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Babil Khan admits to the 'insane' pressure that's on him for being Irrfan's son and adds his adversities has helped him evolve. Last year, Irrfan’s wife and Babil Khan’s mother Sutapa Sikdar shared that her son is going through depression due to a lot of pressure on him and constant comparisons with his late father. Elucidating further, she drew comparisons with how comparing Abhishek Bachchan with his father Amitabh Bachchan worked against him and hoped for Babil to come out of depression soon.
Now, in an exclusive chat with News18 Showsha, Babil admits that while he feels the pressures of being the iconic actor’s son, he never really slipped into depression. Clarifying his mother’s comment, he tells us, “That was actually misconstrued. Some people got really worried for me because of that.
There’s some problem in it and it’s not a genuine thing. I’m okay." However, he’s quick to add that he isn’t ‘scared of talking about mental health’.
“The pressure on me is insane but it’s also extremely important. After baba passed away, people started telling me, do you know who you are?" recalls the actor, who’s awaiting the release of Zee5’s Logout. Looking at the silver lining, he states, “My adversities made me who I am.
The way in which we navigate our adversities help us evolve. That’s why I say that the pressure is important and so is the way in which I respond to it. You cannot change it.
Life will challenge you in multiple ways and from every angle but the way you react to it is in your control." In fact, for Babil, being able to be vulnerable even before the world is important and that’s why he has no qualms about talking about loneliness on social media. The Qala and Friday Night Plan actor explains, “It’s okay to be scared but you should do it.
If you’re feeling a certain way and you’ve a way of expressing it, do it. I’m getting better at sitting with myself. Over time, I realised that how sometimes our self-worth gets lost and validation becomes more important.
We give away our self-worth for validation and we end up hating ourselves. We deny this self-hatred and, in the process, become arrogant." What, however, affects Babil is the pressure to remain happy but he’s trying to not succumb to it.
According to him, a big part of self-love also stems from embracing low and lonely days. “Today, I’m also okay with not being happy. I feel like in our society, happiness is pushed onto us as a product.
We’re constantly told and expected to be happy. But sometimes, I’m not happy! Toxic positivity is something that kills you from inside," he tells us. Babil further adds, “If I become too scared of myself and become dependent on the opinions of others, I won’t be able to be authentic and real and I won’t be able to share my thoughts.
And if you can’t share in an authentic manner, then there’s a problem and you need to fix it. At the same time, being vulnerable isn’t easy; it’s scary and it’s painful.".
