Trigger warning: This article mentions the death of a person.
Late actor Irrfan Khan entertained the audience for many years before his demise in the year 2020. The comedy-drama film Angrezi Medium was his last film to release before his tragic demise. In a recent interview, his co-star, actress Radhikka Madan talked about the time when he told her that the world will remember him for sharing the screen with her in the film.
Speaking to Shubhankar Mishra, Radhikka Madan went down memory lane and recalled shooting for Irrfan Khan’s last film, Angrezi Medium, before his demise in April 2020. When asked if she was aware of the senior actor’s deteriorating health, the actress said that everyone, including director Homi Adajania, was shielding her from the information, fearing that it would affect her acting because She was relatively new to the industry.
In the conversation, he recalled shooting the last leg of the film in London when he interacted with Khan. Madan said that after filming their last scene together, on the last day, he requested the actor for a selfie. Then Hindi Medium asked him, “Will you always remember my company? (You will go with me.) That’s the last thing he said to me. That’s when I knew things were not right,” expressed an emotional Radhikka. After the shooting of the film, he was told that his health was deteriorating.
The actress also recalled that after the last scene that they shot together, she saw the late actor losing his energy and becoming emotionally and mentally exhausted. The Shiddat actress said that this was the first time that she saw his eyes empty and she did not realize anything. When she asked Homi about it, he told her to keep giving it to him no matter what.
After Irrfan Khan breathed his last, Radhikka Madan shared a memory of shooting the film with him on social media. He shared a picture from the sets and celebrated the phenomenon people call Irrfan.
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Angrezi Medium was released theatrically on March 13, 2020, and Irrfan died on April 29, 2020.
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