Babil Khan viral video controversy: Sai Rajesh slams clarification, actor reacts

Irrfan Khan`s son, Babil Khan, left the internet in shock after a clip of him having an emotional breakdown went viral on social media. Soon after the clips went viral, his team issued an official statement, and several actors, including Ananya Panday, Adarsh Gourav, Siddhant Chaturvedi, and others, lent their support to him. In the midst of this, filmmaker Sai Rajesh slammed Babil’s team and questioned them for mentioning just a few names. This post of Sai caught Babil`s attention, who, in now-deleted comments, wrote that he went through a ‘complete physical atrocity’ for him.

Babil Khan claps back at Sai Rajesh

After Babil`s team put out the clarification statement, Sai showed his disappointment. Babil, while reacting to the post in now-deleted comments, wrote, “You really broke my heart. After everything I’ve given to you. Two years of my life, complete physical atrocity to my body just so I can do justice to his character. I gave him my soul, rejected everything that came in my way for two years — anything and everything he needed, for 500 days of my life.”

He further claimed that he even slit his wrist for Sai`s project and wrote, “Not to mention the pain and the suffering I put in my soul, lived in filth just to make sure sir @sairajesh is happy with the character. It’s okay now… I’ll let my work speak. Goodbye. Man, I had bugs in my beard because he needed that in the character. I gave him my laughter while I held back my tears. I slit my fu**ing wrist for him.”

Sai Rajesh slammed Babil Khan

Sai slammed Babil Khan`s team in a long statement that reads, “Do you really think we’re that naive to just walk away silently? What kind of attitude are we being subjected to? It feels like only those whose names were mentioned in his video deserve respect — and the rest of us are just fools for standing by him all this while?

“If you’re making them feel valued just because he gave them a shout-out, and ignoring the rest of us — then yes, we do deserve an apology for how things have been handled.” He further added, “I genuinely wanted to stand by him — even until an hour ago. But if you’re taking us for granted, that stops here. These sympathy games won’t work on us anymore. A sincere apology is the least you owe us. Say it, and let’s move on.

This article first appeared on Mid Day