Irrfan
Khan's
untimely
demise
is
a
huge
blow
to
the
film
industry.
The
actor
passed
away
on
Wednesday,
April
30,
due
to
colon
infection.
Post
Irrfan's
death,
his
son
Babil,
took
to
his
Instagram
story
to
thank
everyone
for
their
condolence
messages.
And
now,
the
family
issued
an
official
statement
post
his
demise
on
Friday.
Irrfan
Khan's
wife,
Sutapa
Sikdar
began
her
eulogy
by
saying,
"How
can
I
write
this
as
a
family
statement
when
the
whole
world
is
taking
it
as
a
personal
loss?
How
can
I
begin
to
feel
alone
when
millions
are
grieving
with
us
at
the
moment?
I
want
to
assure
everyone
that
this
is
not
a
loss,
it
is
a
gain.
It's
a
gain
of
the
things
he
taught
us,
and
now
we
shall
finally
begin
to
truly
implement
it
and
evolve.
Yet
I
want
to
try
to
fill
in
the
things
that
people
don't
already
know."
Sutupa
also
opened
up
about
one
grudge
that
she
holds
against
her
late
husband.
She
continued,
"It's
unbelievable
for
us
but
I
would
put
it
in
Irrfan's
words,
"it's
magical" whether
he
is
there
or
not
there,
and
that's
what
he
loved,
he
never
loved
one
dimensional
reality.
The
only
thing
I
have
a
grudge
against
him
is;
he
has
spoiled
me
for
life.
His
strive
for
perfection
doesn't
let
me
settle
for
ordinary
in
any
thing.
There
was
a
rhythm
which
he
always
saw
in
everything,
even
in
cacophony
and
chaos,
so
I
have
learnt
to
sing
and
dance
to
the
music
of
that
rhythm,
even
with
my
tone-deaf
voice
and
two
left
feet."
Talking
about
Irrfan's
battle
with
cancer,
she
continued,
"Funnily,
our
life
was
a
masterclass
in
acting,
so
when
the
dramatic
entry
of
the
"uninvited
guests" happened,
I
had
by
then
learnt,
to
see
a
harmony
in
the
cacophony.
The
doctor's
reports
were
like
scripts
which
I
wanted
to
perfect,
so
I
never
miss
any
detail
that
he
sought
for
in
his
performance.
We
met
some
amazing
people
in
this
journey
and
the
list
is
endless,
but
there
are
some
whom
I
have
to
mention,
our
oncologist
Dr.
Nitesh
Rohtogi
(Max
hospital
Saket)
who
held
our
hand
in
the
beginning,
Dr.
Dan
Krell
(UK),
Dr.
Shidravi
(UK),
my
heartbeat
and
my
lantern
in
the
dark
Dr.
Sevanti
Limaye
(Kokilaben
hospital)."
"It's
difficult
to
explain
what
a
wondrous,
beautiful,
overwhelming,
painful
and
exciting
this
journey
has
been.
I
find
this
2
and
1/2
years
to
have
been
an
interlude,
which
had
it's
own
beginning,
middle
and
culmination
with
Irrfan
helming
the
role
of
the
orchestra
conductor,
separate
from
the
35
years
of
our
companionship,
ours
was
not
a
marriage,
it
was
a
union.
I
see
my
little
family,
in
a
boat,
with
both
my
sons
Babil
and
Ayaan,
paddling
it
forward,
with
Irrfan
guiding
them
"wahan
nahi,
yahan
se
modo" but
since
life
is
not
cinema
and
there
are
no
retakes,
I
sincerely
wish
my
children
sail
this
boat
safely
with
their
father's
guidance
in
mind
and
rockabye
through
the
storm.
I
asked
my
children,
if
possible,
they
could
sum
up
a
lesson
taught
by
their
father
that
has
been
important
to
them;
Babil:
'Learn
to
surrender
to
the
dance
of
uncertainty
and
trust
your
faith
in
the
universe."
Ayaan:
"Learn
to
control
your
mind
and
to
not
let
it
control
you."
Tears
will
flow
as
we
will
plant
a
raat
ki
rani
tree,
his
favourite,
to
the
place
where
you
have
put
him
to
rest
after
a
victorious
journey.
It
takes
time
but
it
will
bloom
and
the
fragrance
will
spread
and
touch
all
the
souls
whom
I
won't
call
them
fans
but
family
for
years
to
come," signed
off
Sutapa.
Irrfan
was
diagnosed
with
neuroendocrine
tumour
in
2018.
His
last
Bollywood
film
is
Homi
Adajania's
Angrezi
Medium.