Irrfan Khan — 20 Life Lessons from his 20 Quotes

20 best life lessons from Irrfan Khan movies that will change your perspective of Life….

When I heard the unexpected news of Irfan khan demise, it took time to sync in, all I remembered was a minutia from “When Great Tree Falls” by maya angelou

Great souls die and

our reality, bound to

them, takes leave of us.

Our minds, formed

and informed by their radiance,

fall away.

We are not so much maddened

as reduced to the unutterable ignorance

of dark, cold caves.

I was watching an interview of Irrfan khan recently the anchor (papa cj) asked the question — “What are 2 of the biggest risks you have taken in your life, how they turned out and what you learned from them?

Irfan — Risk I consciously took was, “Dreaming something and believing in that Dream”

One line that summarizes the whole acting of career of a “sahabzada Irfan ali khan” of tonk district of Rajasthan.

In one of his statement he said, “No-one could have imagined I would be an actor, I was so shy, so thin,” he said. “But the desire was so intense.”

I thought there would be no better way to celebrate that intensity and sheer passion by compiling 20 of his best quotes that we can embrace like that fragrance of flower that remains on the hand ….

I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye. — Life of Pi

Aadmi ka sapna toot jaata hai na, toh aadmi khatam ho jaata hai — Angrezi Medium

When a person’s dream breaks, then the person breaks down as well

So true with each of our dream a part of our soul gets attached and when we relinquish it, a part of our soul also leaves us with that dream

Shauk do tarah ke hove hai … ek toh woh joh samay ke saath khatam ho jave hai … aur duja woh joh samay ke saath maqsad ban jave hai — Angrezi Medium

There are two types of hobbies … one which ends over a period of time … and second that turns into your mission over a period of time

Can there be a better dialogue to summarize irrfan’s life, for whom the hobby of theatre became a burning passion that made him go against all the wise advice of the parents and world that going in this creative field will give you nothing but “failure”

Rokda rokde ko kheenchta hai … rokda jab rokde se milta hai toh aur rokda pehda karta hai — Jazbaa

Money attracts money, and when money meets money then money gets reproduced

Personal finance advice, because only when you have money then money you can produce more money, apt as much for an individual as for an organization

Yeh shehar hum mein jitna deta hai … badle mein kahin zyada hum se le leta hai — Life in a metro

Whatever this city gives u, it takes in return much more than that

Talk about relationship, job, entrepreneurship at every moment we make a decision to choose something and leave something, what cost we are paying — what sacrifice we are making to achieve to achieve that desire

Paisa agar bhagwan nahi hai … toh bhagwan se kam bhi nahi hai — Chocolate

Money is not God, but at the same time it’s not any less than God

I remembered I heard this statement in “Sandeep — Maheshwari” , somewhat money is like petrol in the car , without which the car can’t move but do we purchase a car so that we purchase petrol and accumulate petrol (money) , no ….we purchase it to move from one place to another , in every day’s quest for survival we forget this pertinent question

Joh ek baar bhaagte hai … woh hamesha bhaagte rehte hai — Aaja Nachle

Those who run once … they keep running forever

Can be true for lot of people we meet and true for us as well in many aspects, The instances when we run from our fears and procrastinate on our goals, will do It today, then tomorrow, next week / month and then it never comes…..how to minimize or break that cycle I am still learning (often failing & sometime succeeding in it :)

Rishtey kisi guarantee card ke saath toh aate nahi hai — Life in a metro

The relationship doesn’t come with a guarantee card

Lot of times (be it in personal / professional) relationship we go with the transactional mindset and when we see (or most of the time assume) that the thing we thought will get in end is not going to be there, we end the relationship slowly (sometime abruptly) making it bitter for life

Chhot khaya hua dost dushman se zyada khatarnak hota hai — Gunday

A wounded friend is more dangerous than an enemy

Consider it in your life or organization you work in, you made a promise to a friend that’s critical for him but you never acted as per promise, now that trust is always tainted for life and you never know depending on circumstances how much in depth that vindictiveness can go …

