Deepika Padukone took to Instagram to share a throwback video from the set of Piku, and her caption will tug at your heartstrings. Deepika celebrated five years of Piku with a video she dedicated to her co-star Irrfan Khan. The caption read: “Please come back”.
The video, from the sets of Piku, shows Deepika playing tennis with Irrfan as crew members watch on.
On Friday, Deepika shared another memory from the sets of Piku. The photograph showed Deepika and Irrfan sharing a light moment with director Shoojit Sircar. The critically acclaimed film was noticed for Deepika and Irrfan’s great acting and also fetched Amitabh Bachchan the National Award.
The day Irrfan died, Deepika posted a black screen with a broken heart on Instagram. Piku is the only film they have acted together.
After battling a rare form of cancer for two years, Irrfan passed away at the age of 53 on April 29.
After Irrfan’s death, his wife Sutapa Sikdar opened about the actor’s passing and the two-year-long struggle with cancer, in an emotional note she shared on social media. Sutapa said that Irrfan has ‘spoiled her for life’. “His strive for perfection doesn’t let me settle for ordinary in any thing. There was a rhythm which he always saw in everything, even in cacophony and chaos, so I have learnt to sing and dance to the music of that rhythm, even with my tone-deaf voice and two left feet,” she wrote.
She added: “I see my little family, in a boat, with both my sons Babil and Ayaan, paddling it forward, with Irrfan guiding them "wahan nahi, yahan se modo" but since life is not cinema and there are no retakes, I sincerely wish my children sail this boat safely with their father's guidance in mind and rockabye through the storm.
I asked my children, if possible, they could sum up a lesson taught by their father that has been important to them;
Babil: 'Learn to surrender to the dance of uncertainty and trust your faith in the universe"
Ayaan: "Learn to control your mind and to not let it control you."
Tears will flow as we will plant a raat ki rani tree, his favourite, to the place where you have put him to rest after a victorious journey. It takes time but it will bloom and the fragrance will spread and touch all the souls whom I won't call them fans but family for years to come."
