In a heartbreaking notice, producer and Irrfan Khan’s spouse Sutapa Sikdar on Thursday stated it was troublesome to name the yr passed by the “worst” because the actor was nonetheless by her aspect on final New Year’s eve.
Khan, 54, misplaced his two year-long battle with a uncommon type of most cancers on April 29. Sikdar, who’s Khan’s fellow graduate on the National School of Drama, stated she is struggling to welcome the brand new yr with out his presence.
“It’s so difficult to wish 2020 as the worst year as you were still there. Last year this day next to me, gardening, busy building birds house how can I say goodbye to 2020!! Irrfan I have no idea how to welcome 2021!!” she wrote on Facebook alongside just a few footage with the late star.
The couple has two sons — Babil and Ayaan.
Khan, one in every of India’s most versatile and cherished actors, left an indelible mark on each Indian and worldwide cinema along with his performances in movies like Maqbool, The Lunchbox, Paan Singh Tomar and The Namesake.
His movie The Song of Scorpions, which had its world premiere on the Locarno Film Festival in 2017, is slated to be launched in Indian theatres in early 2021.