Died actor Irfan Khan

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The latest news from the world of show business brought sad news to the fans of the Indian actor Irfan Kan. The public favorite died before he was 54 years old, as reported by BBC News on Wednesday, April 29.

Health problems

Back in 2018, the actor shared on his Twitter page that he is in limbo due to a long wait for the doctors' verdict. According to Irfan, the reason for going to the medical laboratory was his own curiosity.

Suspecting something was wrong, the man decided to undergo an examination and passed tests for an oncological predisposition. After they were positive, more detailed tests revealed a rare disease in Khan - a neuroendocrine tumor.

As the actor admitted to his fans, those who think that such a misfortune can only happen to the brain are very mistaken. The publication Gulf News, citing a representative of the actor, said that the cause of Irfan Khan's death was infection of the rectum as a result of long-term treatment for cancer.

4 days before his death, the artist could not say goodbye to his loved one because of the restrictive measures introduced in India. Just before the death of a celebrity, his mother, Saida Begum, died.

short biography

Sahabzadeh Irrfan Ali Khan (artist's full name) was born into a Muslim family who trades in a small car accessories store in Jaipur. This city is considered the capital of the northwestern part of India. By the time of the birth of his son on January 7, 1967, his father was doing well with business and dreamed that his heir would receive a higher education.

Irrfan lived up to his parent's expectations by enrolling in a local college and successfully studying drama. In his early youth, Khan was fond of playing cricket, showed great promise in this sport and could even become a champion. But the family did not have enough money to participate in the decisive tournament.

Irrfan was able to continue his studies in the capital only thanks to his own success in college. He, as one of the most diligent students, was awarded a scholarship.

After graduating from the National School of Drama in New Delhi, the artist settled in Mumbai and began working in the cinema. At first, these were unremarkable roles in the spirit of the classic soap genre. For the first time, Indian critics started talking about the talented actor in 2001 after the premiere of the film "Warrior".

World glory

Hollywood drew attention to the Bollywood star only in 2007, when he invited the actor to participate in the biographical drama "Her Heart" directed by Michael Winterbottom. Here the Indian artist had to work on the same site with Angelina Jolie. The first screening of the film took place as part of the out-of-competition program of the Cannes Film Festival.

The film "Slumdog Millionaire", in which Khan played a police inspector, glorified the participants in the picture all over the world. The story of the life of the poor in India won 8 Oscars and proved that Bollywood is famous not only for melodramas.

In total, Irfan Khan has many works in international and Indian projects:

• "New York, I love you" (2009).
• Life of Pi (2012).
• The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).
• Jurassic World (2015).
• Inferno (2015).
• Hindi Medium (2017) and others.

The last work of the actor was the film Angrezi Medium, which was released on screens on March 13, 2020.

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A family

In 1995, the actor married the writer Sutapa Sikdar, the couple had 2 sons - Babil and Ayan. As the actor admitted to fans on his page on the social network, the family supported him in every possible way, not letting him fall into despair and inspiring hope for victory over the insidious disease.

Unfortunately, long-term treatment in one of the London clinics did not bring the expected results. Irfan Khan died in a private clinic in Mumbai one day after being hospitalized.