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Costume Designer Details Irrfan Khan’s Pain and On-Set Struggles During Angrezi Medium

A new interview recounts adjustments during his final shoot, with some days cancelled.

Overview

  • Smriti Chauhan told the Digital Commentary channel that Irrfan Khan was in severe pain and visibly “shrinking” as filming progressed.
  • The costume team added extensive padding and extra layers to his outfits, including padding inside a vest for summer sequences.
  • Chauhan said Khan asked for specific warmers from a London brand, telling her he gets very cold.
  • She recalled that filming was sometimes called off when he could not reach the set, and that his family stayed close as he took breaks to cope.
  • The recollections, reported this week by Indian Express and Hindustan Times, revisit his last performance released days before his April 2020 death following a 2018 neuroendocrine tumour diagnosis.