Babil Khan Calls Bollywood "Fake And Rude": Team clarifies

Babil Khan, actor and son of late actor Irrfan Khan, recently shared a video (which was later deleted), where he appears visibly upset and in tears as he speaks about feeling alienated in the film industry. The video quickly went viral on the Internet.

Babil's team issued a statement after his emotional videos went viral on Sunday morning. The statement clarified that the video was "widely misinterpreted". The statement read, "Over the past few years, Babil Khan has earned immense love and appreciation for his work, as well as for his openness about his mental health journey. Like anyone else, Babil is allowed to have difficult days, and this was one of them. We want to reassure all his well-wishers that he is safe and will be feeling better soon (sic)."

The note further clarified that the ‘Logout’ actor’s words were ‘widely misinterpreted’ and taken ‘out of context.’ Khan only acknowledged his fellow actors who are making notable contributions to the industry. The statement was shared by Babil's mother, Sutapa Sikdar, on her Instagram story.

"We respectfully urge media publications and the public to consider the full context of his words rather than drawing conclusions from fragmented video clips," the statement concluded.

This followed after several videos of Babil visibly upset and in tears went viral. In the clip, the distressed actor spoke about being alienated in the film industry. In the video, Babil can be heard saying, "What I mean to say is that, I just want you guys to know that there are people like Shanaya Kapoor, Ananya Pandey and Arjun Kapoor and Siddhant Chaturvedi and Raghav Juyal and Adarsh Gourav and even... Arijit Singh? There are so, so many more names. Bollywood is so f****ed. Bollywood is so, so rude."