After
Irrfan
Khan's
untimely
demise,
many
celebrities
who
worked
with
him,
came
forward
and
shared
their
experience
with
the
kind-hearted
and
talented
actor.
The
53-year-old
actor
was
battling
a
rare
cancer
and
earlier
this
week,
was
admitted
to
the
hospital
due
to
a
colon
infection.
Condolences
poured
in
from
all
over
the
world
after
the
news
of
his
demise
hit
the
internet.
For
netizens
and
the
film
industry,
Irrfan's
passing
felt
like
a
personal
loss.
While
the
actor
is
known
for
his
versatile
choice
of
roles
and
surreal
skills,
not
many
knew
about
the
actor's
personal
life.
Sharing
an
anecdote
about
Irrfan,
actor-director
Bobby
Parvez
took
to
his
Facebook
account
and
recalled
an
incident
from
the
time,
when
cell
phones
were
still
rare
and
expensive.
Parvez
wrote
that
Irrfan
and
his
wife
Sutapa's
phone
number
was
used
by
many
struggling
actors
as
their
point
of
contact
to
be
called
for
auditions.
"It
was
almost
twenty
years
back,
I'd
just
gone
to
Bombay
and
was
working
as
an
assistant
director.
That
was
the
time
of
no
mobile
phones
or
even
if
they
were
they
were
prohibitively
expensive."
"With
no
cell
number
or
landline
phone
at
home,
budding
actors
who
wanted
to
break
into
the
scene
and
visited
the
director
simply
wrote
down
a
number
on
the
back
of
their
photographs
and
waited
for
a
callback.
That
number
belonged
to
Khan.
Along
with
the
number
was
the
reference
name
of
Khan
or
his
wife
Sutapa.
Tens
of
hundreds
of
actors
used
to
come
from
Delhi
and
they
all,
mark
my
words,
hundreds
of
them
used
to
give
on
back
of
their
photos
a
home
telephone
number
and
a
reference
name.
It
was
the
same
number
hundreds
of
actors
gave
and
That
name
was
Irrfan
or
Sutapa
his
wife," he
added.
Parvez
revealed
that
Irrfan
received
thousands
of
calls,
and
he
noted
the
information
to
pass
it
on
for
the
actors.
"The
actors
who
did
get
a
callback
were
then
informed
by
Khan
about
the
particulars
of
the
role
and
which
director
had
asked
them
to
visit
them
where.
Khan
was
on
the
receiving
end
of
such
hundreds
and
thousands
of
calls
and
he
meticulously
noted
down
intricate
details
of
every
such
actor
whether
it
was
day
or
night.
Every
single
time.
He
did
it
till
mobile
phones
became
a
thing,"
Recalling
the
incident,
Parvez
revealed
this
was
his
first
impression
on
Irrfan
and
added,
"I
used
to
think
who
is
this
stupid
Irrfan
who
takes
messages
for
everyone.
And
mind
you
he
must
have
been
receiving
messages
from
tens
of
offices.
One
person
was
supposed
to
call
him
in
the
night
and
he
would
pass
on
all
the
messages
to
him
who
would
subsequently
pass
it
along.
And
he
did
it
for
years
till
possibly
mobiles
became
common."
Maybe
because
of
such
pure
heart
and
the
prayers
of
thousands
he
helped,
Irrfan
Khan
went
on
to
give
Bollywood
some
of
the
biggest
classics
and
films
that
reshaped
cinema
like,
Paan
Singh
Tomar,
Haasil,
The
Lunchbox,
The
Namesake,
Life
of
Pi,
Piku,
etc.