Actor Pankaj Tripathi remembered late actor Irrfan Khan last week on his death anniversary. Tripathi was a student of Delhi’s National School of Drama’s (NSD) 2004 batch, while Khan graduated from the school in 1984. Irrfan passed away on April 29, 2020, after fighting a two-year battle with a neuroendocrine tumour.
Irrfan Khan has left behind a legacy of exemplary movies. Not only has he earned a name for his exemplary work in the Hindi film industry, he also worked in Oscar-winning films such as ‘Life of Pi’, ‘The Amazing Spider-man’, and ‘Inferno’ among others.
In a video, Pankaj is seen sitting inside NSD. He says, “Every actor from our generation, almost every actor, has been inspired by Irrfan. I get emotional every time I'm asked to talk about him. I'm not able to talk a lot about him. Be it for craft, intellect, on screen and off-screen behaviour, how to view acting, he has inspired everyone immensely. When he acted, it made us take note of how he did it. He was breaking the formula. I have only watched Irrfan sir's films. In total I have watched 50-60 Hindi films.”
When Irrfan died in 2020, NSD condoled his demise and said in a statement, “Not only the National School of Drama has lost one of its meritorious members, Irrfan’s demise is a big loss to the Indian art and cinema fraternity.
