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Late actor Irrfan Khan’s son, Babil Khan, was trolled for feminist comments that were perceived as performative online. In a video, Babil had declared that one doesn’t ‘get’ girls, before proceeding to make the same comment himself. He also received backlash after profusely apologising to a woman for blocking her at a red carpet. Although Babil has reacted to this trolling previously, he participated in a satirical new video aligned to the release of his new film, Logout. The video, designed as a faux podcast hosted by writer Biswapati Sarkar and shared on the ZEE5 YouTube channel, saw Babil poke fun at his reputation.
The video begins with Babil sitting on the floor, because he doesn’t want to be put on the same pedestal as Biswapati, whom he describes as his ‘senior’. After accidentally bumping into a woman on set, he apologises profusely again, and says that she should be the one being interviewed instead of him. When Biswapati says that he’s the guest and not her, Babil replies, “You think girls can’t do podcasts? Girls can do anything; they can become pilots, they can become astronauts, they can become criminals.”
When Babil finally agrees to sit down, he bids farewell to the woman by promising to write a letter to her. He is introduced by Biswapati as the son of Irrfan, who delivered many magnificent hits, ‘but also Babil’. He says that he doesn’t watch Indian movies because of how sexist they are, but reveals that he walks out after watching Akshay Kumar’s PSA about sanitary pads. “How can someone buy cigarettes with money intended for sanitary pads? I get very offended and leave immediately,” he says.
Babil also pokes fun at his ‘get girls’ comment, and says that one cannot ‘get’ followers. “It’s a partnership,” he adds, before slipping and using the word ‘get’ incorrectly. He did the same thing in his original interview, before checking himself. Babil says that his favourite recent film was Mrs, also for its feminist themes. In an earlier social media post, Babil had addressed the trolling he faced in the aftermath of the two incidents. He wrote, “All I did was introduce myself, ‘Hi, I’m Babil’ and the way you looked at me changed. I know that look, I know that you think that I’m fake, ‘he’s pretentious, tryna act humble when he’s sure that I know of his name’ or something else like, If I’m too sorry when I apologise.”
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