Bollywood Legendary Star Irrfan Khan was born on 7th of January, 1967. He is also simply known as Irrfan. He was an Indian actor who worked in Indian cinema as well as British and American films. Widely regarded as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema, Irrfan Khan’s career spanned over 30 years and earned him numerous accolades, including a National Film Award,an Asian Film award and six Filmfare awards. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour. Irrfan Khan made his film debut with a small role in Salaam Bombay in 1988, which was followed by years of struggle. Irrfan Khan brought complexity and depth to lead and supporting roles in Bollywood films like “The Warrior” 2001, “Rog” 2005 and “Billu” 2007 before making the leap to Western entertainment with memorable supporting roles in “A Mighty Heart”2007, “Slumdog Millionaire” 2008 and the HBO series “In Treatment” 2008-2010. For over a decade, Irrfan Khan toiled as a character actor on television series and in independent features, essaying men whose intense emotions often contrasted sharply with their reserved outer shells after his breakthrough as a feudal mercenary who suffers a crisis of conscience in the award-winning “Warrior,” he moved into more significant parts, eventually making the leap to leading man with the noir-influenced “Rog” 2005. His unconventional looks and heartfelt performances, which won critical notices around the globe, made an impact on the leading men of the day, who began to move away from the traditional Bollywood fluff and focus on grittier work to reap the same rewards. Khan’s consistently solid performances also earned the attention of the West, and his turns as flinty men of authority and gravitas in “Heart,” the Oscar-winning “Slumdog,” and “In Treatment” made him one of his native country’s most accomplished cultural exports. In March 2018, Khan revealed via Twitter that he had been diagnosed with neuroendocrine Cancer. He sought treatment in the UK for a year and returned to India in February 2019. He was admitted to Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital on 28 April 2020, where he started receiving treatment for a Colorectal infection and died a day later at 53 years old. His mother Saeeda Begum, aged 93, had died just four days prior in Jaipur.
