{"id":322714,"date":"2020-04-29T11:51:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=322714"},"modified":"2020-04-29T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:51:24","slug":"irrfan-khan-will-be-remembered-for-his-versatile-performances-across-different-mediums-pm-modi-pays-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/irrfan-khan-will-be-remembered-for-his-versatile-performances-across-different-mediums-pm-modi-pays-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Irrfan Khan will be remembered for his versatile performances across different mediums\u2019: PM Modi pays tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-320074 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/modi-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/modi-2.jpg 588w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/modi-2-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/modi-2-498x420.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed grief over the death of Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIrrfan Khan\u2019s demise is a loss to the world of cinema and theatre. He will be remembered for his versatile performances across different mediums. My thoughts are with his family, friends and admirers. May his soul rest in peace,\u201d PM Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Irfan was an asset to Indian film industry, with his demise, nation has lost an exceptional actor and a kind soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAnguished over the sad news of Irfan Khan\u2019s demise. He was a versatile actor, who\u2019s art had earned global fame and recognition. Irfan was an asset to our film industry. In him, the nation has lost an exceptional actor and a kind soul. My condolences to his family and followers,\u201d Shah said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Many actors from film fraternity paid tributes to the versatile actor on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Actor Amitabh Bachchan, who co-starred with Irrfan Khan in Bollywood movie\u00a0Piku in a tweet said, \u201cjust getting news of the passing of Irfaan Khan .. this is a most disturbing and sad news .. An incredible talent .. a gracious colleague .. a prolific contributor to the World of Cinema .. left us too soon .. creating a huge vacuum .. Prayers and duas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Irrfan Khan breathed his last in Mumbai&#8217;s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed grief over the death of Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan. \u201cIrrfan Khan\u2019s demise is a loss to the world of cinema and theatre. He will be remembered for his versatile performances across different mediums. My thoughts are with his family, friends and admirers. May his soul rest in peace,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":320074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[7654,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322720,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322714\/revisions\/322720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/320074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}