Actor IrrfanKhan has died at the age of 54, after being admitted to Mumbai’s KokilabenDhirubhai Ambani Hospital on Tuesday, where was under observation for coloninfection. The actor in 2018 had announced that he’d been diagnosed with aneuroendocrine tumour.

Irrfan hadundergone treatment abroad for several months in 2019, working on just oneproject in that time, director Homi Adajania’s Angrezi Medium.

Prior to thefilm’s release, the actor had shared an empowering video message for his fans,stating that the only choice he had was to remain positive. “One doesn’t haveany other choice but to remain positive. Whether you are able to make lemonadein such situations is entirely up to you. We’ve made this film with the samesort of positivity. I hope this film is able to make you laugh and cry in equalmeasure.”

Irrfan’scareer spanned several decades and industries. Acclaimed for his roles inIndian cinema, the actor was also involved in several international blockbusterssuch as Slumdog Millionaire, Jurassic World, The Amazing Spider-Man and Life ofPi.

In India, hismost famous films include his debut, the Academy Award nominated SalaamBombay!, Maqbool (2004), Paan Singh Tomar (2011), The Lunchbox (2013), Haider(2014), Gunday (2014), Piku (2015) and Talvar (2015) and Hindi Medium (2017).