Dilip Kumar, Film Star Who Brought Realism to Bollywood, Dies at 98
One of India’s earliest Method actors, he was the last survivor of a triumvirate of actors who ruled Hindi cinema in the 1950s and ’60s.
Dilip Kumar, center right, in 2006 with the actor Shah Rukh Khan, center left, in Mumbai. He was one of three Indian movie stars who defined the post-independence Hindi film hero. Credit.Gautam Singh/Associated Press
By Baradwaj Rangan
Published July 6, 2021Updated July 7, 2021, 12:48 p.m. ET
Dilip Kumar, the last of a triumvirate of actors who ruled Hindi cinema in the 1950s and ’60s, died on Wednesday in Mumbai, India. He was 98.