RIP Dilip Kumar: PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn and others mourn legendary actor s demise
Dilip Kumar s last film was Qila , which was released in 1998. He is now survived by his wife and veteran actor Saira Banu. Dilip Kumar | File photo
Updated: Jul 7, 2021, 08:58 AM IST
Legendary actor Dilip Kumar, best known as Tragedy King, is no more. Dilip Kumar died on Wednesday morning at Mumbai s PD Hinduja Hospital. He was 98.
The news of his demise is confirmed by Dr Jaleel Parkar, Pulmonologist, who was treating the veteran actor. Dilip Kumar s friend Faisal Farooqi has also shared the sad news on the former s Twitter handle. 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, Farooqi tweeted.
1. Acting career
For the record, Dilip Kumar quit acting in 1998. That was the year Yusuf saab as he was widely known to friends and fans alike last faced the camera for Umesh Mehra s Qila . If the actor was never seen on screen over the past two decades since its release, the rest of the film s primary cast including Rekha, Mukul Dev and Mamta Kulkarni have also all but vanished, and director Mehra stopped making films nearly two decades ago. Qila , an otherwise forgotten attempt, will continue to garner recall value because it was the last film of one of Bollywood s greatest.
Dilip Kumar Passed Away CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Jyotiraditya Scindia pay tribute to Dilip Kumar naidunia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from naidunia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.