Renowned Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan passed away in Mumbai today (29 April). He was 53. Irrfan was admitted in Kokila Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital at Mumbai because of Colon infection. In 2018 Irrfan revealed that he has been diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor, which is a rare form of cancer that can affect different parts of the body.
The actor was hospitalized on April 28 evening and kept in the ICU, Irrfan Khan survived by his wife Sutapa Sikdar and two sons Babli Khan and Ayan Khan.
Irrfan passed away just after the actor’s mother Saeda Begum breathed her last on Saturday in Jaipur where she used to live. Because of the ongoing lockdown in India because of coronavirus, Irrfan couldn’t genuinely go to his mom’s last rituals and purportedly offered his final appreciation through video conferencing.
Irrfan Khan was last seen in Homi Adajania’s comedy film Angrezi Medium, the last-released Bollywood film before COVID-19 forced the complete shutdown of cinema halls.
He was not only the face of Hindi film Industries but also he’s represented in many film industries at the same time. He was also a major part of the Academy Award-winning film “Life of Pie”. Khan also acted on Hollywood films like The Namesake, Inferno, etc. He also produced and acted in a Bangla film directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki entitled “Doob”, which was released worldwide in October 2017.
May his soul rest in peace.
pic.twitter.com/d4Osol3NvP — Irrfan (@irrfank) April 3, 2019
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— Irrfan (@irrfank) April 3, 2019