My previous blog on Syed Mohd Irfan received widespread and rave reviews and this encouraged me to write a follow up blog on him.
As I explore more episodes of Guftagu on YouTube, more enamoured I get of his suave manner, polished language and searching yet non intrusive style of interviewing his guests. And whether such guests are big time celebrities or not so well known TV and Bollywood actors and directors, his interest in his subjects and intensity in his manners remain unaffected. The questions are never frivolous or meant to evoke sensationalism of any sort. He just explores the life’s milestones of the interviewee in a chronological and logical manner. In fact, I get a feeling that Wikipedia on popular celebrities could have been an outcome of their interviews by Irfan and once you watch a few episodes, you will realise what I mean!
He takes you back to the times of unhurried, sensible, heart to heart conversations, a genre that’s non existent in today’s times of everything hurried. My only worry or should I say regret is that Irfan’s very presence and possible availability is not being put to use by popular commercial media. Though google tells me that he has revived his popular series in the same name, albeit slightly different spelling “Guftugu” on YouTube channel of Rekhta foundation ( I am yet to see any episode of his this innings), a person of his caliber and impeccability definitely needs a more popular and widely watched platform to create a bigger impact.
Please join me in wishing all the best to Syed Mohd Irfan or as simply known by his single name Irfan.
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