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In March 2018, Khan was diagnosed with [[neuroendocrine tumor]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/16/entertainment/irrfan-khan-tumor/index.html|title='Life of Pi' star Irrfan Khan reveals he has a rare tumor|last=CNN|first=Lisa Respers France,|work=CNN|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43426481|title=Life of Pi actor has rare tumour|date=2018-03-16|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-03-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> He died of [[colitis]] caused by the tumor in [[Mumbai]] on 29 April 2020, aged 53.<ref>[https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-irrfan-khan-passes-away-2822931/ Irrfan Khan passes away]</ref>
In March 2018, Khan was diagnosed with [[neuroendocrine tumor]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/16/entertainment/irrfan-khan-tumor/index.html|title='Life of Pi' star Irrfan Khan reveals he has a rare tumor|last=CNN|first=Lisa Respers France,|work=CNN|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43426481|title=Life of Pi actor has rare tumour|date=2018-03-16|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-03-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> He died of [[colitis]] caused by the tumor in [[Mumbai]] on 29 April 2020, aged 53.<ref>[https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-irrfan-khan-passes-away-2822931/ Irrfan Khan passes away]</ref>
==Early life and education==
Khan was born in [[Rajasthan]] into a [[Muslim]] family of [[Pathans]] with [[Pathans of Rajasthan|Rajasthani ancestry]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/irrfan-khan-the-man-the-dreamer-the-star-review-kite-runner-to-actor/article31008269.ece|title='Irrfan Khan The Man, The Dreamer, The Star' review: Kite runner to actor|work=The Hindu|date=7 March 2020|access-date=29 April 2020|first=Sathya|last=Saran|quote=We read with some surprise about the boy who preferred to fly kites than go hunting with his father, prompting his father to tell him he was a Brahmin born in the family of Pathans.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308180638/https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/irrfan-khan-the-man-the-dreamer-the-star-review-kite-runner-to-actor/article31008269.ece|archive-date=8 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyaddaa.com/entertainment-news/the-life-journey-of-bollywoods-most-versatile-actor-irrfan-khan-4912377.html|title=The Life Journey Of Bollywood's Most Versatile Actor, Irrfan Khan|work=Daily Addaa|first=Prakriti|last=Vasdev|date=29 April 2020|access-date=29 April 2020|quote=Born as Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan on 7 January 1967 in Rajasthan's Tonk, Irrfan belonged to a Muslim Pathan family who retained a tire business.}}{{Dead link|date=October 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Khan's mother, Saeeda Begum Khan was from [[Tonk, India|Tonk]], and his father, Yaseen Ali Khan, was from the Khajuriya village in Rajasthan's [[Tonk district]], and they ran a [[tire|tyre]] business.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/02/14/stories/2009021452931300.htm | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Cutting across roles | date=14 February 2009 | access-date=4 August 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221043902/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/02/14/stories/2009021452931300.htm | archive-date=21 February 2009 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=eem>{{Cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Ashling|title=From Bollywood to Boston|publisher=Times Online|date=27 March 2007|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/bollywood/article1576324.ece|access-date=4 December 2010|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615194342/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/bollywood/article1576324.ece|archive-date=15 June 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/Irrfan-Khan-to-make-a-film-on-his-father/articleshow/21422148.cms|title=Irrfan Khan to make a film on his father|website=Bangalore Mirror}}{{Dead link|date=October 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/irrfan-s-mother-saeeda-begum-dies-in-jaipur-1671060-2020-04-25|title=Irrfan's mother Saeeda Begum dies in Jaipur|website=India Today|access-date=29 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426010722/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/irrfan-s-mother-saeeda-begum-dies-in-jaipur-1671060-2020-04-25|archive-date=26 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> He spent his childhood in Tonk, and then Jaipur. Irrfan 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. However, he did not attend as he could not afford travel expenses.<ref>{{Citation|last=Abish Mathew|title=Son Of Abish feat. Vir Das & Irrfan Khan|date=10 November 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d7NjfTziNM|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011145049/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d7NjfTziNM|url-status=live}}</ref>
He showed interest in acting under the influence of his maternal uncle who himself was a theatre artist in [[Jodhpur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/apr/29/uncle-who-gave-irrfan-khan-his-first-acting-lessons-heartbroken-at-bollywood-stars-death-2136948.amp|title=Uncle who gave Irrfan Khan his first acting lessons heartbroken at Bollywood star's death|work=The New Indian Express|date=29 April 2020|access-date=30 April 2020|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011145035/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/apr/29/uncle-who-gave-irrfan-khan-his-first-acting-lessons-heartbroken-at-bollywood-stars-death-2136948.amp|url-status=live}}</ref> In Jaipur, Khan was introduced to noted theatre artists and did several stage performances in the city. Khan completed his MA in [[Jaipur]] before joining the [[National School of Drama]] (NSD) in [[New Delhi]] in 1984 to study acting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Irrfan-Khans-fond-memoir-from-National-School-of-Drama/articleshow/50740210.cms|title=Irrfan Khan's fond memoir from National School of Drama|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=29 April 2020|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011145043/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Irrfan-Khans-fond-memoir-from-National-School-of-Drama/articleshow/50740210.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/news-archives/latest/together-after-22-years/|title=Together after 22 years|date=6 February 2010|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=29 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225130949/https://thehimalayantimes.com/news-archives/latest/together-after-22-years/|archive-date=25 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
In his early days in Mumbai, he took up a job as an air conditioner repairman and visited the home of his acting inspiration, [[Rajesh Khanna]], in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/amp/irrfan-khan-biography-1588144500-1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 April 2020 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011145049/https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/amp/irrfan-khan-biography-1588144500-1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Later in an interview Irfan stated, "The kind of craze witnessed by Rajesh Khanna has not been duplicated by anyone. He was the biggest and the most real star [[Bollywood]] has produced. I'd say stardom is that feeling of being possessed by your idol; you are so overwhelmed with euphoria you lose touch with reality."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?237473 |title=Hall Of Mirrors |publisher=outlookindia.com |date=19 May 2008 |access-date=19 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127132859/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?237473 |archive-date=27 January 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 16:46, 3 April 2021

