“Not easy but optimistic of victory”: Irrfan Khan’s wife on his rare disease

NEW DELHI: Actor Irrfan Khan’s wife Sutapa Sikdar in a Facebook published on Friday posed thanked to all fans of the actor and also requested to refrain from “wasting precious energies to only know what” is the “rare disease” Irrfan is suffering from.

In the post, Sutapa opened up about her husband’s health saying that Irrfan is a “warrior” and that he is “fighting every obstacle with tremendous grace and beauty.”

On her unverified Facebook page, Sutapa wrote: “I apologise for not answering calls and messages but I want all of you to know I am truly humbled indebted for ever for the wishes prayers and concern from all over the world.” Last week, Irrfan Khan released his statement on social media, in which he said that he has contracted a “rare disease” and that he would share the details after he receives a “conclusive diagnosis.”

Sutapa wrote on Facebook: “I am at present focused in the strategies of the battlefield which I have to conquer. It wasn’t and isn’t going to be easy but the hope ignited by the magnitude of family ,friends and fans of Irrfan has made me only optimistic and almost sure of the victory.”

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Irrfan Khan had earlier tweeted he was diagnosed with a “rare disease”: