Anupam Kher shattered at Irrfan Khan's demise; 'frightened to talk of him in past tense'

Bollywood has lost an actor par excellence with untimely demise of Irrfan Khan at of 53 on April 29. Irrfan khan succumbed after being admitted to ICU at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital on April 28. He had been fighting a neuroendocrine tumour since 2018. 

sudden news of demise has come as a shock to industry as y take to ir social media and express ir condolences. Veteran actor Anupam Kher who got devastated after hearing news shared an emotional video on his Twitter handle.

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Anupam Kher shares an emotional tribute to Irrfan Khan

In video, a teary-eyed Anupam can be seen talking about his journey with Irrfan and years that two have spent toger. Kher who struggled to control his emotions in video, said, “It's completely shattering and heartbreaking to kw about passing away of a very dear friend and colleague in drama school, Irrfan Khan. It's t only loss of Hindi film industry but, a loss of country and International entertainment industry.” 

Anupam Kher continued, “He was a very straight forward person with a great sense of humor and compassion. It's very frightening and awful to talk about him in past tense. His demise is too soon, I mean 53 is , and in fact in today’s time amid pandemic where people are constantly fighting with disease and depression, this news came to me as a complete shock.” 

actor captioned post on Twitter and wrote that thing can be more heartbreaking and tragic than news of demise of his dear friend Irrfan Khan who was one of finest actors Bollywood could get.

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His team anunced news with a statement from him:

“I trust, I have surrendered”; se were some of many words that Irrfan expressed in a heartfelt te he wrote in 2018 opening up about his fight with cancer. And a man of few words and an actor of silent expressions with his deep eyes and his memorable actions on screen. It’s saddening that this day, we have to bring forward news of him passing away. Irrfan was a strong soul, someone who fought till very end and always inspired everyone who came close to him. After having been struck by lightning in 2018 with news of rare cancer, he took life soon after as it came and he fought many battles that came with it. Surrounded by his love, his family for whom he most cared about, he left for heavenly abode, leaving behind truly a legacy of his own. We all pray and hope that he is at peace. And to resonate and part with his words he had said, “As if I was tasting life for first time, magical side of it”.