Producer and writer Sutapa Sikdar opened up on social media about the family’s struggle, as they grapple with Irrfan Khan’s illness. The Qarib Qarib Singlle actor had issued a statement about his life being shaken up by a rare disease, details of which he will share in a few days once there's a conclusive diagnosis.
In her gracious Facebook post on behalf of her family, she referred to her husband, Irrfan as her best friend and partner. Devoid of an iota of belligerence, despite the preposterous ‘theories’ about Irrfan’s health, the post detailed her family’s travails with regard to the uncertainty that life had unleashed on them, in metaphors.
While thanking everyone for their concern and politely asking the well-wishers and followers to steer clear of speculation, she wrote: I know curiosity germinates from concern but lets turn our curiosity from what it is to what it should be. Lets change the leaf. Lets not waste our precious energies to only know what it is and just pray to make it what it should be.
My best friend and my partner is a ‘warrior’ he is fighting every obstacle with tremendous grace and beauty. I apologize for not answering calls msgs,but I want all of you to know I am truly humbled indebted for ever for the wishes prayers and concern from all over the world. I am grateful to god and my partner for making me a warrior too.
I am at present focused in the strategies of the battlefield which I have to conquer. It wasn’t and isn’t and is not going to be easy but the hope ignited by the magnitude of family ,friends and fans of Irrfan has made me only optimistic and almost sure of the victory. I know curiosity germinates from concern but lets turn our curiosity from what it is to what it should be.
Lets change the leaf. Lets not waste our precious energies to only know what it is and just pray to make it what it should be. My humble request to all of you is to concentrate on the song of life, to dance of life to victory. My family will soon join in this dance of life. Thank you all from bottom of our heart. Sutapa Irrfan Babil Ayaan.Sutapa Sikdar
News channels have left no stone unturned in hypothesising about Irrfan’s ‘condition’ despite the actor’s plea for privacy. We can only hope that Sutapa’s post hits home and the media stops the guesswork.
“My wife is my best friend and we discuss everything. We studied in the same film school and my wife has a better understanding of many things than me, including performances...”Irrfan Khan had said before the film Qarib Qarib Singlle’s release, in a statement to IANS
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