1. He paved way for Indian actors in Hollywood and beyond!
Irrfan has been in the scenario for a considerable amount of time covering work from not just Hollywood but all around the world. He hasn’t ever been seen limiting his passion to just Bollywood. He has done theatre to TV serials ( Chanakya , Bharat Ek Khoj ) to series ( Darr ) to plays. He was part of ‘ Such A Long Journey ‘ in 1988 which is an Indo Canadian movie directed by Sturla Sunnarsson, which got 12 Genie nominations including Best Actor and Best director and was screened at Toronto International Film Festival back when Film festivals hadn’t even caught attention it has today. Later on, a London-based director, Asif Kapadia made him a lead in a historical film ‘The Warrior’ that went onto giving Irrfana new lease of life on screen and suddenly the western world took notice of this actor. Since then Irrfan hasn’t only opened doors for Indian actors drastically in the West but also broke away stereotypes and even managed to crack the code of world cinema. Irrfan not only works today in the west but also works for productions in Europe and East Asia.
