Babil Khan, the son of late actor Irrfan Khan, celebrated his 24th birthday on Sunday. Sutapa Sikdar, Irrfan’s wife, posted a series of throwback photos of Irrfan and a baby Babil on her Instagram account. She also mentioned Irrfan’s reaction to Babil’s birth in the post.

“Let me confess on your 24th birthday Babil, the dichotomy of thunderstorms and azaan during your birth, which I later understood was just like your temperament, has made parenting very challenging (to put it mildly), but the beauty is when you wish to pour from the sky like rain drops that wash us off our ill wills,” Sutapa wrote alongside a couple of pictures. The scent of that saundhi mitti ki khusbu you bring into our lives is unrivalled. I appreciate it. My opposition to your career choices blew away like a dry leaf in a thunderstorm because you are stubbornly determined. However, at this point in our relationship, I have fully accepted you. When you dance to chaldi kuri with a broken heart and colossal embarrassment, you have made me unprejudiced. I thank God because the sensitivity within you is unaffected by judgement, because the intensity with which you sing Chaldi kuri matches immaculately with the intensity with which you (attempt) to sing Nusrat sahab’s songs.”

“You are this and that, but above all, you are my firstborn,” she continued. Irrfan’s smile when he first saw you could never be replicated in a performance by Irrfan himself. The expression; the laughter, the joy, the tears cascaded out of him without the need for movement, as everything around him flowed. Irrfan was a perfect representation of Lord Shiva at the time.

“You the little devil just kept doing what you wanted all through your youngish days ..welcome to this world today and forever,” writes mother of five Elderson. “No you don’t light up my life everyday we fight we argue you are not attentive towards me all the time but when you are, the stars descend upon our living room, rainbows float in my corridor.”

Sutapa is seen working in the first photo while pregnant. Irrfan is seen sleeping while cuddling baby Babil in another photo, and holding him on his shoulders in another.

“I love you Eastern bon so much,” one person said. That’s you in the first photo. and your words, and everything else And your curly-haired boy is absolutely adorable.” “Such a real yet poetic piece,” wrote another. You see things through the lens of your heart, Sutapaji.” “I love everything about this,” one person said. “To develop acceptance with a child, despite all events, turmoil, and hardships – sublime,” another person said.

In 1995, Irrfan married Sutapa Sikdar, whom he met at the National School of Drama. Babil and Ayan are the couple’s two sons. Irrfan Khan is best known for his work in Hindi films, but he has also appeared in Oscar-winning films such as Life of Pi, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Inferno.

With Qala, Babil will make his Bollywood debut. The film, which also stars Tripti Dimri, is produced by Karnesh Ssharma’s Clean Slate Filmz and has yet to see the light of day. In addition, he will appear in the web series Railway Men.