Irrfan Khan, who played an inspector in Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" and an FBI agent in "New York", says he has always been making a conscious effort to break away from his serious image.

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"I'm consciously breaking away from an image since the day I started my acting career," said Irrfan.

"When I was working on TV, everybody used to make me a doctor. Then I was sick of playing a doctor. In films, they used to cast me as a sober and sensitive guy. But that wasn't exciting because playing filmy 'shareef' (innocent) is so boring.