The Great Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan
Photograph for TIME by Olivier Culmann / Tendance Floue

A Star Is Born
"One of the things I'm slightly proud of is kind of discovering Irrfan," says Mira Nair, who cast Khan in Salaam Bombay!, his first major film.

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