The Indian actor Irrfan Khan, who died at the age of 53, had become a star in Bollywood as in Hollywood with his roles in films like "Slumdog Millionaire", "Jurassic World" or "The Lunchbox", after having yet almost gave up cinema.
Irrfan Khan, who was diagnosed with a rare cancer in 2018, had just been hospitalized this week in Bombay, and his death was announced Wednesday by his agent that "Irrfan was a strong soul, someone who fought until the end and always inspired everyone who approached him. "
Born on January 7, 1967 in northern Rajasthan, Irrfan Khan discovered a passion for theater at a very young age and studied at the National School of Drama in New Delhi.
But playing Shakespeare or Chekhov did not help much in its beginnings, in the 1980s, in an Indian cinema which then favored blockbusters with songs and dances.
He landed a role in "Salaam Bombay" (1988) by Mira Nair but had to resolve to see the editing of his role reduced to a simple appearance. He cries for hours, he told the Indian magazine Open: "it changed something in me. After that, I was ready for anything".
There are roles for television, a few secondary roles in Bollywood. The producers remove him from any main role, deeming his physique atypical. Frustrated, he was about to give up everything when the British filmmaker Asif Kapadia called him for "The Warrior" (2001).
Celebrated, the film earned Irrfan Khan to be spotted in India by a new generation of directors eager to explore new territories.
His classical training serves him in adaptations of "Macbeth" ("Maqbool", 2003) and "Hamlet" ("Haider", 2014). He won the hearts of the public in lighter films like "Piku" (2015), alongside the superstars of Bollywod Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone.
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