Irrfan Khan in Terje Vigen of Henrik Ibsen

Irrfan Khan was in London two weeks ago. He was there it seems to rehearse Norwegian playwright of realistic drama, Henrik Ibsen’s Terje Vigen in Urdu. Irrfan says that this is the project where an actor from every country is invited.
All rehearsed Henrik Ibsen’s Terje Vigen, about the ineffectuality of war, in different languages. Irrfan represented India by speaking the Urdu version, alongside stalwarts like Gila Almagour, who performed in Hebrew, Jean Rochefort in French, Anne Grete Preus in Norwegian and Masatoh Ibu in Japanese. He felt 10 feet tall.
Irrfan claimed that he spent months familiarizing himself with the thoughts and feelings in Ibsen’s poems. He also told that luckily for him, he is no stranger to Ibsen. In fact his first film Jazeere by Govind Nihalani was based on Ibsen.
His familiarity with the Norwegian playwright and his training in theatre gave him the confidence to carry off this project.
The collective performance has been titled The Identity of the Soul and is all about the futility of war. In the performance, all actors from across the world recite the same lines by Ibsen, although in different languages. The performance is expected to be shown on celluloid. Irrfan feels that this project is one of his best achievements.