Irrfan Khan’s wife Sutapa says she had ‘never seen a father like him’: ‘He was Babil’s friend, he was so wise’

Stating that Irrfan was unlike any other father figure she has encountered in life, Sutapa said, “I have never seen a father like that. He was Babil’s friend, that is why Babil misses him so much. He was so wise. Irrfan would never say ‘Babil, don’t have a girlfriend now,’ or ‘Don’t do this’. He would say do everything but don’t forget your core.”

Sutapa then went on to state how Irrfan’s passing had left a deep impact on their two sons — Babil and Ayaan, and how she tries her best to not make them feel their father’s absence too much: “Both my sons had anxiety and depression, diagnosed clinically, after Irrfan left. So they are not girls, they are boys and because they’re boys, I don’t know what to say to them in a certain situation to make them feel good.”

While Ayaan is still a teenager, Irrfan’s elder son Babil Khan recently made his film debut with the Netflix movie Qala, which left critics divided.

Irrfan Khan and Sutapa Sikdar had met while studying in Delhi’s National School of Drama. The two tied the knot in 1995.

Irrfan passed away in April 2020 after a battle with cancer.