{"id":285505,"date":"2025-04-19T10:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T10:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/babil-khan-threw-his-phone-in-the-ocean-when-a-brand-called-him-during-vacation-i-was-scuba-diving-they-called-me-for-a-shoot\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T10:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T10:29:21","slug":"babil-khan-threw-his-phone-in-the-ocean-when-a-brand-called-him-during-vacation-i-was-scuba-diving-they-called-me-for-a-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/babil-khan-threw-his-phone-in-the-ocean-when-a-brand-called-him-during-vacation-i-was-scuba-diving-they-called-me-for-a-shoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Babil Khan threw his phone in the ocean when a brand called him during vacation: \u2018I was scuba diving, they called me for a shoot\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Babil Khan threw his phone in the ocean when a brand called him during vacation: \u2018I was scuba diving, they called me for a shoot\u2019\" title=\"Babil Khan threw his phone in the ocean when a brand called him during vacation: \u2018I was scuba diving, they called me for a shoot\u2019\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"pcl-full-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/movie-review\/logout-movie-review-babil-khans-solo-act-asks-relevant-questions-but-is-lost-in-improbability\/\" class=\"\">Babil Khan\u2019s new film Logout is about the dangers of social media addiction<\/a>, greed for followers and its impact on one\u2019s mind. While the actor plays the role of a desperate influencer, dying to reach 10 million followers, <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/bollywood\/babil-khan-says-he-is-not-used-to-bollywood-shares-people-who-trolled-him-for-being-nice-to-paps-now-copy-him-i-feel-too-much\/\" class=\"\">the real Babil Khan is nothing like it.<\/a> In an exclusive conversation with SCREEN, Babil recalled a time when he threw his phone in the ocean when a brand called him for a shoot.<\/p>\n<p>He shared, \u201cI threw my phone once in the Andaman ocean.\u201d When asked why, he explained, \u201cBecause somebody called me, I was like, \u2018I am scuba diving, what do you want?\u2019 He said, \u2018You will have to come back, you have this brand to do.\u2019 I was like, \u2018Okay, I will just come, give me five minutes.\u2019 And the next thing I did is just threw my phone in the ocean. I am not kidding. This is a true story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><ev-engagement group-name=\"contentLogin\"\/><ev-engagement group-name=\"myNotification\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ev-meter-content ie-premium-content-block\">\n<p>When asked if it had any consequences later, an unapologetic Babil questioned, \u201cWhat consequences?\u201d He said, \u201cI live life on my own terms and nobody can stop me from doing that. I live it to the fullest. I live with full emotions. I cry, I feel the hate, I respond to the hate as well. I am a shy person, but I don\u2019t shy away from living my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"osv-ad-class\" style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;height: 375px;margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"xHgQLfaAcIk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE | Babil Khan: Threw My Phone In Andaman\u00a0Ocean\u00a0When\u2026 | SCREEN\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xHgQLfaAcIk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Babil wasn\u2019t always like this. Like many others, he too, was addicted to social media until he realised that \u201cnothing was real.\u201d He said, \u201cI was loving it. I was like \u2018Oh my God, so many people want me, like me\u2019, but they didn\u2019t.\u201d When asked what made him realise it, the Qala actor credited his upbringing. He said, \u201cMy upbringing has been such that I have this habitual nature of reflecting on my actions. For some time, I believed all these people and love is for real, but then the same people flipped and then I realised, nothing was real. Some people would randomly comment, \u2018Like for <a rel=\"noamphtml\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/irrfan-khan\/\">Irrfan<\/a>\u2019. I don\u2019t even know what that is supposed to mean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Babil believes social media is making the new generations quite aggressive, who treat their phones like a \u201cpart of their body\u201d. He said, \u201cSocial media is like a drug. It encourages you to be addicted to it because it gives you dopamine release. The more you are chasing it, the more you need it. It has almost become like a body part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/bollywood\/puneet-issar-whose-accidental-punch-left-amitabh-bachchan-clinically-dead-says-he-lost-all-his-films-after-the-incident-people-were-scared-9953024\/?ref=entertainment_hp\" class=\"\">ALSO READ | Puneet Issar, whose accidental punch left Amitabh Bachchan \u2018clinically dead\u2019, says he lost all his films after the incident: \u2018People were scared\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, he said, it was not impossible to be away from the dark side of social media. The actor shared, \u201cThe way we use it is upto us. If you will see my Instagram, it has random stuff. Sometimes I am putting up a poetry, somedays randomly singing something. But, I am not addicted to it. I post my stuff and I leave. Because the more I will scroll, the more I will compare myself to others. And the more I do that, the more hate is building in me and the more hate is building in me, the more aggressive I get. That hate is a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"adboxtop adsizes\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked if having followers helps him with roles, Babil shared, \u201cIt gets me brands, but not films. There is that culture that you do get films because you have followers and everything but I have not experienced it yet. 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