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Mithun Chakraborty inspired Irrfan to be an actor
Mumbai, Aug 27: Internationally acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan says he decided to join showbiz after he saw veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty's National Award-winning performance in 1976 film “Mrigayaaâ€.
Irrfan visited the set of “Dance India Dance 5†along with his “Jazbaa†co-star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Tuesday and talked about his personal connect with Mithun, who is seen as a 'Grandmaster' on the dance reality show.
“Mithun da was my inspiration to become an actor and it was only when I saw his acting in the National Award-winning film ‘Mrigayaa', I realised the desire to get into acting and become like him. I would try my best to copy dada’s style and attitude,†Irrfan said in a statement.
“I would spend hours at the barber’s shop to get my curly hair straightened to get dada’s look. Unfortunately in those days, they would only blow-dry the hair for temporary straightening which would only last for a couple of hours leaving me with a disastrous half curly and half straightened, dishevelled look.
“From dada’s style to his dialogue delivery, I would try to emulate everything, barring one skill which I knew from the beginning was not just difficult, but impossible to copy. It was the original Disco dancer’s killer dance moves that I never attempted as I consider myself to have been born with two left feet,†the “Piku†actor added.
The episode featuring Aishwarya and Irrfan will be aired on Sunday on Zee TV.
Meanwhile, “Jazbaaâ€, directed by Sanjay Gupta, is slated to release on October 9. The film also stars Shabana Azmi, Jackie Shroff and Atul Kulkarni.