Play time for Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan may be just what the cinema critics ordered, but the much-feted actor is now looking at the world outside films. Khan, who studied theatre at the National School of Drama in New Delhi, wants to go back to his first love- plays. In Delhi recently, Khan met an old friend, who runs a theatre group, and urged him to direct a play for him. The friend is still to give him an answer, but Khan is clearly not the one to give up. After all, as all the theatre lovers know, when the stage beckons, the silver screen fades into the background.