Veteran actor Dilip Kumar passes away aged 98: Tributes pour in for the Tragedy King

The burial ceremony of the actor is ready to happen at 5 pm on Wednesday. (File picture)

Dilip Kumar: Veteran actor Dilip Kumar handed away on Wednesday on the age of 98. Tributes have been pouring in from your entire movie fraternity, which has been left bereaved in addition to the demise of the legendary actor, who breathed his final within the Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai after having been hospitalised there for a fortnight. Dilip Kumar had been going through some common well being points for fairly a while now. In keeping with a report in IE, the actor was affected by a sophisticated prostate most cancers, attributable to which he had been receiving therapy for 3 to 4 months now.

The most cancers had unfold to different organs in his physique, the report mentioned, including that he suffered from kidney failure as nicely. Medical doctors have been cited as saying that Dilip Kumar had wanted a number of blood transfusions, and the final one they carried out didn’t assist a lot. He had turn into unresponsive previously few days, the report added.

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His demise was introduced by his pal Faisal Farooqui from Dilip Kumar’s official Instagram and Twitter accounts.

Quickly after the information of his demise broke out, tributes and condolences began pouring in for the ‘Tragedy King’ from the movie business.

Amitabh Bachchan paid his respects through a tweet through which he wrote that with the demise of Dilip Kumar, an establishment had gone, including that the historical past of the Indian cinema would at all times be divided right into a pre-Dilip Kumar period and a post-Dilip Kumar period.

In the meantime, actor Ajay Devgn wrote that he was heartbroken on the demise of the “timeless actor”, with whom he had shared many moments, each on-stage and off-stage.

The tributes weren’t restricted to the assorted movie industries in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally condoled the dying of the actor, saying that he can be remembered as a “cinematic legend”, who had been capable of enthrall audiences throughout generations attributable to his “unparalleled brilliance”.

Dilip Kumar, although referred to as the Tragedy King, was a way actor who contributed to Bollywood in movies throughout Comedy, Romance and Drama genres amongst others in a profession that spanned over 50 years. The actor had been conferred with India’s second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, and had additionally acquired the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, which is the very best honour in India to be bestowed for the artform. Dilip Kumar was additionally a recipient of the very best civilian award from Pakistan – Nishan-e-Imtiaz.

The burial ceremony of the actor is ready to happen at 5 pm on Wednesday, on the Juhu Qabrastan in Mumbai’s Santacruz.