Bollywood icon Irrfan Khan, who played a patient on HBO's In Treatment, dies at 53

The Guardian

Khan, one of India's best-loved actors who was seen as a "vital bridge between Bollywood and Hollywood," appeared in seven episodes of the HBO's In Treatment in 2010, playing Sunil, a retired math teacher from India who's striking to cope with living with his in-laws in America after his wife died. In a 2010 Vulture interview, Khan said of preparing for the role: "First my concern was to explore him emotionally. This is the first time I thought that whatever experience I had in my life had fallen short. So you try different things. The last three episodes I just listened to one Indian song over and over, which just put me in this mental state; it takes you in a different space completely."