Irrfan Khan acted in a few Film and Television Institute of India student films such as Reconnaissance, which was directed by Sandeep Chattopadhyay.
40 Facts About Irrfan Khan
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Irrfan Khan made his single appearance in Telugu cinema in Sainikudu.
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Irrfan Khan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer in March 2018, and died on 29 April 2020, at 53 years old, due to the disease.
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Irrfan 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".
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Irrfan Khan was born on 7 January 1967 in Tonk, Rajasthan into a Muslim family of Pathan ancestry.
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Irrfan Khan spent his childhood in Tonk, and then Jaipur.
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Irrfan Khan was good at cricket and was selected to play in the CK Nayudu Trophy for emerging players in the under-23 category, a tournament seen as a stepping stone to first-class cricket in India.
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Irrfan Khan showed interest in acting under the influence of his maternal uncle who himself was a theatre artist in Jodhpur.
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In Jaipur, Irrfan Khan was introduced to noted theatre artists and did several stage performances in the city.
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Irrfan Khan completed his MA in Jaipur before joining the National School of Drama in New Delhi in 1984 to study acting.
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Irrfan Khan was the biggest and the most real star Bollywood has produced.
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Irrfan Khan played Lenin in a teleplay on Doordarshan titled Laal Ghaas Par Neele Ghode, based on a translation by Uday Prakash of a Russian play by Mikhail Shatrov.
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Irrfan Khan was then cast as a psycho killer, the main antagonist of the show, in the serial Darr.
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Irrfan Khan played the famous revolutionary, Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India, Makhdoom Mohiuddin, in Kahkashan, produced by Ali Sardar Jafri.
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Irrfan Khan acted in some of the episodes of Star Bestsellers.
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Irrfan Khan appeared in two episodes of the SET India serial Bhanvar.
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Irrfan Khan acted in numerous television serials throughout the 1990s, including Chanakya, Bharat Ek Khoj, Sara Jahan Hamara, Banegi Apni Baat, Chandrakanta, Shrikant, AnooGoonj on Doordarshan, Star Bestsellers, Sparsh and The Great Maratha on DD National.
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Irrfan Khan played a double role in the popular 90s supernatural fantasy period drama, Chandrakanta, which was based on a novel written by Devki Nandan Khatri in 1888.
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Irrfan Khan featured opposite Roopa Ganguly in Basu Chatterjee's critically acclaimed drama film Kamla Ki Maut.
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Irrfan Khan's performance was praised by critics; one wrote, "Irfaan's eyes speak louder than his words and every time he is in frame, be it talking to his buddy Manish or arguing with Suhel, he shows his capability as an actor".
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Irrfan Khan played an antagonist in the Telugu film Sainikudu.
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Irrfan Khan anchored Mano Ya Na Mano, and hosted Kyaa Kahein.
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Irrfan Khan played a police inspector in the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he and the cast of the movie won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
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Irrfan Khan appeared as an FBI agent in New York, and opposite Natalie Portman as a Gujarati diamond merchant in the Mira Nair-directed segment of the twelve-part feature New York, I Love You.
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Irrfan Khan played Dr Rajit Ratha in The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012.
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Irrfan Khan played the adult version of Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel in Ang Lee's film adaptation of Life of Pi, which became a critical and commercial success worldwide.
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In 2014, Irrfan Khan appeared in Gunday, which was a moderate box office success.
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Irrfan Khan made guest appearances in the films The Xpose and Haider, playing an important role in the latter.
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Irrfan Khan appeared in Jazbaa in October 2015 alongside Aishwarya Rai which was very well received by critics.
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Irrfan Khan was next seen alongside Tom Hanks in the 2016 adaptation of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon thriller Inferno.
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In 2017, Irrfan Khan appeared in two films, Hindi Medium which was commercially and critically successful.
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In 2018, Irrfan Khan appeared in Karwaan, with Dulquer Salmaan, Mithila Palkar and Kriti Kharbanda.
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Irrfan Khan appeared in Blackmail opposite Kirti Kulhari, the same year.
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Irrfan Khan lent his voice to the light and sound show at the war memorial for the Indian army at Vidhan Sabha Road, Jaipur.
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On 23 February 1995, Irrfan Khan married writer and fellow NSD graduate Sutapa Sikdar.
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Irrfan Khan later dropped "Khan" from his name because according to a 2016 interview, he wanted his work and not his lineage to define him.
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In March 2018, Irrfan Khan revealed via Twitter that he had been diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer.
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Irrfan Khan sought treatment in the UK for a year and returned to India in February 2019.
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Irrfan Khan was admitted to Mumbai's Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital on 28 April 2020, where he started receiving treatment for a colorectal infection caused by the disease, and died on 29 April 2020, at 53 years old.
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Irrfan Khan was buried at the Versova Kabristan in Mumbai and his last rites were performed by his sons.