Babil Khan's sacred bond with father Irrfan

Brut India

“Dad has taught me a lot of life lessons.” In this interview with Brut, actor Babil Khan opened up about his bond with his father Irrfan.

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00:00By the time they sat down to teach me acting, it was time for them to leave.

00:03Baba, Makbool, Paan Singh, Tomar, all of them,

00:06I mean, it felt like,

00:07when I look at them, I feel like I don't have to be scared of them at all.

00:11So, we both...

00:13We both held each other like this.

00:31But what always hurts the most

00:34is not taking a moment to say goodbye.

00:37Who is your acting guru?

00:42Bro, you know it.

00:43Everyone knows it.

00:44Everyone knows it.

00:45But I'll be honest with you,

00:46Baba didn't teach me acting.

00:48By the time they sat down to teach me acting, it was time for them to leave.

00:51But, he has always told me this thing that

00:55you can put as much into acting as you can pull from life.

00:59If you don't pull from life, you won't be able to put into acting.

01:03Because you won't have those things in your soul to put into acting.

01:08So,

01:10Baba taught me a lot of life lessons.

01:13A lot.

01:15I mean,

01:16in every important moment,

01:17not even important,

01:18in every moment,

01:19every day,

01:20he taught me to sit down and self-reflect.

01:24He taught me to surrender.

01:26He taught me to respect people.

01:28He taught me to understand

01:30how we are such a small part of this universe,

01:34in its development,

01:35in its evolution,

01:36that if we don't treat people with kindness and love,

01:43then neither will I improve,

01:45nor will my art improve.

01:47And I won't die a good death.

01:52When Baba used to get tired of everything,

01:55he used to go to the jungle.

01:58Like Jim Corbett,

01:59he was famous for National Park.

02:01One night,

02:02oh man!

02:04One night,

02:05there was a big tree here,

02:07Baba and I,

02:08we had had our food,

02:10we were sleepy,

02:12so Baba and I went under the tree,

02:14and laid down on the grass.

02:16Oh man!

02:17So, we were joking around,

02:19we were just having fun,

02:22Baba and I were silent for 2 seconds,

02:25there was a deer,

02:26there was a stream in front of us,

02:28there was a river,

02:30where animals used to come and drink water.

02:32So, Baba and I,

02:33the deer came,

02:34we were drinking water,

02:35we were looking at the deer,

02:36for 2 seconds,

02:37we were drinking water,

02:38suddenly,

02:39Oh!

02:40a tiger attacked the deer.

02:42Oh!

02:43Suddenly,

02:44I mean,

02:45you see,

02:46I mean,

02:47Baba and I were looking at the deer,

02:49and then,

02:50suddenly,

02:51a tiger attacked the deer.

02:53So, Baba and I,

02:54I mean,

02:55I mean,

02:56Baba Makbool,

02:57Paan Singh Tomar,

02:58all of them,

02:59I mean,

03:00it felt like,

03:01when you look at them,

03:02you feel like,

03:03he is not scared at all.

03:05So, we both,

03:06we both held each other like this,

03:08there is an electrical fence in front of us,

03:10but when you look at the tiger,

03:12so,

03:13the electrical fence doesn't work,

03:16Baba and I were holding each other like this,

03:18and the tiger dragged him away,

03:20dragged him in front of us,

03:22and took him away.

03:23We both were looking at each other like this.

03:27Man,

03:28I can't explain it to you,

03:29that bond that we had,

03:31with Baba,

03:32that...

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