Irrfan Khan
Irrfan Khan May 2015.jpg
Khan in 2015
Born
Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan[1]

(1967-01-07)7 January 1967
Tonk, Rajasthan, India
Died29 April 2020(2020-04-29) (aged 53) [2]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1985–2020
Works
Full list
Spouse(s)
Sutapa Sikdar
(
m. 1995)
Children2
AwardsFull list
HonoursPadma Shri (2011)

Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan (7 January 1967 – 29 April 2020), credited as Irrfan Khan or simply Irrfan, was an Indian movie actor. He was born in Tonk, Rajasthan, India. In 2011, Khan was awarded the Padma Shri.[3]

Khan has garnered the National Film Award for Best Actor in the 60th National Film Awards 2012 and a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance in Paan Singh Tomar.[4] He also appeared in The Namesake, The Darjeeling Limited, the Academy Award winner Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi, New York, I Love You, The Amazing Spider-Man, Jurassic World, and Inferno.

In March 2018, Khan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumor.[5][6] He died of colitis caused by the tumor in Mumbai on 29 April 2020, aged 53.[7]

Early life and education

Khan was born in Rajasthan into a Muslim family of Pathans with Rajasthani ancestry.[8][9] Khan's mother, Saeeda Begum Khan was from Tonk, and his father, Yaseen Ali Khan, was from the Khajuriya village in Rajasthan's Tonk district, and they ran a tyre business.[10][11][12][13] He spent his childhood in Tonk, and then Jaipur. Irrfan 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. However, he did not attend as he could not afford travel expenses.[14]

He showed interest in acting under the influence of his maternal uncle who himself was a theatre artist in Jodhpur.[15] In Jaipur, Khan was introduced to noted theatre artists and did several stage performances in the city. Khan completed his MA in Jaipur before joining the National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi in 1984 to study acting.[16][17]

In his early days in Mumbai, he took up a job as an air conditioner repairman and visited the home of his acting inspiration, Rajesh Khanna, in 1984.[18] Later in an interview Irfan stated, "The kind of craze witnessed by Rajesh Khanna has not been duplicated by anyone. He was the biggest and the most real star Bollywood has produced. I'd say stardom is that feeling of being possessed by your idol; you are so overwhelmed with euphoria you lose touch with reality."[19]

Personal life

On 23 February 1995, Khan married writer and fellow NSD graduate Sutapa Sikdar. They have two sons Babil and Ayan.[20] In 2012, he changed the spelling of his first name from "Irfan" to "Irrfan"; he said he liked the sound of the extra "r" in his name. He later dropped "Khan" from his name because according to a 2016 interview, he wanted his work and not his lineage to define him.[21]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Irrfan Khan, Indian Actor in 'Life of Pi', Dies of Cancer Aged 54". The New York Times. 29 April 2020. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Irrfan Khan laid to rest in Mumbai family friends attend last rites". DNA India. 29 April 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Irrfan Khan". Irrfan.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-08.
  4. ↑ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  5. ↑ CNN, Lisa Respers France,. "'Life of Pi' star Irrfan Khan reveals he has a rare tumor". CNN. Retrieved 2018-03-16. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Life of Pi actor has rare tumour". BBC News. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  7. ↑ Irrfan Khan passes away
  8. ↑ Saran, Sathya (7 March 2020). "'Irrfan Khan The Man, The Dreamer, The Star' review: Kite runner to actor". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020. We read with some surprise about the boy who preferred to fly kites than go hunting with his father, prompting his father to tell him he was a Brahmin born in the family of Pathans.
  9. ↑ Vasdev, Prakriti (29 April 2020). "The Life Journey Of Bollywood's Most Versatile Actor, Irrfan Khan". Daily Addaa. Retrieved 29 April 2020. Born as Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan on 7 January 1967 in Rajasthan's Tonk, Irrfan belonged to a Muslim Pathan family who retained a tire business.[permanent dead link]
  10. ↑ "Cutting across roles". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 February 2009. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  11. ↑ O'Connor, Ashling (27 March 2007). "From Bollywood to Boston". London: Times Online. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  12. ↑ "Irrfan Khan to make a film on his father". Bangalore Mirror.[permanent dead link]
  13. ↑ "Irrfan's mother Saeeda Begum dies in Jaipur". India Today. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  14. ↑ Abish Mathew (10 November 2017), Son Of Abish feat. Vir Das & Irrfan Khan, archived from the original on 11 October 2020, retrieved 29 June 2018
  15. ↑ "Uncle who gave Irrfan Khan his first acting lessons heartbroken at Bollywood star's death". The New Indian Express. 29 April 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  16. ↑ "Irrfan Khan's fond memoir from National School of Drama". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  17. ↑ "Together after 22 years". The Himalayan Times. 6 February 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  18. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ↑ "Hall Of Mirrors". outlookindia.com. 19 May 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  20. ↑ https://www.news18.com/news/movies/irrfan-khans-wife-sutapa-sikdar-was-his-reason-to-live-heres-a-look-back-at-their-love-story-2597609.html
  21. ↑ https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/celebrities/story/why-irrfan-dropped-khan-from-his-name-1672447-2020-04-29

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