Irrfan Khan

At 53 years old, Irrfan Khan has this physical status:

Irrfan Yaseen Khan, also known as Irfan, is an Indian film actor known for his work in Hindi cinema, as well as his appearances in British films and Hollywood.

Khan has received numerous accolades, including a National Film Award and Filmfare Awards in four categories, during his nearly thirty years and appearance in more than fifty domestic films.

For his versatile and natural performance, film critics, contemporaries, and other experts regard him as one of India's finest actors.

He was given the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award for his contribution to the field of arts in 2011. Salaam Bombay, the Academy Award-nominated film. (1988).

He received critical acclaim for his performances in Haasil (2003) and Maqbool (2004), which culminated in a string of film failures that did not propel his career forward.

The life in a... Metro (2007) was a turning point in Khan's career, earning him accolades and several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He rose to fame in 2011's acclaimed biographical sports drama Paan Singh Tomar, which won him the National Film Award for Best Actor and a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.

The critics and audiences alike applauded his role in the BAFTA Award-nominated romance The Lunchbox (2013).

Khan continued to appear in Haider's commercially and critically acclaimed films Haider (2014), Gunday (2014), Piku (2015), and Talvar (2015).

His highest-grossing Hindi film came with the critically acclaimed comedy-drama Hindi Medium (2017), which became a sleeper hit in India and China and earned him praise for his role, winning numerous accolades, including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Khan has worked on a number of international projects, including The Warrior (2001), The Namesake (2006), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), The Amazing Spider-Man (2004), Life of Pi (2012), Jurassic World (2015), and Inferno (2016).

His films have grossing $3.643 billion at the worldwide box office as of 2017.

Khan was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor in 2018.

Early life and education

Khan was born in Tonk, Rajasthan, on January 7, 1967, in a Muslim family of Pathani originstry. Saeeda Begum Khan, a native of Tonk, and his father, Yaseen Ali Khan, were from Khajury village in Rajasthan's Tonk district, where they operated a tyre company. He spent his childhood in Tonk and then in Jaipur. Irrfan was a natural performer at cricket and was selected to compete in the CK Nayudu Trophy for young players in the under-23 category, a tournament that has been regarded as a stepping stone to first-class cricket in India. However, he did not attend because he couldn't afford travel expenses.

He expressed an interest in acting under the influence of his maternal uncle, who himself was a theatre artist in Jodhpur. Khan was introduced to well-known theatre performers in Jaipur and appeared in numerous stage performances in the city. Khan earned his MA in Jaipur before joining the National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi in 1984 to study acting.

He began working as an air conditioner repairman in Mumbai and visited Rajesh Khanna's home in 1984. "The kind of craze witnessed by Rajesh Khanna hasn't been duplicated by anyone," Irfan said later in an interview. He was the most popular and authentic celebrity that Bollywood has ever produced. Stardom is the feeling of being possessed by your idol; you are so enthralled with euphoria that you lose touch with reality."

Personal life

Sutapa Sikdar, a writer and fellow NSD graduate, married Khan on February 23, 1995. They have two sons, Babil and Ayan.

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. According to a 2016 interview, he later dropped "Khan" from his name because his job rather than his lineage defined him.

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Acting career

Khan made his debut with Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay right after his graduation from NSD in 1987. Where he was given a minor role. However, in the final cut, his scenes were cut. In a teleplay on Doordarshan titled Laal Ghaas Par Neele Ghode, based on a Uday Prakash translation of a Russian play by Mikhail Shatrov, he appeared Lenin. In the serial Darr, he was then portrayed as a psycho killer, the show's main antagonist. In Kahkashan, Ali Sardar Jafri produced Makhachhiuddin, India's most popular revolutionary, Urdu poet, and Marxist political activist. He appeared in several of the episodes of Star Bestsellers (which were broadcast on Star-Plus). He appeared in two episodes of the SET India serial Bhanvar. Throughout the 1990s, he appeared on numerous television serials including Chanakya, Bharat Ek Khoj, Sara Jahan Hamara, Banegi Apni Baat, Chandrakanta, Shrikant, AnooGoonj on Doordarshan, Star Bestsellers (Star Plus), Sparsh, and The Great Maratha on DD National. He was also active in Chandrakanta, a popular 90s supernatural fantasy period drama based on a Devki Nandan Khatri novel published in 1888.

