Irrfan Khan: Feel lucky when there's no controversy

Irrfan KhanIrrfan Khans forthcoming Bollywood entertainer Hindi Medium has Pakistani actress Saba Qamar as the leading lady and features a song by Pakistani singing sensation Atif Aslam The acclaimed actor who is now very careful about what he says feels lucky that the movie is releasing without any brouhahaThe environment has become such that anything can happen any time I remember at the time of Billu something had happened over a word So you always feel lucky when theres no controversyKis baat ka batankar bann jaayega pata nahi chalta You never get to know when a mountain is made out of a molehill Irrfan who described his experience of working with the talented Saba as excellent told IANS here in an interview ahead of the movies May 19 releaseIt may be recalled here that in 2009 before Irrfans Billu released the Hairdressers Associations of Mumbai had made a hue and cry over its initial title Billu Barber As a result barber had to snipped outAlso around the release of Madaari in 2016 the actor had faced the heat for his remarks around qurbaniIs he more conscious and careful about what he says nowYes I am very careful and I realized one thing that we dont have a place where you can go and express yourself and say what you want to Irrfan saidExplaining why the Life of Pi and Inferno actor said Your a mediapersons intentions may be good and you might write the thing in the right context But after you write it my words will be broken into different contexts and I cant even conjecture till what extent it will happenSo it is very unfortunate that we dont have a platform where we can say anythingDoes he have a stand on the debate on whether Pakistani artistes should be allowed to work in India or not given the current scenarioI will take a stand when there will be responsible people around Wherever I feel my stand will not be misrepresented I will want to take a stand And if I dont take a stand I wont know what to do said the 50yearoldIsnt social media the answerSocial media is wahiyaad Ill tell you why Internet one feels exposes you to different things in life But internet actually is caging you in its concept If you have an interest in something If you are biased and flawed it will keep feeding you the same things and you wont get a counter to itIt will feed you the same things which it thinks you want So you will be trapped in that cocoon Its unfortunate It makes you stupid said the actor whose cinematic repertoire is as impressive internationally as it is within IndiaGiven that his new film Hindi Medium directed by Saket Chaudhary shines the spotlight on how education is creating inequality rather than enlightenment with the divide between English medium schools versus regional language schools and private schools versus government schoolsWhat does the actor think of the flaws in the Indian education systemI think the flaw is in most of the places its not just about India Education has become a means to take care of your insecurities Kids are being raised keeping in mind what they will do when they grow up will they be able to earn their bread and better will they become a doctorNobody is exploring their interests or personality Theres no way that you are told to seek your interest and then find a line for yourself But if youre doing something of your interest then hard work is not a problem You will do it automaticallyThat is something we do not put a lot of emphasis on Seek the interest and follow it Rather than say Let me choose this line as this will give me X things till I become old That is flawedEducation should be about getting exposed to different subjects finding your interest and evolvingOn his part he says he is letting his two sons find their calling