The Indian actor Irrfan Khan, who made himself known in particular in Slumdog Millionaire , died at the age of 53, we learned this Wednesday from his agent. The Bollywood star, who was diagnosed with a rare cancer in 2018, was admitted to Bombay Hospital this week for a colon infection.
"Irrfan was a strong soul, someone who fought to the end and always inspired everyone who approached him," said his agent in a statement.
Spotted in The Warrior
Born in 1967 in the state of Rajasthan in India, Irrfan Khan had started his career in the 1980s. He was notably spotted for his almost silent role in The Warrior (2001), adaptation of a traditional Japanese tale by the director British Asif Kapadia. A few years later, he embarked on an international career, playing alongside Angelina Jolie in the drama Un Coeur unbaincu by Michael Winterbottom, presented in Cannes.
In 2008, his face had become world famous thanks to Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire , an eight Oscar film where he camped out a police inspector.
A career in the United States
Irrfan Khan had continued his career in the United States playing in blockbusters like The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), Jurassic World (2015), and Inferno (2016).
The actor had been praised by critics for his roles in The Odyssey of Pi (2012) by the Taiwanese Ang Lee and The Lunchbox (2013), a romantic comedy by Ritesh Batra in which a man and a woman dialogue from a distance via a messenger lunch.
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