Actor Babil Khan, who is all set to make his Bollywood debut with the Netflix film 'Qala', has said that he is not a fan of the words 'debut' or 'launch' in a recent interview. He added that if he was not Irrfan Khan’s son, nobody would have cared about his debut.
In an exclusive conversation with Film Companion, Babil said, ' If I was not Irrfan Khan’s son, nobody would have cared about my debut. I would have been just an actor trying to get into films, auditioning, and maybe getting a part. Getting recognised through your work is so much greater than inheriting recognition. I feel like the word ‘debut’, and ‘launch’, these things always make the individual greater than the story and the film.’
'From the get-go, I wanted to honour my mother’s upbringing. When I got the film I was happy that I was playing a supporting character to a female-led film, it was very important to me, I don’t feel easy at all and makes me very uncomfortable. Why would an artist want that? I just don’t know. It’s not me. It kind of hurts me, a little bit,' he concluded.
Directed by Anvita Dutt, 'Qala' will release on Netflix on December 1. It also stars Tripti Dimri and Swastika Mukherjee among others.
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