“Tragedy King of Bollywood” Dilip Kumar breathed his last today at the age of 98. The entire film fraternity and fans woke up with the unfortunate and painful news of his demise.
According to his doctors, the legendary actor passed away due to prolonged illness.
The actor’s official Twitter account also confirmed the news of his demise, “With a heavy heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab, a few minutes ago. We are from God and to Him, we return – Faisal Farooqui.”
This news was a whammy and left the showbiz industry upset. Dilip Shaab was the last to survive in the trilogy of the Hindi film industry during the 1950s along with Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand. Several Bollywood celebrities took to their social media platforms to express grievances and pay their heartfelt tribute to the legendary actor.
Calling Dilip Kumar an institution, Amitabh Bachchan extended his condolences to the late actor’s family.
Taking to Twitter, he tweets, “T 3958 – An institution has gone .. whenever the history of Indian Cinema will be written, it shall always be ‘before Dilip Kumar, and after Dilip Kumar’ .. My duas for peace of his soul and the strength to the family to bear this loss .. 🤲🤲🤲Deeply saddened .. 🙏.”
T 3958 – An institution has gone .. whenever the history of Indian Cinema will be written , it shall always be ‘before Dilip Kumar, and after Dilip Kumar’ ..
My duas for peace of his soul and the strength to the family to bear this loss .. 🤲🤲🤲
Deeply saddened .. 🙏— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 7, 2021
In another tweet, he pens down deeply saddened quotes.
“T 3958 –“ 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏An epic era has drawn curtains… Never to happen again.. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏” ~ s” he quotes.
T 3958 -” 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
An epic era has drawn curtains… Never to happen again..
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏” ~ s
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 7, 2021
Actor Anil Kapoor took to Instagram and shared a series of pictures with Dilip Kumar.
He wrote, “Our world is a little less bright today because one of our brightest stars has left us for the heavens. Dilip Sahab was very close to my father and I had the tremendous honor of sharing screen space with him in 3 of my most memorable films…He was and will always be the finest & greatest actor of our industry for me…he has inspired generations of artists. Rest in peace Dilip Sahab. You remain in our minds and hearts forever…”
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Sanjay Dutta’s late parents were one of the close colleagues and friends to Kumar Saab. He took to his Instagram and dropped a throwback picture.
“So many special moments with Dilip Saab… he was like a father figure in my life. A huge loss for the film fraternity and for all of us, we have lost a legend today. My deepest condolences to Sairaji, may God give her strength in this tough time” he captioned.
Actress Madhuri Dixit who had collaborated with Dilip Kumar in some of the superhit movies like karma and Izzatdar also expressed her grief on Dilip Sahab’s unfortunate demise.
“Every now & then some individuals come along who single-handedly alter the present & write history… One such legend was Dilip saab for the world of cinema,” tweeted actor Madhuri Dixit sharing pictures.
Akshay Kumar shared a throwback picture of legendary Dilip Kumar and penned down a heartfelt message for him.
“To the world, many others may be heroes. To us actors, he was The Hero. #DilipKumar Sir has taken an entire era of Indian cinema away with him. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. Om Shanti”, tweets Akshay.
Taking to Instagram, actor Shahid Kapoor shared a picture of a late actor and wrote, “We are all nothing but versions of you Dilip Saab. Every actor has studied you in awe. Wondering how you did it all. You were as close to PERFECT as it can get. As you return to your spiritual home. The prayers of millions are with you. Thank you for giving us all you did. And sharing your enlightened soul with us through all your breath-taking performances. You will live on forever sir. You are TIMELESS. Rest in peace.”
Ajay Devgn also took to Twitter and shared a throwback photo with Dilip Kumar. “Shared many moments with the legend…some very personal, some on stage. Yet, nothing really prepared me for his passing away. An institution, a timeless actor. Heartbroken. Deepest condolences to Sairaji #DilipKumar” quotes Ajay Devgn.
Janhvi Kapoor took to her Instagram and shared, “Dilip Saab. I have never seen an actor embody silent dignity the way that you did in Mughal-e-Azam, or look at their lover with as much honesty and devotion as you looked at Anarkali. Never have I seen madness in an actors eyes the way that I saw in yours in Andaz, one that was founded in pain. Or do comedy like you did in Ram aur Shyam with a stillness and an ease that was never typically associated with humour. Everything you did felt like it was grounded in truth. The most dignified, evolved and perceptive screen presence I have ever had the pleasure of watching. Thank you for everything you have imparted to us through your iconic work, your wisdom and your words. You are enormously responsible for encouraging Indian cinema to recognise and value a new kind of artist. One who knows and represents the people with sensitivity and awareness. For encouraging a progress towards realism and truth and showing us that even that can be larger than life, showing us that honesty is what people fall in love with. #RIP Dilip Saab- you are truly irreplaceable. And thank you. ❤️
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Actor Manoj Bajpayee, Raveena Tandon, Karan Johar, and Sunil Shetty are among others who mourned the unfortunate demise of legendary actor and great human Dilip Kumar. Kumar Shabh was survived by his wife Saira Banu. With the passing away of Dilip Kumar, an era has come to end in the Indian film industry.
