Irrfan Khan Net Worth

Irrfan Khan's Quotes

• I often visualized giving my mother this big black suitcase crammed with notes like those gangsters do in our masala flicks.
• We're yet to make inroads into the West and the way Chinese cinema is made. I mean, long before Ang Lee's 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon', Bruce Lee had made an impact on the Western audience with his 'Enter The Dragon'. Indian cinema has yet to make that kind of impact. But we're getting there.

Interesting Facts about Irrfan Khan

1. The first Bollywood actor to star in two films that won the Academy Award for Best Director (Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and Life of Pi (2012)). Both films also won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and Best Original Score.
2. In two completely unconnected movies, Irrfan Khan speaks of 'Richard Parker': the tiger in Life of Pi (2012) and Spiderman's dad in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).
3. Was signed for the film "Tezaab - Acid of Love" but opted out.
4. Was signed for Deepa Mehta's Midnight Children, but was replaced by Ronit Roy.
5. Had signed a film titled "Fanne Khan" directed by Shivam Nair. He was later replaced by Randeep Hooda . Kunal Khemu's name was also being talked about as being the lead. The film was announced in 2012 and was shelved in 2014.
6. Was signed for the lead role in Mira Nair's movie The Reluctant Fundamentalist. He later opted out as he did not want to play a terrorist.
7. Starred in Tigmanshu Dhulia's shelved 2006 period drama "Ghulaami" co-starring Sunny Deol and Sameera Reddy.
8. Starred in Tigmanshu Dhulia's shelved 2004 film "The Killing of a Porn Filmaker". Co starring Konkana Sen Sharma. In the film Irrfan plays a porn film maker who finds out he was Adolf Hitler in his last life time. To pay for his sins of his last life time, he starts to do charity work. He is killed by a Jew in the end of the film.
9. Starred in the shelved film 1998 "Kanoon Ki Zanjeer". Directed by Dilip Gautam and Baal Nave. Co starring Chandrashekhar, Seema Kashyap, Laxmi Chhaya, Asha Sharma, Avtar Gill, Junior Mehmood, Kiran Kumar, Bharat Kapoor, Ram Sethi, Rakesh Bedi. Music by: Mewalal Sharma and Anmol.
10. Starred in Anil Sharma's 2004 shelved production "Phaansi", which was to get directed by Chandrakant Barve and co-star Sunil Shetty (as a Punjabi sardar), Rahul Dev, and Deepti Bhatnagar.
11. He was signed for an important role in Anurag Kashyap's "Black Friday" but opted out.
12. Starred in director Navneet Baj Saini's 2007 shelved film "Teersri Manzil", which co-starred Lucky Ali, Ranveer Shorey, Deepal Shaw, and Nausheen Ali Sardar. The films title was later changed to "Bangkok Blues".
13. Starred in Jaya Pradha's 2006 shelved home production, a suspense thriller. It was to get directed by Kitu Gosh and co-star Jaya Pradha, Priyanshu Chatterjee, and Sandhya Mridul.
14. Was approached to star in Anjan Das's film "Faltu" (2005), starring Yash Pandit Manjari, Tinnu Anand, and Anjan Srivastav. It was produced by Planline Life. The film was based on the partition. He agreed to star in the film but later had to back out.
15. Was signed for the film "Gangor" aka (Choli Ke Peeche) but was replaced by Adil Hussein.
16. Starred in Mahesh Bhatt's 2004 shelved production based on Abdul Karim Telgi, directed by Pooja Bhatt.
17. Starred in Sudhir Mishra's shelved film "The Nawab The Nautch Girl and The John Company" co-starring Saif Ali Khan, and Chitrangada Singh. It was a period film based in 1857. Sudhir initially wanted Anil Kapoor in the film. This was in 2003.
18. Wife Sutapa is a dialogue writer in films.
19. Had gone to see the shooting of Ganga Ke Saugandh and Jal Mahal as a child. Both films were shot in his home town.
20. Was offered a role in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with Sean Connery. The deal fell though at the last minute.