Indian National Award-winning actor and cancer warrior Irrfan Khan, died in Mumbai after battling a medical complication arising from colon infection.

He was 53 and is survived by his wife Sutapa Sikdar and two sons Babil and Ayan.

News of his death was confirmed by Khan’s publicist.

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