Riz Ahmed pays tribute to Irrfan Khan in Gotham Awards acceptance speech

British-Pakistani actor and rapper Riz Ahmed paid tribute to Irrfan Khan in his acceptance speech at Gotham Awards. Ahmed won Best Actor award on Monday for his performance in 'Sound of Metal'. According to reports, Riz in his acceptance speech remembered Irrfan and quoted his son Babil's words.

"Who we lost this year, his words: 'surrender to dance of uncertainty.' It feels like a wobbly time. If we can wobble toger we may find each or dancing," Riz said.

Ahmed, kwn for shows like Night Of and films such as Nightcrawler, Reluctant Fundamentalist and Vem, conducted a Q&A session on Twitter in 2020. Asked which performances have inspired him over years, Emmy winner said, "Al Paci in ''Dog Day Afteron''. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Irrfan Khan in everything."

Khan, who strdled both Indian and international cinema with equal elan, died in April following a two-year-long battle with a rare form of cancer. His filmography includes gems like Warrior, Maqbool, Lunchbox, Piku, and Namesake.

At time of Khan's death, Ahmed h described him as "one of greatest actors of our time". "I never met him but he was an inspiration and a hero to me and millions of ors. His work was consistently transcendent, he was a guiding light for so many of us," he h tweeted.

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(With PTI inputs)