‘Ye Zindagi ke mela, Dunniya mein kam na honge, Afsos hum na honge’ (There will be lots of merry moments in this word and sadly I will not be there), a line from the Hindi film ‘Mela’ (1948) starring Dilip Kumar and Nargis. Dilip Kumar (Mohammad Yusuf Khan) the greatest Indian Bollywood star ever breathed his last on the morning of Wednesday at the age of 98 in Mumbai and was buried in the evening ending a golden era of Hindi movies. It is unlikely that Indian film industry will have another star of the height Dilip Kumar left behind. He was one of the heroes of our time and my generation grew up watching his movies. He acted in only 63 movies and these 63 movies have made him not only immortal in the Hindi movie world but also transformed him into a legend of India’s movie industry. The song mentioned was sung in the film ‘Mela’ by another maestro Mohammad Rafi who died on July 31, 1980. While doing a running commentary India’s Doordarshan played the song in the
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Babil has penned an emotional tribute to late actor Dilip Kumar, who passed away on July 7. The aspiring actor revealed that he was at his farmhouse and when he got the news, he rushed to Mumbai to pay a tribute to the ‘master’. “I was at our farmhouse, preparing for ‘Qala’ when I got the news, how ashamed I was to have not been able to do this in time, for the death of a man that inspired Baba and I for uncountable ages. I didn’t have any telecommunication network and I literally rushed back to Mumbai just to be able to pay tribute to the master.”
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Considered one of the greatest actors on Indian cinema celluloid, Dilip Kumar’s demise spread a pall of gloom across the film industry and his fans across the globe. Tributes poured in, right from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to legends of various fields like Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bachchan. Among those who mourned his loss were Adnan Sami and Sayyeshaa, who were related to the legendary actor.
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MUMBAI â If the word âKhanâ is associated with superstardom today, let it not be forgotten that the first and true-blue superstar with that name was Dilip Kumar, real name Mohammed Yusuf Khan. And he has remained a textbook in acting for generations, a fount so rich that even those who self-admittedly copied him became huge names themselves.
As Shahid Kapoor candidly tweeted in his tribute: âWe 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 breathtaking performances. You will live on forever sir. You are TIMELESS. Rest in peace.â