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(Clockwise) Dilip Kumar smiles after receiving a lifetime achievement award from India’s president Pratibha Patil (unseen) during the national film awards ceremony in New Delhi in Sept 2008. Saira Bano, the actor’s wife, is consoled by Shahrukh Khan at her residence in Mumbai. Police stand guard outside the mosque during the funeral. Film director Subhash Ghai pays his respects at Dilip Kumar’s residence.—Reuters/AFP DILIP Kumar, who passed away on Wednesday in Mumbai at the age of 98, was the yardstick by which the performances of all other actors in the Sub-continent were judged –...

: Thursday, July 8, 2021, 10:37 AM IST When Dilip Kumar saw a completely naked girl on his bed while working at Pune's Army Club This was his first job, when reportedly the corporal's daughter entered Kumar’s room and sprawled on his bed completely naked. When Dilip Kumar published his autobiography "The Substance and the Shadow" in 2014, it unleashed a wave of startling anecdotes. Among these, was an incident from the time he ran a sandwich stall at Pune's Army Club. This was his first job, when reportedly the corporal's daughter entered Kumar’s room and sprawled on his bed comple...

Posted on July 7th, 2021 By Rohana R. Wasala Dilip Kumar died today, July 7, 2021. The following is a marginally updated version of a review I wrote of the legendary actor’s autobiography  Dilip Kumar – The Substance and the Shadow” immediately after its publication in 2014. The review was published in The Island Satmag supplement on October 04, 2014 under the heading: , still accessible in The Island archives.  ‘DILIP KUMAR – The Substance and the Shadow’ (2014) published by Hay House India  is the autobiography of  legendary Hindi cinema actor Dilip ...

Chandigarh, July 7 Dilip Kumar’s ancestral home, where he was born and spent his early days, recently made it to the news, for the Pakistani Government wished to buy it and turn it into a museum, along with Raj Kapoor’s ancestral property. The house, located in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is more than 100 years old, and has been declared a national heritage of Pakistan. Raj Kapoor was not only Dilip Kumar’s contemporary. Their association goes back to living in neigbouring “havelis”, being schoolmates and studying in the same college (Khalsa College). A...

NEW DELHI: Tributes poured in on Wednesday from actors, politicians, sports stars and even an animal rights group after much-loved Bollywood veteran Dilip Kumar died aged 98. Born Mohammed Yusuf Khan in Peshawar in 1922, Kumar became a major star in Indian cinema’s golden age between the 1940s and 1960s, starring in nearly 60 films in a career spanning 50 years. “Dilip Kumar... will be remembered as a cinematic legend,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Twitter. “He was blessed with unparalleled brilliance, due to which audiences across generations were enthralled. His passi...