Critically
acclaimed
actor,
Irrfan
Khan's
mother,
Saeda
Begum
passed
away
on
Saturday,
April
25,
2020.
The
actor
is
currently
abroad
and
is
unable
to
fly
back
to
India
due
to
travel
restrictions
and
the
lockdown
in
India.
Saeda
Begum
was
95
and
was
unwell
for
a
long
time.
She
resided
in
Beniwal
Kanta
Krishna
Colony
in
Jaipur
and
belonged
to
the
Nawab
family
of
Tonk.
Saeda
died
due
to
natural
causes
on
Saturday
morning.
According
to
SpotboyE,
her
funeral
was
held
on
Saturday
evening.
Irrfan's
Piku
director
Shoojit
Sircar
was
quoted
by
SpotboyE
as
saying,
"It's
very
sad.
I
have
yet
to
talk
to
him,
though.
I
will
be
calling
him."
Irrfan
was
last
seen
in
the
film
Angrezi
Medium,
which
also
starred
Radhika
Madan,
Pankaj
Tripathi,
Deepak
Dobriyal,
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
and
Dimple
Kapadia.
The
film
was
directed
by
Homi
Adajania
and
produced
by
Dinesh
Vijan,
and
was
a
spin
off
to
the
2017
film
Hindi
Medium.
Irrfan
was
diagnosed
with
neuroendocrine
tumor
in
2019,
and
has
been
undergoing
treatment
for
it
abroad.