The veteran Bollywood actor, Dilip Kumar has left the Indian cinema in tears with his passing on Wednesday 7th July. He was famous for his mega hit movies like Mughal-E-Azam, Saudagar & Naya Daur.
The entire Bollywood fraternity is in mourning this tragic news. Dilip Kumar’s official twitter account also confirmed the news of his passing.
His funeral will be held today at 5 PM. Dilip Kumar was suffering from advanced prostate cancer which had also affected other organs of his body. According to medical sources , “He had water in pleural cavity, and he suffered a kidney failure. He required blood transfusion multiple times.”
Remembering Dilip Kumar’s movies
Dilip kumar did not confine himself to limited genres, he is popularly regarded as the “Tragedy King”. In his career of over 5 decades, he worked on various diverse roles. He was a trend setter and he inspired many generations. He is known as the star of the Golden Age of Cinema. Some of the names of his best and most popular films among others are:
- Devdas
- Mughal-e-Azam
- Kranti
- Ram Aur shayam
- Madhumati
- Saudagar
Dilip Kumar was born in the area of Qissa Khawani bazar, Peshawar on 11 December 1922. He was born to Ayesha Begum and Lala Ghulam Sarwar. He was was one of twelve siblings, and he later moved to #Mumbai in the late 1930s with his family. Dilip Kumar had visited Pakistan twice, to bring India and Pakistan together.
Dilip Kumar is the only Indian actor who received Pakistan’s highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz.
He has received India’s highest award for artform, Dadasaheb Phalke in 1944. Dilip Kumar also received India’s second highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan in 2015. He is regarded as the only Indian actor to receive the maximum number of awards by the Guinness World Record.
His death has left many Indian stars mourning. The actor, Sanjay Dutt posted that Dilip Kumar was like a father for him.
Many stars including Shah Rukh Khan were seen visiting his residence to pay respects.
He was also seen condoling with Saira Bano -famous bollywood actress from yesteryears and Dilip Kumar’s wife.
Condolences pour in from across the border
Condolences poured in from different Pakistan with PM Imran Khan tweeting about Dilip Kumar’s death where he also thanked .
PM Imran Khan further called him the greatest and the most versatile actor in another tweet.
Other leaders like Special Assistant to PM Zulfi Bukhari also remembered his work in a statement on twitter.
