Irrfan Khan
From nothing to everything
Here's a time line of Irrfan's Life
- 1967 - Born in Rajasthan, India
- 1984 - Joined National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi to study acting
- 1987 - Khan made his debut with Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay where he as offered a minor role.
- 1990 - He appeared in the critically acclaimed films Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990) and Such a Long Journey as well as various other films, which went unnoticed.
- 1998 - Played Valmiki in Sanjay Khan's serial Jai Hanuman.
- 2001 - Asif Kapadia cast him as the lead in The Warrior, a historical film completed in 11 weeks on location in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan.
- 2004 - He won the Filmfare Best Villain Award for his role in Haasil.
- 2005 - His first Bollywood lead role came in 2005 with Rog. His performance was praised by critics; one wrote, "Irfaan's eyes speak louder than his words and every time he is in frame, be it talking to his buddy Manish or arguing with Suhel, he shows his capability as an actor".
- 2007 - He appeared in the box office hits The Namesake and Life in a... Metro.
- 2008 - Khan played a police inspector in the film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he and the cast of the movie won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- 2016 - He also starred in Madaari, a 2016 Indian social thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat
- 2015 - He played the lead role in the film Piku alongside Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan.
- 2013 - He starred in The Lunchbox, which won the Grand Rail d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and received a BAFTA nomination, and became his highest-grossing Hindi film to date.
- 2020 - Khan's final film appearance was in Angrezi Medium, directed by Homi Adajania.