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About Irfan Khan

Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan was born on January 7, 1967, also considered a simple Irrfan Khan. He is an Indian actor, known for his work mainly in Hindi cinema, as well as for his British and Hollywood films. In almost thirty years of film career and more than fifty national films, Khan has received numerous awards, including a National Film Award and Filmfare Awards in four categories. Film critics, contemporaries and other experts consider him one of the best actors in Indian cinema for his versatile and natural game. In 2011, he received the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honor for his contribution to the arts. In 2021, he was posthumously awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.

On February 23, 1995, Khan married Sutapa Sikdar, a writer and NSD graduate. They have two sons, Babil and Ayan.

Sikdar says about him, “He was always focused, I remember when he came home, he would go straight to the bedroom, sit on the floor and read books. trailed in gossip. ” Even now, while reading at least one new Hollywood script per week, he believes it’s good to do homework, stay up until 3 am, take notes and try to understand how to play his character. Sikdar remembers how he would require up to 11 rewrites from him when he made episodes of Banegi Apni Baat. “Once, he dragged me to a police station in Mumbai to understand the procedure,” she recalls. In 2012, he changed the spelling of his name from “Irfan” to “Irrfan” and said he liked the sound of the extra “r” in his name.

In February 2018, Khan was diagnosed with an “undisclosed illness” and many media speculated that he was suffering from “brain cancer”. After much speculation, the actor went to his Twitter account and announced that he would “share his story” in “a week – ten days” and asked the media and fans not to “speculate” anything. On March 16, 2018, Khan announced via Twitter message that he was suffering from a neuroendocrine tumor. He went to London for treatment.

Khan was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour. He died at the age of 53 on 29 April 2020 due to a colon infection. Khan was described by Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian as “a distinguished and charismatic star in Hindi and English-language movies whose hardworking career was an enormously valuable bridge between South Asian and Hollywood cinema“. ((Leoranews))

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Some unknown facts

• Did Irrfan Khan Smoke?: Yes

• Did Irrfan Khan Drink Alcohol?: Yes In an interview, he explained his drinking habit –
  

  Drinking’s not a gentleman’s game for me – you know two pegs every evening. If I start drinking, I drink till I drop dead. So generally, I don’t drink, because the next day I don’t like my body, I hate myself. When I was younger, I could keep drinking all night and it wouldn’t hit me that hard.”

• Irrfan was born into a family with royal connections from his mother’s side, and his father was a wealthy Zamindar who wanted him to join their family business of tires.

• In his school, he was a very shy person, and his teachers would often scold him because his voice was never audible in the class.

• Reportedly, he faced a lot of struggle in his teenage, and he even worked as a repairer of air conditioners and also as a tutor to earn his living.

• He aspired to become a cricketer. He was selected for a tournament named CK Nayudu Tournament, which is for players under 23 years, but due to lack of funds, he missed the opportunity. ((Starsunfolded))

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