Irrfan Khan

Actor Irrfan Khan (7 January 1967 – 29 April 2020) was an Indian film actor, majorly known for his work in Hindi cinema (Bollywood). He has also worked in British films and Hollywood. In his career of nearly 30 years, Irrfan received many awards-- National Film Award and Filmfare Awards in four categories. He is referred to as one of the finest actors that Indian cinema has produced.

Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan was born in Rajasthan to a Muslim family. Khan's mother, Saeeda Begum Khan and his father, the late Yaseen Ali Khan.Khan completed his MA in Jaipur before joining National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi in 1984 to study acting.

On 23 February 1995, Khan married writer and fellow NSD graduate Sutapa Sikdar. They had two sons, Babil . Ayan.Sikdar said about him, "He was always focused. I remember when he would come home, he would head straight for the bedroom, sit on the floor, and read books. The rest of us would be hanging around gossiping." 

Irrfan Khan: Filmography

1. Salaam Bombay! as letter writer (1988)
2. Ek Doctor Ki Maut as Amulya (1990)
3. The Cloud Door as Irfan (1994)
4. Vaade Iraade as Naresh Tripathi (1994)
5. Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One as inspector Khan (1997)
6. Bada Din as Police Inspector (1998)
7. Kasoor as prosecutor Mehta (2001)
8. Gunaah as ACP Digvijay (2002)
9. Supari as baba (2003)
10. Dhund as Ajit Khurana (2003)
11. Footpath as Sheikh (2003)
12. Charas as policemen (2004)
13. Aan: Men at Work as Yusuf Pathan (2004)
14. Chocolate as pipi (2005)
15. Rog as inspector Uday Rathore (2005)
16. Chehraa as Chandrakant Diwan (2005)
17. 7½ Phere as Manoj Joshi (2005)
18. Mr.100% (2006)
19. Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota as Salim Rajabali (2006
20. The Killer as Vikram Roopchand (2006)
21. Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante Krish Vaidya (2006)
22. The Namesake as Ashoke (2006)
23. Gumnaam (2006)
24. Sainikudu as Pappu Yadav (2006) Telugu film
25. Life In A... Metro as Monty (2007)
26. Apna Asmaan as Ravi Kumar (2007)
27. Aaja Nachle As Farooque (2007)
28. A Mighty Heart As Zeeshan Kazmi, Karachi Police Chief (2007)
29. Tulsi as Suraj (2008)
30. Sunday as Kumar Mangat (2008)
31. Krazzy 4 as Dr Mukherjee (2008)
32. Chamku as Vijayraj Kapur (2008)
33. Dil Kabaddi as Samit (2008)
34. Slumdog Millionaire as a Police inspector (2008)
35. Billu as Billu Vilas Pardesi (2009)
36. New York as Roshan (2009)
37. Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011) as Arun (2011)
38. Life of Pi (2012) as adult Pi
39. Gunday as ACP Satyajeet Sarkar (2014)
40. Piku as Rana Chaudhary (2015)
41. Madaari as Nirmal Kumar (2016)
42. Inferno (2016)
43. Hindi Medium as Raj Batra (2017)
44. Blackmail as Dev Kaushal (2018)
45. Angrezi Medium as Champak Bansal (2020)

Irrfan Khan: List of Awards and Nominations

1- Hasil-- won the Filmfare Awards for the Best Actor in a Negative Role and was nominated for Zee Cine Awards 'Best Performance in a Villainous Role' in 2004. 

2- Maqbool-- won the Screen Awards for Best Performance in a Negative Role and was nominated for Zee Cine Awards 'Best Performance in a Villainous Role' in 2004. 

3- The Namesake-- won the Alliance of Women Film Journalists for Best Seduction and was nominated for Independent Spirit Award 'Best Supporting Male' and Stardust Awards 'Best Supporting Actor' in 2007. 

4- Life in a... Metro-- won the Filmfare Awards, International Indian Film Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Screen Awards for Best Comedian. Irrfan was nominated for Producers Guild Film Awards 'Best Actor in a Supporting Role', International Indian Film Academy Awards 'Best Performance in a Comic Role' and Screen Awards 'Best Supporting Actor' in 2007-2008. 

5- Slumdog Millionaire-- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Best Ensemble in 2008-2009. The movie also won 8 Oscars. 

6- Mumbai Meri Jaan-- nominated for International Indian Film Academy Awards 'Best Actor In A Supporting Role' in 2009. 

7- He also won GQ (Indian edition) Man of the year award in 2009. 

8- New York-- nominated for Producers Guild Film Awards and International Indian Film Academy Awards for the Best Actor In A Supporting Role in 2010. 

9- Irrfan Khan won Padma Shri for Arts, International Indian Film Academy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema and CNN-IBN Indian of the Year for Entertainment in 2011-2012. 

10- 7 Khoon Maaf-- nominated for International Indian Film Academy Awards 'Best Performance in a Negative Role' in 2012

In February 2018, Khan was diagnosed with "undisclosed disease" and it was speculated by many media outlets that he has "brain cancer". After much speculation, the actor took 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 16 March 2018, Khan announced through a Twitter post that he was suffering from a neuroendocrine tumour - a rare form of cancer that can target various parts of the body. He travelled to London for treatment.

He was admitted to Mumbai's Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital on 28 April 2020, where he started receiving treatment for a colon infection. He died the following day at age 53, from the infection, four days after his mother's death in Jaipur. Multiple Bollywood personalities, including actors Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan paid tributes online upon the news of his death