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Legendary actor Dilip Kumar breathed his last on Wednesday at the age of 98. He was hospitalised on June 30. Confirming the demise of the veteran actor, his family friend tweeted, With a heavy heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab, few minutes ago. We are from God and to Him we return. - Faisal Farooqui.
Born Mohammed Yusuf Khan, the actor had changed his name to Dilip Kumar on Devika Rani’s insistence, when entering the film industry back in 1944. In an earlier interview, he had admitted that it was ‘pitayi ka darr’ that led to the change in name since his father, unimpressed by the four-figure salary of the film industry, referred to his profession as nautanki.