*He became an actor by chance
He wanted to be a cricketer. Parents disapproved of it.
As if by stroke of luck, he got a scholarship to attend NSD (National School of Drama). He was pursuing MA in Jaipur at that time. And he lied about having past theater experience to get in. By all means, it was a ‘good lie.’
*He was a final year student at NSD (1988) when Mira Nair chose him for a role in Salaam Bombay
*His real name – Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan
He was born in the village of TONK in Jaipur, in a well off family with royal connections. He has two siblings and his father was a wealthy Zamindar who wanted his son to join the family tyre business. Good that he didn’t.
*He added an extra ‘R’ to his name – hence the name IRRFAN
And it was not a numerologist who suggested this. Irrfan did it himself.
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