Dr. Jalil Parkar, a pulmonologist at Mumbai’s PD Hinduja Hospital announced the demise of Veteran actor Dilip Kumar who died at the age of 98.
“With a heavy heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab, few minutes ago,” family friend Faisal Farooqui wrote in a tweet from the actor’s official account. “We are from God and to Him we return,” he added.
I announce the passing of our beloved Dilip Saab, who passed away a few minutes ago, with a heavy heart and profound grief.
He was admitted to the hospital on June 30 after experiencing breathlessness, according to Faisal. Dilip Kumar was admitted to the hospital on June 6 due to a similar complaint.
After being diagnosed with bilateral pleural effusion, which is a build-up of excess fluid between the layers of the pleura outside the lungs, the Hindi film veteran underwent a successful pleural aspiration procedure. After five days, he was released.
Dilip Kumar made his acting debut in the film Jwar Bhata, where he was born Mohammed Yusuf Khan (1944). Kumar appeared in over 65 films during his five-decade career. He is best known for his roles in the romantic Andaz (1949), the swashbuckling Aan (1952), the social drama Daag (1952), the dramatic Devdas (1955), the comedic Azaad (1955), the epic historical Mughal-e-Azam (1960), the social dacoit crime drama Gunga Jamuna (1961), and the comedy Ram Aur Shyam (1961). (1967).
Last year, the actor lost both of his brothers to Covid-19 in the span of two weeks. Dilip, on the other hand, had been kept in the dark about their deaths. Saira Banu, his wife, survives him.