Shaitan ki sabsi badi chaal yeh hai ki woh saamne nahi aata — Chocolate

The biggest move of a devil is that he never comes in the front

Talk about toxic people in our lives or bad habits that is pulling us down, they never come in front, secretly and slowly they are working to depreciate us , a person needs to dig deep through reflection and introspection to reach that realization

Ahankar ki aag tezaab se zyada khatarnak hoti hai … ek baar jala de toh nishaan seedha aatma pe jake lagta hai — Gunday

Ego is even more dangerous that an acid, once it burns you the mark goes straight to your soul

Often when I was a kid, my grandmother used to say this “Raavan was not killed by Ram but his Ego”, many people in the pinnacle of their careers get blindsided by these 3 words that become part of their identity , making there intellect blurred and senses numbed where they can’t see difference between right & wrong.

Galat waqt mein insaan galat faisla leta hai — New York

In wrong time we often take wrong decision

My grandmother often used to say me, “never speak when you’re angry”, when I joined the corporate world , in some circumstances you really feel you are in front of the firing squad , trust me this suggestion will help you to save a lot of regrets in life

Sirf insaan galat nahi hote … waqt bhi galat ho sakta hai — D Day

Not always it’s the human who is wrong, sometimes the time could also be wrong

We generally take outcome proportional to our competency, making it black and white — We are good if I win and when I lose, I wasn’t adequate and takes all the blame of that loss on our head, forgetting that sometimes circumstances stacked against us or life is pointing us at the right direction.

Sharafat ki duniya ka kissa hi khatam … ab jaisi duniya vaise hum — Jazbaa

Let’s end the story of the world of innocence … now I’ll be just like the world is

Tricky statement, we meet a lot of people who would be whenever the world want them to be on the other side of table there are a people who will not change whatever we tried and 3rd type of individual’s are — I will be like this world, if it’s cruel and unjustified with me , I will be the same

All 3 can be categorized into right / wrong, as an individual we need to make a judgement to be what and when

Rishton mein bharosa aur mobile pe network na ho toh log game khelne lagte hai — Jazbaa

If there is no trust in relationship and no network in mobile, then people start playing games

If there is no trust, can it be even called a relationship? — Yes / No / Maybe / Don’t know, but when we think it’s a relationship and there is no/lack of trust, sooner or later it shatters and only 1 person tries to pick up those pieces

Sometimes the wrong train takes u to the right destination” — The Lunch box

We can’t connect the dots forward, sometimes decision that don’t go according to plan, devastates you feels like a shot in the arm but these decision helps you to a carve a new YOU

The key to a happy life is to accept you are never actually in control. — Jurassic Park

Personal Quotes

The day I become conventional, something inside me will die.”

How many times we want to become something similar to someone (a conventional path) that may also lead a sacrifice to change yourself, to become something that you may not want to become but the temptation of acceptance and appreciation of peer’s / family / world makes you take that decision, how many have the courage to banish those temptation and follow the path you were always meant to follow.

“Wanting fame is a disease and one day I will want to be free from this disease, from this desire. Where fame doesn’t matter. Where just experiencing life and being okay with it is enough.”

In life where we want instant gratification of success and appreciation is mostly (if not always) expected, how can we be free of all these temptations and have gratitude for whatever the outcome is

“Izzat aur zillat aap ke haath mein nahin hai.”

Appreciation and Contempt is not in our hands

Sometimes all we have to do is to sit and be ourselves, because everybody who enters our lives will see from a different angle, however good we are our eyes, we all are villains in someone story

In the end there is no death, people die only when they are forgotten, if you can remember them, they always remain with you in your Heart and Memories

Our senses, restored, never

to be the same, whisper to us.

They existed. They existed.

We can be. Be and be

better. For they existed.