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...alumnus of the stage, 38-year-old actor Irrfan Khan establishes his big-screen credentials with his star turn as the title character in Maqbool. Khan spoke to TIME's South Asia bureau chief, Alex Perry...
...TIME: Was it daunting playing an Indian Macbeth? Khan: Actually, I didn't read the play for the role. I know it. But I wanted to approach the script as a separate piece of work...
...TIME: Maqbool is new territory for Bollywood, isn't it? Khan: This is new, yes. Usually in Bollywood we just film dialogue, which is not really exploring film as a medium. But I'm lucky to be part of a period in which a new generation is coming up with fresh ideas and I get to do things that interest...
...TIME: Somehow I can't picture you doing song-and-dance routines. Khan: When I first started in film, I did that fluffy stuff. But I never really enjoyed...
...Because it is widely believed that Khan could not have acted without the army's knowledge, the proliferation scandal also raises the issue of whether military rule is desirable in Pakistan. I have for most of my life despised the idea of dictatorship, of citizens being told what is right for them by an unelected, unaccountable body. I have vivid memories, even a decade and a half later, of the disastrous policies initiated by General Zia ul-Haq in the 1980s, policies of Islamization, of news broadcasts in Arabic, intimidation of journalists, oppression of women...