Irrfan Khan is now in Dhaka
The Bollywood heartthrob arrived in the city yesterday.Irrfan has come to Dhaka to shoot for Bangla feature film Doob. Eminent filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, who is directing the movie, received Khan at the city’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday morning. Irrfan will start shooting for the film at different locations of the country from Sunday. The other cast of the film includes Rokeya Prachi, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Nader Chowdhury and Parno Mittra, among others.The film is being produced jointly by Jazz Multimedia of Bangladesh, SK Movies of Kolkata and Irrfan Khan.Sahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan, credited as Irrfan Khan or simply Irrfan, is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema.He is also known for his works in British films, and Hollywood. Film critics, contemporaries, and other experts consider him to be one of the finest actors in Indian cinema for his versatile and natural acting.In 2011, Khan received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, for his contribution to the field of arts.Khan has garnered the National Film Award for Best Actor in the 60th National Film Awards 2012, for his performance in Paan Singh Tomar.Khan has won the 2014 Asian Film Award for Best Actor, three International Indian Film Academy Awards, three Filmfare Awards, an Independent Spirit Award nomination, and various international honours. He also hosted a television show and commercials. As of 2015, he had appeared in more than 50 Indian films in Bollywood, and few international films, such as Life of Pi and Jurassic World, with a featured role alongside Tom Hanks in the 2016 adaptation of Dan Brown's novel Inferno. In September, 2015, he was appointed as the brand ambassador for Resurgent Rajasthan, a campaign by the state government of Rajasthan.