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Irrfan Khan of colorectal cancer, though some reports say that he is merely in the ICU rather than dead. If true, he was just 53.

Never Cursed wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:59 am Irrfan Khan of colorectal cancer, though some reports say that he is merely in the ICU rather than dead. If true, he was just 53.

Horrible news if true. Such a great scene stealer— I never understood why Hollywood could never quite figure out what to do with him, he should have been much bigger in movies here

This is sad. Beautifully understated performances in The Lunchbox, The Namesake, Piku and of course The Life of Pi .

I'm sincerely upset by this. He brought such warmth and humanity to every role he was in. Just a few weeks ago, my wife and I sat down with PUZZLE, and while by no means a spectacular film, it was nice to share so much time with him (and the just-as-wonderful, Kelly Macdonald).

He was wonderful as a complicated older man in the otherwise disappointing third season of In Treatment, it’s a shame we will never see him live the part. He was so convincing that, it being the first thing I’d ever seen him in, I had no idea he was a good thirty years younger than his character until I saw him in something else!

domino harvey wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:06 pm

Never Cursed wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:59 am Irrfan Khan of colorectal cancer, though some reports say that he is merely in the ICU rather than dead. If true, he was just 53.

Horrible news if true. Such a great scene stealer— I never understood why Hollywood could never quite figure out what to do with him, he should have been much bigger in movies here

His very small part in The Darjeeling Limited is moving beyond words. An excellent actor. LQ says The Lunchbox is very charming if you haven't seen it yet (like me).

It is indeed a very pleasant movie. A sort of sea breeze wherein he again plays someone of a retiring personality beyond his years. He's also great in a different way in the Hamlet adaptation Haider.

Khan's presence in The Namesake looms over every scene of that movie, which is all the more remarkable given that he's not in as much of it as you'd think. He was quite emotionally haunting. Though I only saw it the once when it came out in 2007, I'm surprised by how much it holds in my memory. I'm saddened by his passing but moved to hear his work similarly touched so many others.

Professor Wagstaff wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:14 pm Khan's presence in The Namesake looms over every scene of that movie, which is all the more remarkable given that he's not in as much of it as you'd think.

This is spot on. Not many movies come to mind where one performance swings the outcome so much (maybe Val Kilmer in Tombstone). The Namesake is unwatchable without Khan and unmissable with him.

mfunk9786 wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:17 pm His very small part in The Darjeeling Limited is moving beyond words.

This is always what comes to mind first for me when I think of him. Truly moving beyond words, and without offering many words himself. He breathes the nonverbal communication around emotion of typically Eastern cultures in a manner that is subtly accessible to Western audiences. It's a profound performance that requires both innate and skillful abilities in dialectal exhibition, more than it appears.

We also should not forget his lead role in Asif Kapadia's film The Warrior.

(EDIT: Here's a tribute by Kapadia in The Guardian)

knives wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:25 pm It is indeed a very pleasant movie. A sort of sea breeze wherein he again plays someone of a retiring personality beyond his years. He's also great in a different way in the Hamlet adaptation Haider.

His best Indian performance IMHO is in Haider director Vishal Bhardwaj’s first Shakespeare adaptation Maqbool (2003) in which he plays the Macbeth character.

Wonderful actor, his Indian work gave him more to do than his Hollywood roles although as domino pointed out, he was amazing in s3 of In Treatment.

RIP. A great actor. Before his passing, I might have called him the greatest Indian actor alive.

In his native language in which he was more comfortable obviously, you saw even greater ease in his performance style. Superbly talented and had that intangible something which makes someone arresting for a movie camera.

A loss for sure.

Have to admit I'm partial to Aamir Khan (insert appropriate Tiny Toons clip here) though that might be just because I've seen him in about a million things.

Nasir007 wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:44 am RIP. A great actor. Before his passing, I might have called him the greatest Indian actor alive.

In his native language in which he was more comfortable obviously, you saw even greater ease in his performance style. Superbly talented and had that intangible something which makes someone arresting for a movie camera.

A loss for sure.

Nawzuddin probably his only Indian competition IMHO.

Paan Singh Tomar, a non-mainstream Bollywood drama about an athlete turned bandit featuring a great lead performance from Khan, is available on Netflix US and Canada. Nawazuddin also shares the screen with Khan.