Irrfan Khan passes away at 53, Shoojit Sircar confirms on Twitter

Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan passed away on Wednesday in Mumbai's Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital. He was 53. His Piku director Shoojit Sircar confirmed the news on Twitter.

Mumbai: Irrfan Khan who was hospitalised with colon infection Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital here passed away on Wednesday.

The 53-year-old actor was in the intensive care unit (ICU), as reported by IANS in an earlier report on Tuesday.

Khan is survived by his wife Sutapa Sikdar and two sons Babli Khan and Ayan Khan.

Shoojit Sircar, who worked with Irrfan in Piku, took to Twitter to extend condolences to the actor's bereaved family.

"My dear friend Irfaan. You fought and fought and fought. I will always be proud of you.. we shall meet again.. condolences to Sutapa and Babil.. you too fought, Sutapa you gave everything possible in this fight. Peace and Om shanti. Irfaan Khan salute," wrote Shoojit.

• My dear friend Irfaan. You fought and fought and fought. I will always be proud of you.. we shall meet again.. condolences to Sutapa and Babil.. you too fought, Sutapa you gave everything possible in this fight. Peace and Om shanti. Irfaan Khan salute.

  — Shoojit Sircar (@ShoojitSircar) April 29, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  My dear friend Irfaan. You fought and fought and fought. I will always be proud of you.. we shall meet again.. condolences to Sutapa and Babil.. you too fought, Sutapa you gave everything possible in this fight. Peace and Om shanti. Irfaan Khan salute.

  — Shoojit Sircar (@ShoojitSircar) April 29, 2020

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  My dear friend Irfaan. You fought and fought and fought. I will always be proud of you.. we shall meet again.. condolences to Sutapa and Babil.. you too fought, Sutapa you gave everything possible in this fight. Peace and Om shanti. Irfaan Khan salute.

  — Shoojit Sircar (@ShoojitSircar) April 29, 2020

The actor was ailing ever since he was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour a while back, and has been under medical attention for the same.

The actor's mother Saeeda Begum breathed her last on Saturday in Jaipur where she used to stay. However, owing to the ongoing lockdown, the actor could not physically attend his mother's last rites and reportedly paid his last respect through video conferencing.

He was last seen in Angrezi Medium, last-released Bollywood film before COVID-19 forced complete shutdown of cinema halls. Angrezi Medium ran in theatres for just a day before halls all over India were shut down.