Those eyes of Irfan filled with moist, salty and pain, the story of a picture

v Those eyes of Irfan filled with moist, salty and pain, the story of a picture

v There is always a distraction in the photographer. Distraction that they can show you some different pictures out of the box and fill the lake of your consciousness with clamor, waves, uproar. This distraction and an actor like Irfan. I was expecting something memorable.

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v Irrfan had an amazing energy and aggressiveness in acting. There was a sharpness, sharpening. He brought every character to life on screen. So natural It used to be that this actor who is dominating the world, someone around him, is one of us.

v There is a glow in his pictures. Face speaking with closed lips and peeping eyes inside you. If you are a photographer, If they are shooting them and do not capture their big, energy-rich eyes in their camera, then it is like the sun is not in the picture in a wonderful sunset.

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v I could not move beyond his eyes. I first photographed him 10 years ago. He had a great synergy with the lens of the camera and I captured many pictures of Irfan's eyes in the camera.

v But after watching many of his great films, I wanted to capture an actor on camera, He wanted to capture his acting, not just staring his big eyes into the camera. As time went by, this worm kept going in my mind. I was looking for the next opportunity. And finally that chance came.

v It was the year 2016. There were dark clouds of fundamentalism on the country. Then we saw the worst mob lynching of our time. Cow-guards had created panic among the people. Many big writers and scholars had returned their awards in protest against the government's silence and growing intolerance on these incidents.

v India Today magazine was about to bring its Independence Day special in which people from different parts of the country were supposed to share their thoughts about what they understand the meaning of freedom. I had to take a cover photo for that special issue. I wanted to draw a picture that could show the pain of people, make them feel their pain.

v Irfan was also a writer of this special issue. He questioned the sacrificial practice of animals in Islam and he was under attack for this idea. I had to take a photo of him too. Meanwhile, he was in the studio of our office to promote a film.

v The idea was first to take a picture with his eyes closed but it was very easy and I had taken such pictures of many people before. There was a buzz of words in my mind. From the churning of swirling words, one word emerged - 'Cry Freedom' This was an 80s film whose poster, which was buried in my mind, suddenly emerged and clung to the wall of thoughts.

v Like I had found a door through which I wanted to reach my picture.

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v I told myself how it would be if this picture had tears in its eyes! Wouldn't that be a strong comment on that issue? Irfan has tears in his eyes .... This picture of him will make people look and it will not only reflect his face but also his acting. Through this picture people will be able to feel them very close.....