Irrfan Khan, who is currently undergoing treatment in London for a rare neuro endocrine tumour, on Monday announced that he would no longer be able to become a part of Amazon's series 'Gormint' owing to his health conditions. 'Gormint' is a satire about a struggling actor who tries to revive his career by taking on the title of Cultural Minister.
The show, created by All India Bakchod’s (AIB) Gursimran Khamba, had been in production for several months. Many scenes had already been shot and Irrfan was really enjoying working on the show.
“With a heavy heart I would like to say that due to this ongoing situation, I will not be able to fulfil my acting commitment to the show,” Irrfan said in a statement.
Read Irrfan's full post here -
Khamba shared a picture from the sets on Instagram and wrote, “I’d like to inform everyone that due to Irrfan sir’s unfortunate health situation we’ve jointly decided that he no longer be cast in the show. Over the last year as we worked on the show he’s been everything from a friend, teacher to a mentor and I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to collaborate with him. Life mein aise mauke kam hi milte hain - but abhi jo bhi likhoonga cliche lagega - toh woh saari stories baad mein.”
“For now from me and all of us at AIB, all we want is for him to get healthy and healed so we can plan more shenanigans together in the future. I still look forward to excitable 3 am calls from him with terrific random ideas for the show. And with a heavy heart, as we all begin to imagine and work on the show without him, I can only hope that we will still make something worthy of the vision and passion sir showed for it. Get well and be better soon! Abhi bahut designs ke kurte try karne hain," he added.
“Amazon Prime Video, along with the show’s creators and cast, are deeply saddened by this news,” said Amazon Prime Video India director and content head Vijay Subramaniam.
“Irrfan has been – and will continue to remain a part of the Amazon family. We wish him a speedy and successful recovery and look forward to watching the show with him sitting right next to us."
Irrfan had to earlier pull out of the Sapna Didi biopic for the same reason. He recently appeared in 'Karwaan'.
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