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Time of India
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Babil Khan reveals his mother was the ultimate critic of Irrfan Khan's films: 'She liked 'Log Out' and I was surprised'
Babil Khan , son of the late veteran actor Irrfan Khan , has spoken candidly about the deep impact his mother, Sutapa Sikdar , had on his father's life and career. In a recent conversation, the young actor opened up about his personal and professional journey, including reflections on love, legacy, and the unique dynamic within his family. Babil about Sutapa While speaking on the Hours podcast on YouTube, Babil shared how his mother gave him strength and courage to move forward in his career. 'Baba would never have been Baba if it were not for my mother. If she hadn't attended the PTA meetings and sports days, he would never have been able to do what he did. I'm not even talking about gender equality or disparity. I'm talking about the bond and the sacrifices one makes for their partner,' Babil shared. 03:00 Babil Khan Drops 'Khan' Surname by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 3 Reasons to Plug This Into Your Home Today elecTrick - Save upto 80% on Power Bill Learn More Undo Sutapa's reaction to Irrfan's films Babil also spoke about Sutapa's insightful feedback on Irrfan's work. He described how she would thoughtfully critique Irrfan's performances after each project, offering constructive feedback that helped him grow as an artist. 'Whenever Baba would come back home after a good role, she would critically scrutinise him and break his films down—where he went wrong, where he did right—and that would help him improve,' he recalled. Babil also admitted that witnessing such high standards within his own household initially made him hesitant about pursuing acting himself. The 'Qala' actor also spoke about his recent release, 'Log Out', a film about digital dependency among today's youth. Babil shared how Sutapa reacted to the film: 'She liked it, and I was very surprised, because she is brutally honest, and she needs to be with me. Usually, she tells me that I did well but also points out where I need to improve, but with Log Out she didn't say anything.' Her silence made Babil wonder.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
FKA twigs live in London: reaching for eusexua at an avant-garde rave
It's about half an hour into FKA twigs' long-awaited and rare headline show in London before you feel like you are being asked to experience eusexua with her. The made-up word, which titles the singer's excellent third album, has been described by twigs as the 'moment before an orgasm' or 'the pinnacle of human experience' and entered her consciousness after a month of late-night raving in Prague while on a film set. Here at the striking Greenwich venue Magazine, with its floor-to-ceiling windows looking out over the glistening Canary Wharf, twigs plays only her second full show in the UK since 2019, and mixes the striving for Eusexua with the highly choreographed and avant-garde routines that have defined her live shows to this point. Act One of three in the show – the same trio that split up the new album – is described as Practice. It sees twigs writhing around on stage, stalked by a superb and athletic set of dancers as she plays older tracks 'A Thousand Eyes', 'Mary Magdalene' and 'Hours'. The start to the show feels deliberately reserved, and when a curtain finally comes down on the cube at the stage's centre, the dancers inside are seen desperately clawing to get out. They – and twigs, who's been suspended in the air by chains – are finally let loose at the apex of the new album's euphoric title track as Act Two (State of Being) begins. Her pinpoint choreography thus far makes way for an uninhibited thrash around the front of the stage, pumping her fist as if she's back in the crowd at the rave in Prague. On Eusexua the album, it was refreshing to see twigs have fun after the heaviness of her work up until this point, and the point is even firmer during the live show. View this post on Instagram A post shared by FKA twigs (@fkatwigs) The staples of her previous live shows remain – 'Numbers' features a stunning routine with a sword, while '24hr Dog' sees her perform outrageously advanced pole dancing – but it's the moments when the new lightness and freedom of the Eusexua era come through strongest that she feels most at home. Before 'Keep It, Hold It', the stage turns into a TV set where twigs is harangued by an overly keen and chirpy interviewer. 'The show really feels like a culmination of the darkest times and the most euphoric times of…' twigs says when asked about this current era of her live performance, being cut off by her nightmare of an interviewer, who's clearly bored with her self-mythologising. For an artist who has always been treated – and has treated herself – with utmost seriousness, to see her skewering her own narrative like this is refreshing and welcome. While she stuns the room into silence with renditions of 'Cellophane' and 'Home To You' late on in the show, it's the highlights from Eusexua and sprightly, collab-heavy 2022 mixtape Caprisongs that translate the best, where twigs can shed the avant-garde and conceptual frameworks she's associated with and simply dance. Of all the mesmerising moments in this show, those are the ones that feel closest to eusexua.
