Famous Bollywood actor Irfan Khan’s mother Saeedah Begum has passed away in India, however, the actors could not attend her mother’s last rites.

According to Indian media reports, 95-year-old Saeedah Begum died in the Indian city of Jaipur, while Irfan Khan is in Mumbai and could not attend her mother’s funeral due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Reportedly, Irfan Khan had attended the funeral proceedings via video call.

It is to be noted that due to Coronavirus, severe lockdown has been imposed in India and all domestic and international flights have been suspended.

Past few years were so difficult for  Irfan Khan as he was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour in March 2018 and had moved from India to UK for treatment.

He returned to India in 2019 after recovering and after that his film ‘English Medium’ was released which proved to be successful.