Published: 01:18 PM, 28 December 2025
Irrfan Khan’s health deteriorated while shooting Angrezi Medium
Actor Irrfan Khan was last seen in Homi Adajania’s Angrezi Medium, which was released just days before his death in 2020. Now, costume designer Smriti Chauhan has revealed that the actor was in terrible pain while shooting his final film, adding that his health deteriorated while filming the project.
She recalled that Irrfan would visibly “shrink” as the shoot progressed, and filming had to be cancelled on some days as he was unable to work due to the severe pain.
Costume designer Smriti Chauhan looked back at working with Irrfan on Angrezi Medium in the latest episode of Unfolding Talents (UT) on Digital Commentary channel on YouTube. Smriti recalled noticing that he was growing visibly weaker as the shoot progressed.
Smriti said, “He was in a lot of pain when we were shooting Angrezi Medium. He only told me one thing, ‘Smriti, I get very cold’, so he told me about this one brand in London, and he said that please get me warmers from there and I said sure. During the shoot of the film also he kept shrinking. We had to add a lot of padding to his clothes in that phase. Even though we gave him a lot of layers, we still had to add a lot of padding.”
Costume designer Smriti Chauhan looked back at working with Irrfan on Angrezi Medium in the latest episode of Unfolding Talents (UT) on Digital Commentary channel on YouTube. Smriti recalled noticing that he was growing visibly weaker as the shoot progressed.
Smriti said, “He was in a lot of pain when we were shooting Angrezi Medium. He only told me one thing, ‘Smriti, I get very cold’, so he told me about this one brand in London, and he said that please get me warmers from there and I said sure. During the shoot of the film also he kept shrinking. We had to add a lot of padding to his clothes in that phase. Even though we gave him a lot of layers, we still had to add a lot of padding.”
Costume designer Smriti Chauhan looked back at working with Irrfan on Angrezi Medium in the latest episode of Unfolding Talents (UT) on Digital Commentary channel on YouTube. Smriti recalled noticing that he was growing visibly weaker as the shoot progressed.
Smriti said, “He was in a lot of pain when we were shooting Angrezi Medium. He only told me one thing, ‘Smriti, I get very cold’, so he told me about this one brand in London, and he said that please get me warmers from there and I said sure. During the shoot of the film also he kept shrinking. We had to add a lot of padding to his clothes in that phase. Even though we gave him a lot of layers, we still had to add a lot of padding.”
