Who inspired Irrfan to be an actor?

Who inspired Irrfan to be an actor?
Friday, August 28, 2015 12:04 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
Internationally acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan says he decided to join showbiz after he saw veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty's National Award-winning performance in 1976 film `Mrigayaa`.

Irrfan visited the set of `Dance India Dance 5` along with his `Jazbaa` co-star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Tuesday and talked about his personal connect with Mithun, who is seen as a 'Grandmaster' on the dance reality show.

`Mithun da was my inspiration to become an actor and it was only when I saw his acting in the National Award-winning film 'Mrigayaa', I realised the desire to get into acting and become like him. I would try my best to copy dada's style and attitude,` Irrfan said in a statement.

`I would spend hours at the barber's shop to get my curly hair straightened to get dada's look. Unfortunately in those days, they would only blow-dry the hair for temporary straightening which would only last for a couple of hours leaving me with a disastrous half curly and half straightened, dishevelled look.


`From dada's style to his dialogue delivery, I would try to emulate everything, barring one skill which I knew from the beginning was not just difficult, but impossible to copy. It was the original Disco dancer's killer dance moves that I never attempted as I consider myself to have been born with two left feet,` the `Piku` actor added.

The episode featuring Aishwarya and Irrfan will be aired on Sunday on Zee TV.

Meanwhile, `Jazbaa`, directed by Sanjay Gupta, is slated to release on October 9. The film also stars Shabana Azmi, Jackie Shroff and Atul Kulkarni.
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