote something he would say this is too cliched or why did you take the easiest route? Today I don’t have that person in my life, today who would say you are not a great writer? or What is this yaar? I miss him, as who will really reprimand and say work a little harder this time?”

Watch the entire conversation with Irrfan Khan’s wife Sutapa Sikdar here:

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