I know Richard Parker is a tiger but I wish I had said, "It's over. To tell him, without his lessons, I would never have survived. Irrfan Khan, the Indian actor who became a Bollywood and Hollywood star with credits including Slumdog Millionaire and Life of Pi, has died at the age of 53. I was never able to thank my father for all I learned from him. But what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye. I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go. Indian media reported that Khan died on Wednesday in the entertainment. You know, I've left so much behind: my family, the zoo, India, Anandi. Jason Merritt/Getty Images Irrfan Khan, the veteran Bollywood actor who crossed over to Hollywood, has died. I know it, I felt it, even if I can't prove it. But I have to believe there was more in his eyes than my own reflection staring back at me. After all we had been through, he didn't even look back. Richard Parker never saw me as his friend. I was weeping because Richard Parker left me *so* unceremoniously. Not because I was overwhelmed at having survived, although I was. Irrfan Khan, ‘Life of Pi’ and ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Star, Dies at 53. He left and returned with a group who carried me away. But he just stared ahead into the jungle.Īnd then Richard Parker, my fierce companion, the terrible one who kept me alive, disappeared forever from my life.Īfter a few hours, a member of my own species found me. That he would bring our relationship to an end in some way. I was certain he was going to look back at me, flatten his ears to his head, growl. He stretched his legs, and walked along the shore.
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