In this March 27, 2014 photo, Best Actor winner Irrfan Khan poses with his trophy during the Asian Film Awards in Macao. (PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP)

MUMBAI - Irrfan Khan, an Indian actor who brought versatility and style to recent hit films and had roles in Hollywood movies such as Life of Pi and The Namesake, died in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday, aged 54.

Diagnosed with cancer in 2018, Irrfan Khan underwent medical treatment in London last year before returning to India to complete his film Angrezi Medium 

Diagnosed with cancer in the year 2018, the actor underwent medical treatment in London last year, before returning to India to complete the sequel of his Hindi Medium film Angrezi Medium that was released last month.

The Bollywood actor had also starred in the Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.

Social media was flooded with wishes and condolences after the news came out on Wednesday morning.

Shoojit Sarkar, director of the film Piku in his tweet said, "My dear friend Irfaan. You fought and fought and fought. I will always be proud of you."

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Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan's wife Sutapa Sikdar (center) arrives at the Kokilaben Ambani hospital in Mumbai on April 29, 2020. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)

Making his screen debut with Academy Award-nominated film Salaam Bombay! in 1988, Irrfan's highest-grossing Hindi film was the critically acclaimed comedy-drama Hindi Medium released in 2017, which became a sleeper hit in India and China.

In April 2018, the film Hindi Medium released in China grossed US$3.1 million on its opening day and mopped up US$14 million in the first three days of the release in the East Asian country.

In a film career spanning three decades, Irrfan featured in over 50 Hindi films and was recognized with National Film Award for biographical sports drama Paan Singh Tomar in 2011, as also with India's fourth-highest civilian honor, Padma Shri, for his contribution to films. His other successful films were The Lunchbox in 2013 and Piku in 2015 among several others.