When Deepika Padukone was afraid Irrfan Khan may look down upon her | Bollywood
Irrfan Khan would have turned 56 on Saturday. The late actor was one of the most critically-acclaimed actors in India, and did not make much noise about his exemplary work in multiple big budget films in Hollywood. He was once paired with Deepika Padukone for an the 2015 film, Piku, and she admitted she was nervous about working with him. Deepika had once shared how she was afraid that he may look down upon her. Also read: Irrfan’s son Babil Khan runs to hug Tabu at Qala screening, fans get emotional Irrfan and Deepika Padukone worked for the first time in Piku. It went on to win several awards in India and international film festivals, including three National Film Awards. Amitabh Bachchan won the National Film Award for Best Actor, Juhi Chaturvedi won for Best Original Screenplay and Best Dialogues. Sharing her apprehensions about working with Irrfan, Deepika had said in a 2015 interview with PTI, “I thought he would be an intense actor, an intense person, everything about him is intense, courtesy media’s perception. …