“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...