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The Reluctant Superstar

here is a strange dichotomy that you are T in a profession where you attract attention,” said Irrfan Khan in a conversation with Naseeruddin Shah for India Today

TV’s Unforgettables show in 2016. “But I don’t like it when it comes to me. I want the attention to go to the character.”

It’s a philosophy that Khan followed religiously throughout his 32-year-long career, which began with a bit part in Mira Nair’s (1988). While his

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