Actor Irrfan Khan, 53, died battling colon infection at a Mumbai hospital on Tuesday. Khan had been admitted to the intense care device of Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Healthcare facility.

The information of his demise was shared on Twitter by filmmaker Shoojit Sircar.

“My expensive close friend Irfaan. You fought and fought and fought. I will always be happy of you.. we shall meet yet again.. condolences to Sutapa and Babil.. you much too fought, Sutapa you gave almost everything feasible in this struggle. Peace and Om shanti. Irfaan Khan salute,” Sircar tweeted.

The Piku actor had lost his ninety five-yr-aged mom Saeeda Begum in Jaipur only three times previously. He could not show up at the funeral since of the lockdown in drive throughout the region to stop the spread of coronavirus.

In early 2018, Khan had discovered about his neuroendocrine tumour analysis. The actor stayed absent from public eye as he underwent procedure in the United kingdom. Just after his return in 2019, he shot for Angrezi Medium, the sequel to his 2017 hit Hindi Medium.

Nevertheless, his health affliction prevented him from endorsing the movie, which hit the theatres in March just ahead of the lockdown that began on March 24.