Today
(January
7,
2022),
marks
the
55th
birth
anniversary
of
late
actor
Irrfan
Khan.
While
speaking
to
a
leading
daily,
his
wife
Sutapa
Sikdar
made
a
couple
of
revelations
about
him,
which
no
body
knew
about
before.
Did
you
know
Irrfan
never
liked
celebrating
birthdays?
While
speaking
to
The
Times
Of
India,
Sutapa
said
that
Irrfan
believed
that
birthday
celebrations
were
marketing
strategies
for
gifting
companies.
She
said,
"He
didn't
remember
birthdays,
including
his
own.
When
we
were
courting
in
the
early
years,
it
took
me
a
while
to
accept
that.
I,
on
the
contrary,
loved
big
celebrations.
Irrfan
would
say,
'I
have
no
idea
how
many
new
days
they
invent
every
year.
Puray
planet
par
toh
hum
insaan
bojh
hain
aur
mai
kya
celebrate
karu?
Main
ek
aur
saal
jee
liya
isliye?'"
(We
are
a
burden
on
the
planet.
Why
should
I
celebrate
because
I
lived
another
year?)
Irrfan
often
even
teased
Sutapa
by
saying,
"Tumhara
kya
hai,
you
will
fall
for
a
man
who
will
remember
your
birthday."
In
the
same
interview,
Sutapa
further
revealed
that
Irrfan
never
liked
taking
selfies.
She
said,
"He
would
often
ask
people,
'Yaar
tumhare
paas
agar
phone
nahi
hota,
toh
kya
tum
mujhe
yaad
nahi
rakhte?'"
(Wouldn't
you
have
remembered
me
if
you
didn't
have
a
phone?)
Sutapa
went
on
to
add
that
the
biggest
gift
that
Irrfan
gave
her
is
the
ability
to
reflect
on
her
thought
process.
She
further
said
that
the
most
difficult
thing
to
practice
in
the
film
industry
is
to
be
honest,
and
Irrfan
retained
his
honesty.
He
never
answered
phone
calls
just
to
make
any
director
happy.
However,
when
he
was
battling
the
disease
for
over
two
years,
he
mellowed
down.
Sutapa
shared,
"He'd
say,
'What
if
my
criticism
of
someone's
art
makes
them
less
confident?'
That
was
him
realising
that
it's
more
important
to
be
nice
to
another
person
than
being
brutally
honest."
Irrfan
Khan
passed
away
on
April
29,
2020
after
a
battle
with
cancer.