The legendary actor Dilip Kumar exhaled his last breath on Wednesday at the age of 98 years.
He was hospitalized on June 30.
Confirming the death of veteran actors, his familymate tweeted, “with a heavy heart and deep sadness, I announced a pass that died.
Our Saab diliped ears, a few minutes ago.
We come from God and to him we return.
– Faisal Farooqui.”
Born Mohammed Yusuf Khan, the actor has changed his name to led Kumar at the pressure of Devika Rani, when entering the film industry in 1944.
In an interview before, he admitted that it was ‘Pitayi Ka Darr’ which led to changes in names since his father, was not impressed With a salary of four film industry figures, referring to his profession as Nautanki.
Dilip Saab made his Bollywood debut with ‘Jwar Bhata’, trained by Ashok Kumar to be ‘natural’ when acting.
However, it was only in 1947, with Noor Jehan-Starrer ‘Jugnu’ that the actor got his first hit box office.
It was followed by more blockbuster like ‘Shaheed’ and ‘Mela’.
In a career that stretched for five decades, Khan was first, because he was called, working as many as 65 films.
That’s the dedication to the craft after a series of tragic roles in films like ‘Nadiya to Paar’, ‘Mela’, ‘Danaz’, ‘Jogan’, ‘Arzoo’, ‘Tarana’, “, ‘prayer’, ‘Shikast’ , ‘Amar’ ‘Devdas’, ‘Diya Diya Dard Liya’, ‘Aadmi’, ‘Madhumati’, he claimed to suffer from depression.
On a psychiatric recommendation, he then began to take a light role but not before he was dubbed the king of tragedy.
Dilip Saab continues to hold Guinness World Record to win the maximum number of awards by Indian actors.
He was the only actor who received eight filmfare awards for the best actors and one lifelong achievement for filmfare.
‘Ganga Jamuna’, he wrote, produced, and starred, received a national film award for the second best feature film in Hindi, Paul Revere Silver Bowl at the Boston International Film Festival, a special honorary Diploma of the Academy of Czechoslowak art.
In Prague, and special gifts at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Besides being recognized because his body worked, Dilip Saab was also awarded several civilian awards on both sides of the border.
He was appointed by Sheriff of Mumbai in 1980.
The Indian government has honored the philanthropists with Padma Bhushan in 1991, Award Dadasaheb Phalke in 1994, and Padma Vibhushan in 2015.
Dilip Saab was also nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament , by the Indian National Congress for the 2000-2006 period from Maharashtra.
The Andhra Pradesh government respects him with the NTR National Award in 1997.
The Pakistani government gave Kumar with Nishan-e-Imtiaz, the highest civilian award in Pakistan, in 1998.
The era has ended with a death of one of the last veteran actors from the gold period of Indian cinema.
Dilip Saab may not exist anymore but his inheritance will continue to live.
