It's been a year since legendary film actor Irrfan left for heavenly abode, leaving a void in the hearts of all his fans, friends and family members. The actor, who was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour in 2018, passed away on April 29, 2020, due to colon infection. Now, talking about losing a close friend and colleague, director Shoojit Sircar has spoken about the 'magic of life' Irrfan believed in. 

Now, remembering Irrfan, his wife Sutapa Sikdar and elder son Babil Khan spoke to a Bollywood website about the legendary actor and his journey. Sutapa even revealed that Irrfan was looking forward to sharing screen space with his son Babil. She said. "He was actually looking at a script and that's why I am saying that he was not prepared. He was looking at a script for him and Babil. He was like, 'Babil ka yehi raha na ki acting hi karna hai toh yeh jo film aa rahi hai na, Sutapa...' It was a very nice film about a coach who trains some specially-abled children for a football tournament and a win. And he said, 'I want to do it with him. I would like to act or direct, maybe if I can't act, I'll direct. But maybe I would like to act...'. That was the kind of dreams and plans and everything and then suddenly... I don't know."

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She revealed that two months before Irrfan's demise, they were planning to go on a family vacation as she always hoped that he would recover. "Two months before he passed away, we were thinking of planning a holiday. In spite of every doctor, everybody telling me this is going to happen sometime or the other. But at the same time, they also said that people do survive for five years and 10 years etc... So we were never actually mentally prepared. Then, we would look at reports and they tend to become better so it's... I don't know. I mean people say a ap ko toh andaza hoga ki itni buri beemari hai. Lekin mere ko really andaza nahi tha. I always had hope that he would recover," an emotional Sutapa told.

Irrfan's last film was Dinesh Vijan's Angrezi Medium which released in March last year.

(Source: Film Companion)