THE GLOBAL CANVAS
Irrfan Khan wasn’t just revered as an actor in India, he was admired internationally as well for seamlessly getting under the skin of each character he essayed. He burst into the international scene with Asif Kapadia’s The Warrior (2001), which won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the BAFTA Awards. In 2018, he acted as the romantic lead in The Puzzle. He was never considered a romantic lead in India and it was something he often joked about.
As Mira Nair put it, “(For Americans) Irrfan’s in the realm of Jean-Paul Belmondo or Marcello Mastroianni or Omar Sharif… from some other culture but having great appeal.” A review of his significant international films…
THE WARRIOR (2001)
Director: Asif Kapadia
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Anupam Shyam, Puru Chibber and Damayanti Marfatia
It has a Buddhist parable-like quality in the sense that it features a warrior, who vows to give up the sword upon having a moment of epiphany. Lafcadia (Irrfan Khan) is an enforcer in the
