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'All of his journey was defeated on box office by hunks with six-pack': Irrfan Khan's son Babil pens powerful note
Irrfan Khan’s son Babil shared two rare pictures of the late actor along with a powerful note.
Updated : Jul 08, 2020, 04:13 PM IST | Edited by : Riddhima Kanetkar
 "'All of his journey was defeated on box office by hunks with six-pack': Irrfan Khan's son Babil pens powerful note")
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Irrfan Khan's son Babil is as wise as his father which is evident from his latest Instagram post where he penned down a compelling note about how Irrfan was defeated at the box office almost all his life due to hunks with six-pack abs. Sharing two pictures of Instagram along with his post, Babil commented on how Bollywood has little respect in world cinema.
Part of his note read, "Because we, as the Indian audience, refused to evolve. My father gave his life trying to elevate the art of acting in the adverse conditions of noughties Bollywood and alas, for almost all of his journey, was defeated in the box office by hunks with six-pack abs delivering theatrical one-liners and defying the laws of physics and reality, photoshopped item songs, just blatant sexism and same-old conventional representations of patriarchy (and you must understand, to be defeated at the box office means that majority of the investment in Bollywood would be going to the winners, engulfing us in a vicious circle). Because we as an audience wanted that, we enjoyed it, all we sought was entertainment and safety of thought, so afraid to have our delicate illusion of reality shattered, so unaccepting of any shift in perception. All efforts to explore the potential of cinema and its implications on humanity and existentialism were at best kept by the sidelines."
He finished his note saying, "Now there is a change, a new fragrance in the wind. A new youth, searching for a new meaning. We must stand our ground, not let this thirst for a deeper meaning be repressed again. A strange feeling beset when Kalki was trolled for looking like a boy when she cut her hair short, that is pure abolishment of potential. (Although I resent that Sushant’s demise has now become a fluster of political debates, but if a positive change is manifesting, in the way of the Taoist, we embrace it.)"
