Irrfan Khan - The Trendsetter!
- IndiaGlitz, [Saturday,March 26 2016]
People need role models and motivators that they can look upto in their respective field of work and then there are trend setters that set benchmarks and are followed all over. Similarly with time in Bollywood we have been seeing trend setters time to time in various ways. Shedding some light on career path of Irrfan Khan we can see that the ace actor has been a trend setter from the beginning of his career and have been stepping the success ladder and setting bench marks to be followed. Irrfan Khan as an actor has come a long way from his television journey to his well crafted career in Bollywood and Hollywood. A set of things that he initiated in his journey have actually landed up becoming a trend that many have followed:
Films and Televisions can be hand in hand: Many actors believe one can only do Television or films he changed the same with his television appearance after several films with "Mano ya na Mano" on Star One, if we see now a lot of celebrities are moving towards television and continuing with films too.
Exploring working in Television in the west: We see a lot of Indian actors visiting US for auditions and doing television shows in the west, It was back in 2008 that Irrfan did his debut with "Intreatment", an original HBO series and too soon will be seen in a american Japanese television show.
Biopic Fever: We now see a rage in Bollywood with Biopics being made on various famous personalities of the past, Irrfan did 'Paan Singh Tomar' much before biopics became a flavor of the season.
An Indian prominent face in Hollywood: We always use to see blink and miss roles of Indian actors in Hollywood, it was when Irrfan khan proved his acting in the west and gained good meaty roles in Hollywood , other actors then started following the path.