The Legend of Dilip Kumar: From Reel To Real
The movie enthusiasts always compare the celebrity couple of B-Town with the star couple of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali and Zeba
The legendary Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar died this morning after prolonged illness in a hospital in Mumbai.
Let’s have a look at the reel and real life of the iconic personality.
The actor was born in 1922 in Pakistan’s city of Peshawar and made his acting debut in Bollywood with Jwar Bhata in 1944 and worked in more than 65 movies.
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The veteran actor tied the knot with much younger actress Saira Banu in 1966 and the love birds never spent a moment apart.
Saira was so much in love with Sahab (she used to call him with this name) that upon receiving the news of his demise, her first reaction was like, “God snatched away my reason for living”.
The movie enthusiasts always compare the celebrity couple of B-Town with the star couple of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali and Zeba.
Similar to Kumar and Saira, Pakistani iconic Muhammad Ali married his colleague Zeba who was years younger than the legend.
Both celebrity couples lived happily together till death did them apart.
It has been a coincidence that both the male actors left this mortal world leaving their sobbing wives behind.
Both couples have no children and the partners in each remained obsessed with the other half.
The news left the Indian film industry in a jolt and the social media brimmed with condolences on the loss of a megastar.
The members of the fraternity rushed to show succor to grief-stricken Saira Bano including Shahrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor.
#ShahRukhKhan comforts an inconsolable #SairaBanu as she grieves the loss of veteran actor #DilipKumar. pic.twitter.com/QCSs3uoJzt
— Filmfare (@filmfare) July 7, 2021
Bollywood’s megastar Amitabh Bachchan shared a heartfelt note on the demise of a dazzling star.
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
The Indian fortnightly magazine Filmfare replaced its display picture of the Twitter handle with Dilip Kumar’s snap.
One of the social media users shared an excerpt of veteran actor Rishi Kapoor’s autobiography “Khullam Khulla” where the iconic actor wrote about the love Dilip had for his father Raj Kapoor.
The tragedy king of Bollywood left the sub-continent mourning including the Prime Minister Pakistan Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi.
Saddened to learn of Dilip Kumar’s passing. I can never forget his generosity in giving his time to help raise funds for SKMTH when project launched. This is the most difficult time – to raise first 10% of the funds & his appearance in Pak & London helped raise huge amounts.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) July 7, 2021
Sorry to see Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan) depart from his worldly abode. An outstanding actor, a humble man, and a dignified personality. Condolences to the immediate family and his huge family of admirers. May his soul rest in peace. اِنَّا لِلّٰہِ وَاِنَّآ اِلَیْہِ رَاجِعُوْنَ
— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) July 7, 2021
Not only this, the citizens of Peshawar always had a special feeling for the star and on his demise, they expressed their condolences with the late actor’s wife.
Additionally, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for Information Kamran Bangash also shared a heartwarming message for the legendary actor.
