Actor Irrfan Khan has died in Mumbai, he was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital with a colon infection. The acclaimed actor battled a tumour for several months and returned to Mumbai a few months ago after being treated in the UK.
He was rushed to hospital yesterday following a colon infection and then his condition deteriorated. Sources said that he was put on a ventilator. Irrfan Khan is survived by his wife Sutapa and two sons.
After having been struck in with the news of a rare cancer 2018, he fought the many battles that came with it. On Tuesday, his spokesperson confirmed that he had been taken to the intensive care unit and later, dismissed rumours that Irrfan Khan had died.
The shocking news comes just three days after the actor's mother Saeda Begum breathed her last on Saturday in Jaipur where she used to stay. However, owing to the ongoing lockdown, the actor could not physically attend his mother's last rites and reportedly paid his last respect through video conferencing.
Earlier on Wednesday morning the doctors had kept Irrfan on the ventilator and had asked the family to hang on, according to sources.
The ‘Life Of Pi’ actor was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour in March 2018 and a few days later, he left for London for his treatment.
He returned to India in February 2019 and filmed ‘Angrezi Medium’ during his brief visit. A couple of months later, he flew to London to continue the treatment and returned to India after his surgery in September 2019.
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.
Soon after the film released, many states announced the shutdown of cinema halls. Later, the film premiered on online platform.
On the day of the premiere, the whole star cast of the film including Kiku Sharda, Deepak Dobriyal, Radhika Madan, producer Dinesh Vijan, director Homi Adajania came together through video conferencing to watch the film together.
Some of his most prominent works are ‘Life of Pie’, ‘Life in a Metro’, ‘The Lunchbox’, ‘Paan Singh Tomar’, ‘Piku’, ‘Hindi Medium’ and ‘Angrezi Medium’.
