‘Blessed with unparalleled brilliance’: PM Modi condoles Dilip Kumar’s dying

Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to as Dilip Kumar a “cinematic legend” as he condoled the demise of the veteran actor. The 98-year-old handed away in Mumbai early on Wednesday after a protracted sickness.
“Dilip Kumar Ji will be remembered as a cinematic legend. He was blessed with unparalleled brilliance, due to which audiences across generations were enthralled. His passing away is a loss to our cultural world. Condolences to his family, friends and innumerable admirers. RIP,” PM Modi tweeted.

Dilip Kumar was taken to Mumbai’s Hinduja hospital final Wednesday after he complained of breathlessness – it was the second time he had been hospitalised in the identical month. Kumar suffered from superior prostate most cancers and was present process therapy for the final 3-4 months now. The actor was bedridden for a number of months and had develop into unresponsive in the previous few days. “He had water in the pleural cavity, and he suffered a kidney failure. He required blood transfusion multiple times. We carried the last transfusion but it did not help,” a hospital physician mentioned.
The actor’s official Twitter account additionally confirmed the information of his dying, “With a heavy heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab, few minutes ago. We are from God and to Him we return.”

Dilip Kumar, popularly often called the tragedy king of Bollywood, is survived by spouse and actor Saira Banu.
Some of his best-known movies are Devdas, Mughal-e-Azam, Gunga Jamuna, Ram Aur Shyam, Naya Daur, Madhumati, Kranti, Vidhaata, Shakti, and Mashaal, to call just some