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Entertainment EYE JULY 09, 2021 | The Indian Eye 38
eNd OF The GOldeN era
dilip Kumar (1922-2021)
The biggest name of Hindi film industry leaves behind a rich legacy
Our Bureau respects to Dilip Kumar, who Dilip Kumar created magic das’ and ‘Mughal-e-Azam’.
passed away today after pro- on the Indian silver screen with After Dilip Kumar breathed
Mumbai
longed health complications. movies such as ‘Andaz’, ‘Dev- his last in Mumbai today, veter-
eteran actor and Bolly- an Bollywood actors Dharmen-
wood icon Dilip Kumar FamOuS LinES dra and Jeetendra, who both
Vdied at the age of 98 on shared screen space with the
Wednesday after suffering from • devdas: Kaun kambakth hai jo bardasht karne ke liye peeta legend, paid him tributes, and
age-related health issues. As hai. Main toh peeta hoon ke bas saans le sakoon extended condolences to the
the film industry mourned his • Saudagar: Haq hamesha sar jhukake nahin... sar uthake late star’s wife and actor Saira
demise, several stars and poli- maanga jaata hain Banu. “I have lost my brother
ticians arrived at his residence • Mughal-e-azam: Mera dil bhi aapka koi Hindustan nahi ... jis- today. I will live with his mem-
in Mumbai to pay their last re- par aap hukumat karein Shakti Joh log sacchai ki tarafdari ki ories in my heart,” said Dhar-
spects. The legendary actor, kasam khate hain... zindagi unke bade kathin imtihaan leti hain mendra. Remembering the
popularly known as Tragedy • Vidhaata: Jagawar agar zindagi mein bada banna hain... toh ‘Tragedy King’, Jeetendra also
King, was laid to rest with state chhoti harkate chhod do shared, “What can I say about
honours on Wednesday eve- • daag: Din mein iski zaroorat hoti hai zaalim raat toh khud ek this legend, Dilip Kumar Sahab,
ning. sharab hoti hai who showed us the way. Who
For his huge body of work • aadmi: Zindagi bhar doosron ka boj uthataa raha hoon aur showed us how it’s done, with
and remarkable contribution aaj khud ek boj ban gaya hoon so much grace and elan. He has
to Indian cinema, Maharash- been an inspiration to people
tra Chief Minister Uddhav FamOuS SOnGS like me who have aspired to be
Thackeray laid out special ar- • Yahaan badla wafa ka From Daag (1952), com- like him in every possible way.”
rangements for the late actor’s bewafai ke siva kya hai posed by Shankar-Jaikishen Known as Tragedy King,
funeral. Wrapped in tricolour, Noorjehan-Rafi duet, com- and sung by Talat Mehmood Dilip Kumar’s career spanned
Dilip Kumar’s mortal remains posed by Firoz Nizami, was • Suhana safar aur over six decades. He acted in
were buried at Mumbai’s Juhu over 65 films in his career and
Kabristan. He also received a from 1947 hit Jugnu yeh mausam haseen is known for his iconic roles in
gun salute at his funeral. Dil- • Gaaye ja geet milan ke One of Dilip Kumar’s per- movies like ‘Devdas’ (1955),
ip Kumar’s spokesman Faisal Mela (1948) had great songs sonal favourites, from Mad- ‘Naya Daur’ (1957), ‘Mughal-
humati (1958), rendered
by Naushad. This one, sung
Farooqi even shared a video of by Mukesh, was memorable by Mukesh, scored by Salil e-Azam’ (1960), ‘Ganga Jamu-
police personnel draping the ev- • Yeh hawa yeh raat yeh chandni Chowdhury na’ (1961), ‘Kranti’ (1981), and
ergreen star in Indian Flag. Talat Mehmood’s voice suit- • Nain lad jai hain ‘Karma’ (1986).
Megastar Amitabh Bach- His last film was ‘Qila’,
chan, his son Abhishek Bach- ed the thespian; this one by Dilip Kumar did a fast-paced which was released in 1998.
chan and director-producer Sajjad Hussain is a classic folk dance for this Ganga Ja- The evergreen icon is now sur-
from Sangdil (1952)
Subhash Ghai were present • Aye mere dil kahin aur chal muna (1961) number. Nau- vived by his wife and veteran
shad-Rafi combination again
at the funeral to pay their last actor Saira Banu.
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