Irrfan Khan received two awards including one posthumous Best Actor Award for his work in the film Angrezi Medium and a lifetime achievement award at the recently concluded 66th Filmfare Awards. Babil Khan stepped into his late father Irrfan's shoes and walked the red carpet. While Babil has earlier walked the red carpet at several events with his father, the young gun was doing it solo for the very first time. While it was emotional night for Babil, it also came with its own set of challenges. Taking to his Instagram Story, Babil revealed that at least seven journalists at the award show asked him if he was "high". Talking about the unpleasant experience, Babil hit back at the press and sarcastically said thank you.
He wrote, "Just wanted to share with y'all that I attended the Filmfare Awards yesterday and 7 journalists asked me if I was high just because of the shape of my eyes. Well done guys. Great inquisitive research that you have conducted because I have been pure natural since I left university." He went on to add, "Really good job. You made me feel so nice by telling me that my natural face looked like I was high. Thank you so much for that. I will use that look and make millions in Bollywood." Actor Ayushmann Khurrana met late actor Irrfan Khan's son Babil Khan for the first time during the 66th Filmfare Award function that took place on Saturday evening. Ayushmann presented the award trophies won by Irrfan Khan to his son Babil who had arrived at the function to receive his father's awards.
Celebrating Irrfan's "double win," and expressing his excitement after meeting Babil for the first time, Ayushmann Khurrana dedicated an Instagram post to Irrfan. In the caption of the post, he was all praises for the late actor as he wrote: "This is somewhere in Bandra. But he is somewhere resting in peace. Celebrating his double win. Forever Irfan! Best Actor (male) and the lifetime achievement award! I had the honour of presenting this Filmfare Award to Babil Khan. Met this beautiful boy for the first time. Would see him do well in future. We artistes are a unique species. We have our vulnerabilities and imaginations and theories. We rely on observations and experiences. We live and die a thousand deaths on the celluloid or on stage. But the power of those performances makes us immortal. Kalaakaaro Ka Kabhi Ateet nahi hota, kabhi vartmaan nahi hota. Jab bhi koi kalaakar jaata hai uska is tarah se samman nahi hota, kyuki har koi fankaar Irrfan nahi hota."Along with the long note, Ayushmann shared a picture of a graffiti painting of Irrfan Khan from one of the walls in Bandra. The post received a lot of love from the fan of both Ayushmann Khurrana as well as Irrfan Khan. Besides fans, most celebrities including Manvi Gagroo, Sayani Gupta, Siddhant Chaturvedi and many others dropped heart emojis in the comments section of the post.