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He was known for displaying a wide range of emotions with the movement of his eyebrows. It was also one of India’s most successful exports to Hollywood. Now Irrfan Khan has died at the age of 53.
He died of complications from a colon infection, said a spokesman for the Mumbai hospital where the actor had been taken. Khan Krebs was diagnosed in 2018. He was treated the longest in London. But he returned to work last year.
More than 80 works
Khan played many different roles in over 80 movies and had the ability to dig deep into them, whether he acted as the underdog or the top cop, as Indian critic and film director Khalid Mohammed wrote on Khan’s 50th birthday. In “Slumdog Millionaire”, for example, it was the pragmatic police officer who initially questioned the protagonist Jamal skeptically about his suspicion of cheating in a quiz contest and then empathized with Jamal.
Khan grew up in a Muslim aristocratic family in the Indian city of Jaipur. He loved acting from childhood, a love his family rejected, as Khan repeatedly said in interviews. In drama school, he met his future wife, a screenwriter. With her he has two children. He initially played in theater and television productions and almost gave up his career after spending years doing only television roles that did not inspire him.
Cannes Audience Award
But then he made his breakthrough on the big screen, even though it doesn’t correspond to the Bollywood star’s classic ideal, like the ever-stylish Shah Rukh Khan with his steel body. Irrfan Khan, on the other hand, often had messy hair and a beard. But his talent was compelling, he won awards for his roles in various Indian films, for “Lunchbox” (2013), the audience award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Bollywood movies can often be restrictive because there are so many routines, songs, and dances, as film critic Suparna Sharma says. But Khan always made small changes and touched his viewers with a convincing and nuanced performance: “If you close your eyes and listen to it, its tone changes with each dialogue.”
Foreign filmmakers were always interested in him. He starred in “A Courageous Way” (2007), “The Amazing Spider-Man” (2012), and “Jurassic World” (2015). But then Khan announced the diagnosis of cancer in 2018.
T 3516 – … I have just received news of the death of Irfaan Khan … this is very disturbing and sad news … 🙏
An incredible talent … a kind colleague … a prolific contributor to the world of cinema … left us too soon … creating a great void …
Prayers and duas 🙏– Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 29, 2020
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan wrote on Twitter that he had left the world too soon and would leave a huge gap. And actress Priyanka Chopra, the wife of American singer Nick Jonas, who was already in front of the camera with Khan, wrote: “The charisma you have brought to everything you have done is pure magic.”
The charisma that you brought to everything you did was pure magic. His talent opened the way for many in so many avenues … He inspired many of us. #IrrfanKhan You will really be missed. Condolences to the family. pic.twitter.com/vjhd5aoFhc
– PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) April 29, 2020
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