He was a man who achieved what few actors manage to do -- success in two of the world's biggest film industries, Hollywood and Bollywood. But, according to his biographer, Irrfan Khan didn't let the fame get to his head.
Khan was widely beloved in India, but also scored the kinds of roles in Hollywood that no other Indian actor has managed to get, according to Aseem Chhabra, a film journalist who wrote a biography about Khan called"Irrfan Khan: The Man, the Dreamer, the Star."
Indian Prime Minister tweeted that Khan's death was a"loss to the world of cinema and theatre," while American actor Chris Pratt -- who starred alongside Khan in"Jurassic World" --Khan was born in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. He came from a modest, middle-class family, who didn't hold any dreams of movie stardom, Chhabra said.
He quickly gained national recognition in the following years, with roles in other award-nominated and winning films like"Life In A...Metro" and"The Lunchbox." While many of India's Bollywood stars play singing, dancing, romantic leads, Khan tended to play more serious roles, Chhabra said. Khan rose to international fame in 2008 when he played a police inspector in British director Danny Boyle's crime drama"Slumdog Millionaire," which won eight Academy Awards and seven BAFTA Awards."That opened up doors for him in a very big way," Chhabra said.
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