Take a peek into Irrfan Khan's bohemian house
From the stage to television to the silver screen, Irrfan Khan has established himself as an actor to be reckoned with. His latest role as a homeowner has him drop his mask for Architectural Digest. Arguably the finest actor in current Hindi cinema, Khan has moved from a home on Madh Island, a quick boat ride away from the Mumbai mainland, to a high-rise in Oshiwara, an area close to Lokhandwala, the suburban neighbourhood that houses many of his film and television colleagues. It is a literal hop from the fringes to the thick of it, akin to the actor’s career. When asked where he will keep the Oscar, Irrfan laughs. “So many awards mean so little, but that… that is an award that would change everything; it can open up every choice for an actor.” He pauses, surely aware that, as an actor on the radar of the world’s best film-makers, he isn’t too far from that possibility. “If it were ever to come, it would come with its own place. It would find its own place.” To read more, grab your copy of Architectural Digest India’s October 2016 issue, out on stands now.
Written by: Raja Sen Photo Credits: R Burman (for portrait shots) & Fabien Charuau (for interior shots)
“The jhoola is a must,” Irrfan says, as he stops by a swing. He confesses to a mirror fetish—“I always peer into them even if I’m walking by in a hurry”—dating back to well before he considered becoming an actor, and this house fulfils one of his longest-held fantasies. “I finally have an area surrounded by mirrors, where I can see myself from every angle.”
“It is important for me to have a water body,” Irrfan explains, passionately (and oddly) specific, pointing to something that looks like a Turkish bathtub, a square of blue stone. “It has to have its own ecosystem, survive on its own. That fascinates me. That the fishes don’t have to be given oxygen separately, that the water doesn’t have to be cleaned or changed.”
His new television hasn’t been delivered yet. The corresponding gap in the bedroom bookshelf, thus, has been temporarily stacked, haphazardly, with awards of every description.