| No Images? Click here  As Irrfan shot for Homi Adajania's Angrezi Medium, his first film after surviving cancer, I spent some time with the actor in Udaipur, Rajasthan to observe him in his artistic space. Quiet, thoughtful and extremely committed to his craft, I discovered an actor reclaiming his life, one scene at a time. Here's the complete profile.As the week was about to end, Akshay Kumar got pissed. After his no-show at the polling booths, Twitter erupted with jokes about the actor's Canadian citizenship, which, at one point, he'd lied about, calling it 'honorary.' (it isn't, he holds a Canadian passport)Admitting the truth, the actor tweeted out a statement, saying, "...all these years, I have never needed to prove my love for India to anyone, I find it disappointing that my citizenship issue is constantly dragged into needless controversy."Well, Mr. Kumar, we, Indian passport holders, have spent the last five years proving our patriotism thanks to political parties whose leaders you do apolitical interviews with. Have a little taste of your own medicine. Meanwhile, didn't you have plans to retire to Toronto, which you proudly called your 'home?' just a few years ago?Guess that plan has changed.Meanwhile some news about the #MeToo movement. As men in the industry quickly work towards rehabilitating their image, some have taken to trivialise the movement.A prominent filmmaker who was called out early this year for sexually assaulting his junior was asked at a recent function about his drastic weight-loss. The lady in question, the wife of a politician, was seemingly unaware of the allegations and innocuously asked, "Are you on Keto?" To which the filmmaker jokingly replied, "No, I am on MeToo."Awkward silence ensued.Love this newsletter, hate it? Write to me @aktalkies ...Only this time, he is accompanied by the wisdom that only comes from a close encounter with mortality. Perhaps it is fitting then that Irrfan’s resurrection is staged in Rajasthan, the land of his birth. Much against the wishes of his conservative parents, Irrfan chose to become an actor“I’d hardly worked in one or two plays but I lied shamelessly in the application form. I thought if it doesn’t work out, my life is over. I’ll either go mad or burn all of Jaipur."He got in; no fires were reported in Jaipur.  New to this email? You can sign up here.You can also follow HuffPost India on Flipboard.©2019 HuffPost India | Worldmark 3, FL 3, Aerocity, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi 110037 |
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