Sutapa Sikdar says Irrfan would have loved to work with Diljit Dosanjh, Fahadh Faasil; would have left Bollywood for Malayalam films

Sutapa Sikdar imagined a conversation with her husband and late actor Irrfan Khan, expressing how much he would have appreciated working with Diljit Dosanjh. She also mentioned Fahadh Faasil and speculated how Irrfan might have transitioned to Malayalam cinema.

Sutapa Sikdar says late actor Irrfan would have loved to work Diljit Dosanjh. (Pic: IMDB, Netflix India)

It’s been over 15 days since the release of Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Amar Singh Chamkila on Netflix, and audiences are still raving about it. Even late actor Irrfan’s wife, Sutapa Sikdar, has joined the chorus of praise for the film. In a recent Facebook post, Sutapa imagined a conversation with Irrfan, expressing how much he would have appreciated working with Diljit if he were still alive. She also mentioned Fahadh Faasil and speculated how Irrfan might have transitioned to Malayalam cinema if Bollywood didn’t “mend its ways”.

She wrote, “It’s 4 years three days since Irrfan left me. Four years? A feeling of guilt sweeps through my body. 4 years we have LIVED without him added with sadness, fear, hopelessness and severe helplessness. And then I thought but still I lived with him more. I knew him since 1984 so that makes it 36 years of knowing him more and definitely till I die I would have spent more time with him then without him. And then I thought if he was with me physically in 2024 what would have been our conversation like? Because that’s the most I miss.”

Imagining a conversation with Irrfan, she wrote, “He would be coming home mostly in 2024 straight from the shoot and would be petting our cat and reading.
Me :: you have to see chamkila
He would not have looked up immediately( never did while he was reading)
Me : he is sooo good.. I loved his performance.
He : Accha? Who?
Me : Arre yaar Diljit Dosaanj .. he is so not structured and all heart.. he makes me feel.:
He ( now looking at me) Accha .. you think he is that good !!
Me yes!!! You and he should work together it will be magic you should play a Sardar again after quissa and two brother kind of story ..
He : hummm (his phone rings ) hey dinu (Dinesh Vijayan) yaar yeh sutapa Bol rahi hai Diljit dosanj bahut Accha hai ..:
Me Accha nehi bahut Accha ..
He. Haan yaar let’s do something .. let’s do something on punjabi sufi poets.. main dekhta hoon Aaj chamkila OR
He would be listening on his head phone as he enters .. Arre yaar sutup kya likha hai irshaad ne ..( he loved Irshad kamil) ufff khatarnaak.. suna hai tumne vida karo .. what a song .. He and his manager manpreet are sitting and he is saying get me a Malayali film. I want to work with this director where Fahadh Faasil is there. Yaar I am forgetting the name I am telling you if Bollywood doesn’t mend its way etc etc .. I will do a Malayali film! This is what mostly we will be talking in 2024.#irrfankhan#vidakaro#irshadkamil#fahadfazil#dilljitdosanjh.”

On Irrfan Khan’s fourth death anniversary on April 29, his elder son and actor Babil Khan was seen donating Rs 50,000 to YouTuber Prem Kumar to address the water crisis in a Maharashtra village. He had also shared an emotional post remembering his late father. He wrote, “You taught me to be a warrior, but engage with love and kindness. You taught me of hope and you taught me to fight for the people. You do not have fans, you have a family, and I promise you baba I will fight for our people and our family till you call upon me. I will not give up. I love you so much.”

Also read | Imtiaz Ali opens up about his decision not to glorify Amar Singh Chamkila: ‘He was not a neat and clean person’

Irrfan Khan’s passing on April 29, 2020, following his prolonged battle with neuroendocrine cancer, marked the end of an era in Bollywood. Filmmaker Homi Adajania’s Angrezi Medium stands as Irrfan’s final film.

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