RIP Irrfan Khan: Jennifer Winget, Gauahar Khan, Arjun Bijlani, Rashami Desai Mourn The Bollywood Actor's Death
Irrfan Passes Away: Jennifer, Gauahar, Arjun Express Grief
Updated : April 29, 2020 06:20 PM IST
Actor Irrfan Khan was ill. He was suffering from colon cancer. According to the latest update on Irrfan Khan’s health, his official spokesperson had issued a statement that everyone was just panicking for no reason and things would be fine. However, it turned out that on 29th April ’20, Irrfan’s death news came out. Irrfan Khan’s wife Sutopa has always been supportive of the actor and in one of her media interactions also stated that he was always very focussed in his life and work. The actor is survived by his wife and two sons.
Since the morning, after the news of Irrfan’s death has been doing the rounds of social media al and sundry have posted condolences to the actor and his family. The TV fraternity too wasn’t much behind. We got in touch with some actors exclusively while others have also taken to Twitter to express their grief about the loss.
RIP Irrfan Khan: Jennifer Winget, Gauahar Khan, Arjun Bijlani, Rashami Desai Mourn The Bollywood Actor's Death
When we exclusively got in touch with Gauahar Khan, she stated, “In my sehri this morning, I said a little prayer for him, that may Allah grant him shifa, because I read that he was in the ICU , but Allah answered my prayer in a way to end his suffering. 2 years is too much pain. He fought like a hero. May he find his peace. Innallilaahee wainna ilayhi ra jeeon Irrfan sir. You are a legend. Gone too soon.”
The actress also took to Twitter to share her grief – take a look -
Life is too short to be anything but happy ! #reminder ! May Allah grant u peace , #IrfanKhan gone too soon. In this holy month of Ramadan , may Allah have his mercy n choicest blessings on u ! ? #FanForever ?
— Gauahar Khan (@GAUAHAR_KHAN) April 29, 2020
Krishna Bharadwaj of Tenali Rama fame told us, “It’s been 15 years that I am in Bombay and Tenali Rama happened after 12 years or my Bombay life. Those 12 years I worked and struggled a lot. So, when I started giving interviews for Tenali Rama and started interacting with people, I always mentioned in each of my interview about Irrfan Khan and how inspired I am with his life. He also started his career from TV and then he did Bollywood films and then after that, he did films in Hollywood and became an international figure. He also struggled a lot. He did Salaam Bombay in 1988-89 and he got his recognition after a lot of struggling years, so I always felt related to him and always got inspired by his life. He was always someone whom I looked up to and wanted to become like and on top of that, the films he did were absolutely amazing. His one film called 'Kissa' which was a Punjabi film not many must have seen or known about it but I had seen it and it made me so depressed that I was haunted by his eyes, voice and everything in that film. Then I found him on social media and I remember messaging him that your eyes are still haunting me. So, Irrfan Khan has unknowingly been a very big part of my life and today since morning I have been feeling so sad. It’s such a heavy feeling. Everybody is saying that it’s a personal loss but I actually feel that thing in my heart. It’s a very sad day for me.
The TV actor also took to his social media to share his grief –
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >How can he die? Such artists never die. No!!!!! Sad to the core!!! RIP Return If Possible!!! ???#IrrfanKhan
— krishna bharadwaj (@krishna_raaish) April 29, 2020
TV actress Helly Shah told us, “It is so heartbreaking to wake up to such tragic news. I couldn’t believe, what I was reading when I woke up. I didn’t want to accept it. He was a gem and we have lost him today. It feels like a vacuum and I hate to accept that Irrfan sir is no more with us.
Take a look at how the actress expressed her grief on social media –
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Actress Priya Bannerjee who has worked with the late actor in her very first Hindi film stated, she too found it extremely hard to reconcile to the news of Irrfan’s death. “It’s absolutely heart-breaking waking up today to this shocking news. I consider myself absolutely lucky that I got the opportunity to work with Irrfan Khan in my first Hindi movie itself. He was not only an acting legend but also an amazing human being. It’s a massive loss to the film fraternity.
TV actress Jennifer Winget took to her social media account too, to express her sorrow. sHe wrote, “Admired from afar, the man the talent. Gone too soon. But Hope you are in a better place, Sir. The legacy you leave behind is legendary. A hard act to follow, both on and off the camera -One we will never forget! Love, Strength and Prayers to ur family &loved ones. #RIPIrrfanKhan (SIC)
Take a look -
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Admired from afar, the man the talent. Gone too soon. But Hope you are in a better place,Sir. The legacy you leave behind is legendary. A hard act to follow, both on and off the camera -One we will never forget! Love, Strength and Prayers to ur family &loved ones. #RIPIrrfanKhan
— Jennifer Winget (@jenwinget) April 29, 2020
When we exclusively got in touch with Rashami Desai, she too couldn't hold back her emotions and stated he will be sorely missed, "It was really sad when we got to know about the demise of Irrfan sir and honestly speaking it is a big loss to our entertainment world. He is a legend. He can never die. He is part of us. He will be always and he was one of the finest actors. People could relate to him; his acting was so natural and I still can’t believe that he has left us and he is not part of our world now. He will be missed forever."
Tv actress Nia Sharma also took to her official social media account to express her sorrow. She wrote I was so much in awe of you, I’d always imagine meeting you at least once. You were so stylish so Real, you’ll always be my Favourite.!! Rest in peace Sir #RIPIrrfanKhan
Take a look -
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >I was so much in awe of you, I’d always imagine meeting you atleast once. You were so stylish so Real, you’ll always be my Favourite.!!
— NIA SHARMA (@Theniasharma) April 29, 2020
Rest in peace Sir #IrrfanKhan ?
TV actress Kriti Varma stated, "I got so sad to learn about the demise of the legendary actor Irrfan Khan. It’s a huge loss to the industry. Sad to the core. He was pure talent. In this holy month of Ramzan, may Allah grant him peace. It’s correctly said that god takes his favourite kids sooner. His work has inspired soo many artists like me and was an inspiration for all of us. His sheer talent and humbleness had taken him soo far in his life but now..we are unfortunate that we won't be able to witness his presence any more. You will always be remembered and your place in our heart will always be there. RIP Irrfan Sir. We at Desimartini hope, Irrfan Khan's family gets all the strength and courage to bear the loss.
We also got in touch with actor Arjun Bijlani who couldn't control his emotions while he spoke, "Last night, I saw Angrezi Medium I Tweeted also because Radhika Madan is also there and she is a good friend of mine. Suddenly this news came today and I am not able to understand what happened. My mind is disturbed and I am broken, it is too shocking. I was a huge fan and he was an actor who was everybody’s inspiration for the roles that he played. It is disturbing to hear that he is gone away especially in this lockdown because in this situation fans can’t even go to pay their last respects. So it’s a sad day and I am sure many actors are going to grieve this for a very long time.
He took to his social media and wrote -
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When we got in touch with TV actor Shashank Vyas, he told us, "I feel like I have lost someone in my family. it is a very bad day and I became very emotional when I got to know. I understand acting. I have posted a scene on Instagram which was given by my acting guru and the scene was of Irrfan Khan only from the film Rog. In the scene, you will feel that the lines he said he didn’t say from the mouth, he said from his eyes. My favourite films of his are Paan Singh Tomar, Angrezi medium, Hindi Medium. He was so natural on screen. I learnt so much just looking at him."
Taking to his social media he wrote -
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At this hour, we at Desimartini. com can only hope and pray that Irrfan's family gets the strength to cope up with this loss.