In Basu Chatterjee's critically acclaimed drama film Kamla Ki Maut (1989), he appeared opposite Roopa Ganguly. In the 1990s, he appeared in the critically acclaimed films Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990), and Such a Long Time (1998), as well as several other films that went unnoticed. In 1998, he appeared in Sanjay Khan's serial Jai Hanuman's Valmiki. In addition, he appeared on 'From Reel to Real' in the horror television series Sshhhh...Koi Hai in 2001.

In The Warrior, a historical film shot in 11 weeks in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, Asif Kapadia played him as the protagonist. In 2001, The Warrior premiered at international film festivals.

He appeared in Ashvin Kumar's short film Road to Ladakh between 2003 and 2004, receiving rave reviews at international festivals. He starred in the critically acclaimed Maqbool, Shakespeare's Macbeth's version, that same year.

Rog's first Bollywood lead role came in 2005. Critics praised his performance; one wrote, "Irfaan's eyes speak louder than his words, and every time he is in camera, whether he's talking to his brother Manish or arguing with Suhel, he reveals his acting ability. He appeared in several films afterwards, playing either a leading role or a supporting role as a villain. He received the Filmfare Best Villain Award for his role in Haasil in 2004. In the Telugu film Sainikudu, he appeared as an antagonist.

In 2007, he appeared in the box office for the first time in a... Metro. His chemistry with Konkana Sen was one of the latter's highlights; the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award followed him. His appearances in The Darjeeling Limited and A Mighty Heart were closely followed by his roles in the international film. Despite his success in Bollywood, he continued to work on television. He anchored Mano Ya Na Mano (which is broadcast on STAR One) and hosted Kyaa Kahein, and was anchored by Mano Ya Na Mano.

Khan appeared in the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he and the cast members received the Screen Actor Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Cast in a Motion Picture. "He has an instinctive way of finding any person's "moral center," Danny Boyle said, so we suspect that Jamal is innocent in Slumdog." Boyle likened him to an athlete who can execute the same move over and over. "It's beautiful to watch."

He appeared in the film Acid Factory in 2009. In the Mira Nair-directed segment of the twelve-part film I Love You, he appeared as an FBI agent in New York (2009) and opposite Natalie Portman as a Gujarati diamond merchant. In 2010, he appeared on the third season of HBO's In Treatment, enacting the part of Sunil, who is finding it difficult to cope with his wife's death and loneliness after relocating to Brooklyn, New York City.

In 2012, Khan played Dr. Rajit Ratha in The Amazing Spider-Man. In Ang Lee's film adaptation of Life of Pi, he played Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, which became a critical and commercial success worldwide. The National Film Award for Best Actor was given to Paan Singh Tomar (2012) for his lead role as the eponymous real-life actor turned dacoit. He appeared in The Lunchbox, which received the Grand Rail d'Or Award at Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA award, and became his highest-grossing Hindi film to date.

Khan appeared in Gunday in 2014, which was a modest box office success. He made guest appearances in the films The Xpose and Haider, as well as many others in the former series. He appeared in the film Piku with Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan in 2015. Khan co-starred in the 2015 film Jurassic World. He appeared in the acclaimed thriller Talvar in which his appearance was lauded each year. He appeared in Jazba in October 2015 with Aishwarya Rai, which was also well received by critics. In the 2016 version of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon's thriller Inferno, he was next seen alongside Tom Hanks. He appeared in Madaari, a 2016 Indian social thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat, in the same year.

In 2017, Khan appeared in two films, Hindi Medium, which were both commercially and critically well-received. Khan's role as Raj Batra in Hindi Medium earned him many accolades, one of which was the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Hindi Medium became India and China's top-grossing Hindi publication, surpassing The Lunchbox. In addition, he appeared in No Bed of Roses (2017). His films had grossing $3.6 billion (237 billion) at the global box office as of 2017. He was releasing Qarib Singlle opposite Parvathy Thiruvothu, who was making her debut in Hindi cinema. The film received raves for the story and the lead roles.

Khan appeared in Karwan in 2018, alongside Dulquer Salmaan, Mithila Palkar, and Kriti Kharbanda. He appeared in Blackmail with Kirti Kulhari in the same year. In 2018, he released Puzzle, a Hollywood film.

Khan's last film appearance was in Angrezi Medium, directed by Homi Adajania, which was released on March 13, 2020.

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