Mumbai: Bollywood veteran Dilip Kumar handed away on Wednesday on the age of 98 years. He was present process therapy at Hinduja Hospital.

The veteran was admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) on June 30 resulting from age-associated well being points. It was the second time he was admitted to the hospital in the identical month. Earlier, he was rushed to hospital on June 6 when he complained of breathlessness.

An announcement issued on Dilip Kumar’s Twitter account reads, “With a heavy coronary heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab, couple of minutes in the past.

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We are from God and to Him we return. – Faisal Farooqui”.

He is now survived by his spouse and veteran actor Saira Banu.

With a heavy coronary heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab, couple of minutes in the past.

We are from God and to Him we return. – Faisal Farooqui

— Dilip Kumar (@TheDilipKumar) July 7, 2021

Dilip Kumar who is called ‘Tragedy King’ had acted in over 65 films. He is thought for his iconic roles in films like ‘Devdas’ (1955), ‘Naya Daur’ (1957), ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960), ‘Ganga Jamuna’ (1961), ‘Kranti’ (1981), and ‘Karma’ (1986). The actor was final seen on the large display in 1998 film ‘Qila’.

Life of Dilip Kumar

The actual title of the veteran actor is Mohammed Yusuf Khan. He is thought professionally as Dilip Kumar.

He was born on December 11, 1922, to Ayesha Begum and Lala Ghulam Sarwar Khan at dwelling in Qissa Khawani Bazaar space of Peshawar, British India.

Although his first film ‘Jwar Bhata’ was launched in 1944, he remained unnoticed till the discharge of the movie ‘Jugnu’ in 1947. Jugnu grew to become his first hit film.

In 1966, he married actress Saira Banu who’s 22 years youthful than him. The couple doesn’t have any kids.

His two superhit films, Mughal-e-Azam and Naya Daur had been re-launched in theaters in 2004 and 2008 after totally colourizing them.