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Sutapa Sikdar hails single moms as she challenges son Babil Khan to impress her: ‘I am the most difficult critic’

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Late actor Irrfan Khan’s son, Babil Khan, had introduced his second undertaking, The Railway Men, earlier this month. After he began taking pictures for the YRF sequence, his mom Sutapa Sikdar wrote in a Facebook submit that whereas she is “mighty exhilarated” for her son, she is not going to be simply happy as a result of she has spent shut to a few a long time with a legend like Irrfan.
In her Facebook submit, she paid tribute to single moms and went on to speak in regards to the a number of challenges that Babil should obtain to be known as a very good actor.
“Sorry son, but sharing my world with a legend all my life (30 years, factually. Lifetime, emotionally. Eternity, spiritually) has got my standards very high. I don’t want to frighten you and overburden you, we have social media for that. I want to remind you, as baba said and rightly so, that I am the most difficult critic to please. So there is long list, and one must tick all the boxes before I pronounce them a good actor which will take you a long time,” she wrote. Sutapa added. “I know you are overwhelmed with the amazing cast of the series at the same time feel lucky to be able to learn from the best. But truly I happily put the second tick as I see you in the poster with seasoned actors, still just being there not trying extra or faking but actually looking at something to do with the premise of the show. Even if it’s just a poster,” she added.

She concluded her observe by wishing Babil ‘all the best’ in his try and earn the remainder of the ticks and requested him to not be in a rush. “All the best, give it your soul but don’t be in a hurry to get those right ticks because trying, failing and then getting it right is the trick. You can never hurry your father’s legacy,” she signed off.
The Railway Men is a tribute to the railway staff who have been the unsung heroes of the 1984 Bhopal fuel tragedy, the world’s greatest man-made industrial catastrophe. The undertaking was introduced on the identical day because the tragedy passed off 37 years in the past. The Railway Men is being directed by filmmaker Shiv Rawail.

Earlier within the day, Babil wrote a submit in regards to the type of actor he aspires to be. Narrating an incident, Babil wrote, “You can become infamous, rich, powerful through your art but only in moments like this, when a stranger in the audience is led to instinctively reflect upon the way your expression has affected their soul, only now are you successful. If I act, and I can make you self-reflect or inspire a desire to dream within you, only then have I done my job.”

Meanwhile, Babil is about to debut with Netflix’s Qala, which is being produced by Anushka Sharma.