Irrfan Khan : The Only time i didnt like him

This blog post is reproduced from my FB post written on 7th Oct 2017. This is perhaps the only time i didnt find Irrfan to be the amazing actor i  have known him to be

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Its almost like a blasphemy in bollywood circles to write what I am about to, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do..

I have been a big Irrfan khan admirer and fan for as long as I can remember...Infact i very vividly remember having spotted this man, way back in the TV serial "Banegi Apni Baat"..The man with big, round , super expressive eyes, a sublime, subtle and gentle intensity...Very assertive but not at all aggressive set of eyes....Eyes that can probe ones soul with their non challanted glare, raw emotions and naked sincerity...And this has been the strength, that Irrfan khan has been playing to....Keeping the characters as real and authentic as possible...His dialogue deliveries follow a different journey....straight from heart and mind to  the audience ears, somewhat skipping the editing board of melodramatisation of scripting and dialogue writing.... He has been the Harbinger of the parallel cinema wave for too long and now with an international acclaim as well..

However as all good things must come to an end, so did my crazy belief in Irrfans abilities....

The movie Hindi medium just exposed too many chinks in Irrfan khans otherwise superpowrful armour...that movie completely left me heartbroken and dejected.....irrfan khans serious limitations as a versatile actor come to the fore with glaring clarity...There was no way in hell he got the characterisation correct.....There was nothing Chandni Chowk about him..

And when i did a retrospective check , I realised that yes, Irrfan khan actually has been different versions of Irrfan khan in all the movies that he has played.....But not the characteer.......

Thr characterisation that have an element of Irrfans personality are the ones that are most memorable.....like Lunchbox.....that movie , no Indian actor could have come even 10% close to what Irrfan did.....becuse that role required a certain sensitivity, a certain emotional nuance, an intensity thats mild and sincere and eyes that can pierce your soul......This is the genre that Irrfan Khan is at his best and no Indian actor can come close to him..But when you move away from that and into uncharted territory of different and unexplored characters, Irrfan khans limitations as an actor are accentuated........

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