Irrfan Khan passed away today at the age of 53. In a career that spanned over 30 years, Irrfan has worked with a lot of actors from different eras. Other than working in Hindi films, the late legend also worked in a Telugu film, English films as well as a joint Bangladesh-India venture.
Irrfan passed away in Mumbai today and upon hearing the news, many of his industry colleagues sent out their condolences and tributes to him. Some have worked with him, others have admired him while the rest were paying their respect.
It’s nice when actors share just a message or the person’s picture when paying tribute to him. Sharing his or her picture with you just makes it tacky, it’s not about you it’s about that person you are paying tribute to. Anyways, stars always do this even if they are sending a message of “get well soon” or something so it’s nothing new.
Surprisingly, Sonam had the most personal message as she worked together with him at the beginning of her career. Irrfan and her dad also worked together in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.
Here are the Bollywood people that shared their tributes of Irrfan Khan on social media and through the media.
Deepika worked with Irrfan in ‘Piku’. They were supposed to work together again in a Vishal Bhardwaj film when news of Irrfan’s sickness broke out and Vishal decided to shelve the film by saying he will not replace Irrfan with another actor.
Saba Qamar was Irrfan’s co-star in his biggest hit in India and China, ‘Hindi Medium’.
Kareena worked with Irrfan in his last film, ‘Angrezi Medium’.
Konkona worked with Irrfan many times, including in ‘Life in a Metro’.
Kangana worked with Irrfan in ‘Life in a Metro’ & ‘Knockout’.
Kal Penn worked with Irrfan in Mira Nair’s ‘The Namesake’.
Ranveer worked with Irrfan in ‘Gunday’ and Irrfan gave the voiceover for ‘Bajirao Mastani’.
Dinesh produced Irrfan’s films like ‘Hindi Medium’ & ‘Angrezi Medium’.
Akshay was in ‘Thank You’ with Irrfan, Bobby, Sunil and Sonam.
Amitabh Bachchan acted alongside Irrfan in ‘Piku’.
Ajay and Irrfan both starred in ‘Sunday’.
Sonam had a very personal message for Irrfan. They worked together when Sonam was still new in ‘Thank You’.
Anil seemed to reiterate what Sonam said in his tribute. Anil also worked with Irrfan in ‘Chocolate’ and ‘Slumdog Millionaire.
Dulquer Salmaan was in Irrfan’s last film before he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. The film was called ‘Karwaan’ and was the launch vehicle of Malayalam star Dulquer in Hindi cinema.
Mithila Palkar was also in ‘Karwaan’.
Malayalam actress Parvathy Thiruvothu made her debut in Hindi cinema in a film titled ‘Qarib Qarib Singlle’. The film went on to be among the last films he did before he was diagnosed with cancer.
Nawaz was seen as the actor occupying the same niche as Irrfan. The two of them were seen in ‘The Lunchbox’.
Lara Dutta played Irrfan’s wife in ‘Billu Barber’.
Homi Adajania is the last director to work with Irrfan in ‘Angrezi Medium’.
Ranveer was also featured in Irrfan’s last film.
John worked with Irrfan in ‘New York’.
Radhika was with Irrfan in his last film where she played his daughter. In a recent interview, Irrfan said he always wanted to have a daughter and played Radhika’s father in this film the same way he imagined his relationship with his daughter would be.
Emraan worked in many films that starred Irrfan, both in front of the camera together with Irrfan and behind the camera in many Bhatt productions.
Shah Rukh worked with Irrfan in ‘Billu Barber’. There was a rumour going around that SRK help Irrfan’s treatment in London by offering his apartment, a claim that was later refuted by Irrfan’s manager.
Shraddha got to work with Irrfan in ‘Haider’.
So did Shahid.
Priyanka worked with Irrfan in ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’, a role that Irrfan did for free because he likes working with Vishal Bhardwaj, the director.
Aishwarya worked with Irrfan in one of her comeback films titled ‘Jazbaa’.
