On Wednesday morning, the Indian legendry actor Dilip Kumar passes away at the age of 98. He was admitted in the Mumbai’s Hinduja hospital, as per the sources.
The sources said he was ill from a long time and was admitted to the hospital because of breathlessness problem. His condition becomes serious and passes away at 7:30 am on Wednesday.
Dillip kumar was one of the greatest stars of his age of Indian cinema. He has unique acting skills and super dialogue delivery style. He played a leading role in the most successful movies made from the 1940s to the 1960s.
His real name was Yusuf Khan, and he was born on December 11, 1922, in Peshawar, Dillip kumar joined India’s cinema after his father moved his family there in the 1930s.
Indian actors and many Pakistani celebrities express intense grief over the loss of legendry actor and pay tribute to him through their social media accounts.
legendary Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan tweeted “An institution has gone… whenever the history of Indian Cinema will be written, it shall always be ‘before Dilip Kumar, & after Dilip Kumar’,”.
Bollywood star Actor Akshay Kumar also went to Twitter to express his grief. “To the world, many others may be heroes. To us actors, he was Hero. Dilip Kumar Sir has taken an entire era of Indian cinema away with him. My thoughts & prayers are with his family,”.
Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi also tweeted that “Indeed to Allah we belong and to Allah we shall return. A huge loss for Yousuf Khan sahib’s fans from KPK to Mumbai & all over the globe. He lives on in our hearts,”.
As well as PM Imran Khan also tweeted that “Saddened to learn of Dilip Kumar’s passing. I can never forget his generosity in giving his time to help raise funds for SKMTH when project launched. Apart from this, for my generation Dilip Kumar was the greatest & most versatile actor,” said the PM.
Many other Indian and Pakistani actors pay tribute or Dilip Kumar sahib including Imran Abbas, Ahmed Ali But, Madhuri Dixit, Ajay Devgan, anupum kher, etc.