Irrfan Khan, who passed away on April 29 after prolong illness, laid behind a filmography that is almost difficult to categorise. Irrfan Khan has done everything in his 30-year career, from major Bollywood successes to Oscar winners, from Hollywood blockbusters to small dramas.
1. Paan Singh Tomar
Paan Singh Tomar, a succession of life-changing things caused Paan Singh to abandon athletics, take up a weapon, becoming the tyrant of Central India’s notorious Chambal Valley. This film adaptation of a national steeplechase competitor transformed dacoit earned Irrfan acclaim from all corners, including the National Award for Best Actor in 2012. He portrayed the role with a strong weakness, never going overboard but still succeeding in tugging at the audience’s heartstrings.
2.The Lunchbox
In The Lunchbox, he portrays a lonesome widower who receives the mistaken lunchbox at job a day, that consists a delectable meal and a note from a woman who looks to brighten up her mundane marriage. What emerges is an intense correlation between such two heartbroken strangers. In this hit movie, the actor delivered one of his greatest performances.
3. Piku
Irrfan Khan plays a friendly taxi company manager who discovers himself chauffeuring a vibrant young woman and her hypochondriac dad on a request for road trip from Delhi to Kolkata. Irrfan Khan co-starred in Piku alongside Deepika Padukone and the iconic Amitabh Bachchan.
4. Hindi Medium
In a departure from his normal serious roles, Irrfan portrayed a middle-class man in New Delhi who was striving to fit into a more conceited, upper-class society while still attempting to get his daughter admitted to a prestigious private school where English was the medium of communication. With his trademark naturalness, Irrfan gave a powerful display.
5. Talvar
Talvar was a well-crafted crime thriller based on a true story of an undercover officer who arrived on the scene to recreate and prosecute a crime where witnesses has been interfered by the case’s inept first investigating officers. With several competing assumptions about the crime and shades of ambiguous work politics at hand, Irrfan’s mesmerizing appearance enhances an otherwise grim storyline into an interesting cat and mouse game.
6. Maqbool
Jahangir Khan is the king of all rulers in Mumbai’s crime syndicate. Maqbool, his chief, is among those who are faithful to him. Maqbool is smitten by Jahangir’s mistress, Nimmi, who persuades him to be optimistic and rule over the kingdom. Jahangir is betrayed by Maqbool, who murders him in his own room. Both Maqbool and Nimmi, on the other hand, are plagued by the spirits of their deceptive acts.