Sutapa Sikdar with Irrfan Khan in a flashback (courtesy babil.i.k )
Strong points
- “I planted the Raat Ki Rani in Igatpuri,” said Sutapa Sikdar
- “I own this place where I can sit for hours,” she added.
- “He’s there in her mind,” she writes
New Delhi:
“Baba liked it wild,” Babil, son of actor Irrfan Khan, wrote in an Instagram post. Babil was responding to comments on Irrfan Khan’s “neglected” grave, after a photo went viral over the weekend. Sutapa Sikdar, wife of Irrfan Khan, in one of his recent Facebook posts to Irrfan Khan, he was told that the actor’s grave looks like a “trash can,” citing the viral photo. Sutapa was also asked if she actually planted the “ Raat Ki Rani ” (Night Jasmine) in homage to Irrfan, as she said. In response to the comment, Sutapa Sikdar wrote an emotional note, clarifying that she created a special shrine dedicated to Irrfan Khan in Igatpuri, Nashik. “Women are not allowed in Muslim cemeteries. Therefore, I planted the Raat Ki Rani in Igatpuri where I have a memory stone of his … where I buried his favorite things. I own this place where I can sit for hours without anyone telling me I can’t sit next to him. He’s there in his mind. Irrfan Khan died in Mumbai on April 29. He was buried at Versova Muslim Kabrastan.
In his commentary, Sutapa added, “But that doesn’t mean the cemetery shouldn’t be tended … but as to how is a very questionable thing … Wild plants, grass have grown in the rains. It’s wild and beautiful what I saw in the photo you mention. It’s raining and the plants come and they wither the next season, then we can clean it. Why should everything- will it be exactly like by definition? And the plants may have grown for a specific purpose … watch closely. “
Meanwhile, in a Monday night post, Babil shared a bunch of photos of his younger brother Ayaan at Irrfan Khan’s grave and wrote: Baba loved him wild, Ayaan remains strong. Mamma recently wrote about the wilderness around when some of his fans worried it would look overlooked, I need you to understand, he always wanted to be surrounded by grass, plants and trees. Waste and plastic are always removed from this wilderness. He also shared Sutapa Sikdar’s response, saying, “Here is what my beautiful mom wrote.
After Irrfan Khan’s death, a family statement released by Sutapa Sikdar, Ayaan and Babil said, “Tears will flow as we plant a Raat Ki Rani tree, his favorite, where you put it. at rest after a victorious journey. It takes time but it will bloom and the scent will spread and touch all souls that I will not call them fans but family for years to come. “
