Acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan passed away on April 29 this year after a two-year battle with cancer and is survived by his wife Sutapa Sikdar and two children - Babil and Ayan. Among them, Babil landed in controversy after he shared a post backing reputed Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by actress Payal Ghosh. With support from several top film fraternity members coming Anurag's way, including his ex-wives Kalki Koechlin and Aarti Bajaj issuing statements defending him, Babil Khan too had earlier this week released a statement on Monday. 

In his statement of support for Anurag Kashyap, Babil Khan captioned his post and wrote, "Chin up, Anurag sir. I know you all are gonna hate me for this but I’ve got to stand up when something feels wrong. A lot of people in the comments are asking ‘What if the girl is right?’ I am trusting my judgement, I will take responsibility for my words if I’m wrong." His post read as follows: "It's a shame that an invaluable movement like the #metoo is misused in such a malignant manner against a person that has actually inspired equality in an excruciatingly patriarchal industry. We now live in this strange age where it is easier to create a 'truth', and not manifest the truth. I pray that we evolve." He continued, "The concern is that the metastasis of baseless accusations through the #metoo movement would ultimately diminish its credibility and women that genuinely need its support would be left in the dark, it is painful."

Since posting his statement defending Anurag Kashyap, Babil has faced a lot of heat from followers on social media, who took to post abusive comments, while also trolling him. On Tuesday, Babil shared pictures of Irrfan Khan on his Instagram page and posted a lengthy note as a strong response to the negative comments that have come his way for standing up and showing his support for Anurag Kashyap. In his latest post, the National Award-winning actor's son wrote, "U know what, I have felt a sense of liberation from your hate because I realised, you really don’t have anything to do but hate and form a quick judgemental opinion about an actual human being . So really man, I have truly lost respect for people that claim they know my father, or hahahaha know my father better than me like “oh your father would be so ashamed of you” , Boi or girl shut you mouth, me and baba were the bestest friends don’t try to teach me what my father would have done, don’t jump on a band wagon just cause you can without knowing his true beliefs. If you’re an Irrfan Khan fan, come prove it me, show me his fascinations with Tarkovsky and Bergmann and then we shall probably start a conversation of how much you think you know my father. He was beyond you my friend." 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

U know what, I have felt a sense of liberation from your hate because I realised, you really don’t have anything to do but hate and form a quick judgemental opinion about an actual human being . So really man, I have truly lost respect for people that claim they know my father, or hahahaha know my father better than me like “oh your father would be so ashamed of you” , Boi or girl shut you mouth, me and baba were the bestest friends don’t try to teach me what my father would have done, don’t jump on a band wagon just cause you can without knowing his true beliefs. If you’re an Irrfan Khan fan, come prove it me, show me his fascinations with Tarkovsky and Bergmann and then we shall probably start a conversation of how much you think you know my father. He was beyond you my friend.

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