Irrfan Khan's Mom No More; Cannot attend her Last Rites; Actor Heartbroken

Irrfan Khan's mother, Saeeda Begum left for heavenly abode a few hours ago. She was 95 and was residing in Jaipur.

Reportedly, the funeral will be held this evening. Irrfan, who is currently abroad receiving treatment for Cancer, had decided to fly out from Mumbai immediately after he completed Angrezi Medium.

However, in view of the COVID-19 situation, there is no flight that can bring him to Jaipur at least for the next few weeks.Irrfan has been very close to his Piku director, Shoojit Sircar.

According to SpotboyE, Irrfan is abroad, and will be unable to fly back to India any time soon. The funeral will be held on Saturday evening.Irrfan’s Piku director Shoojit Sircar told SpotboyE, “It’s very sad. I have yet to talk to him, though. I will be calling him.”

The report further stated that Irrfan has otherwise being doing reasonably fine. His wife Sutapa Sikdar is there with him. 

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Angrezi Medium also starred Radhika Madan, Kareena Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Dimple Kapadia, Deepak Dobriyal, Ranvir Shorey and Kiku Sharda. Irrfan had not even promoted the film much except for very few interviews as he chose to pull back and rather rest than indulge in a whirlwind spree of publicity campaign. AM's producer Dinesh Vijan had fully understood the situation and was with him in every decision.

Irrfan had also made it clear about his plans ahead with a very polite message on social media, by saying that, 'Owing to some unwanted guests (cancer) in his body, he wouldn't be able to participate in the promotions of Angrezi Medium as he had to leave the country for treatment'.

May his mother's soul rest in peace. Our heartfelt condolences to Irrfan and his family.

Irrfan in 2019 was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour, for which he sought treatment abroad. In this time, the actor appeared in just one film, Angrezi Medium. The comedy drama was given an early streaming release after the nationwide coronavirus lockdown forced theatres to shut down.

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