Irrfan Khan recently tweeted about his ‘rare disease’, making thousands of his fan worried for him. His colleagues from industry including Abhishek Bachchan, Suneil Shetty, Paresh Rawal and Rekha Bhardwaj, along with his numerous fans tweeted back their good wishes for him.

Meanwhile, rumours about him suffering from brain cancer and being admitted to Mumbai’s Kokilaben Hospital were circulated on social media and Sutapa Sikdar issued a statement about her husband’s health on Facebook.

In the statement, she thanked Irrfan’s fans for the wishes and their concern while urging them to stop speculating about the disease.

The statement read:

“My best friend and my partner is a ‘warrior’ he is fighting every obstacle with tremendous grace and beauty. I apologize for not answering calls msgs, but I want all of you to know I am truly humbled indebted forever for the wishes prayers and concern from all over the world. My humble request to all of you is to concentrate on the song of life, to dance of life to victory. My family will soon join in this dance of life. Thank you all from bottom of our heart.”