18 Less known facts about Irfaan Khan

1. He was a final year student at NSD (1988) when he was chosen by Mira Nair for a epic role in the commercial movie  Salaam Bombay.
2. Irrfan himself added an extra ‘R’ to his name, hence the name IRRFAN which brought him such charm.
3. Irrfan was amongst one of the tallest actors in Bollywood with 6 feet, 1 inch height.
4. As he was directed to stay in the USA for four months at a stretch for movie shootings he refused a big role in Interstellar.
5. His movie LunchBox is the only Indian movie to have ever won a TFCA (Toronto Film Critics Association Award), and also won Critics Week Viewers Choice Award at the Cannes Film Festival
6. He used to draw the inspiration from actors like Manoj Kumar & Naseeruddin Shah in his struggling days .
7. After the success of Slumdog Millionaire, Julia Roberts was so moved by acting skills that she stopped outside the Kodak Theater (where the Oscars were being staged) to compliment Irrfan on the power pack performance.
8. The Rajasthan government named him the brand ambassador of “Resurgent Rajasthan” campaign in September 2015
9. n the year 2011, Irrfan Khan received the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honor in India, for his contribution to the field of arts.
10. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for the movie Hindi Medium in 2017.
11. He spend lot of time in Reading sometime stay up till 3 am to read through at least one new Hollywood script a week.
12. He was proud winner of three International Indian Film Academy Awards, three Filmfare Awards and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
13. He has been detained twice at LA Airport because his name is similar to a terror suspect.
14. In 2014 he bagged the Asian Film Award for Best Actor.
15. He landed his first role as a lead actor in a commercial movie for Rog in the year 2005.
16. Refused a movie to Christopher Nolan in 2014
17.  National Film Award for the best actor in the 60th National Film Awards 2012 and a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie Paan Singh Tomar.
18. Irrfan Khan is the first Bollywood actor in two Academy Award winning movie, Slumdog Millionare (2008) and Life of Pie (2012).