‘An institution has gone’, Amitabh Bachchan mourns demise of Dilip Kumar

The Shehenshah of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan has paid a tribute and mourned demise of Tragedy King Dilip Kumar who breathed his last at the age of 98 on Wednesday.

In a tweet, Amitabh Bachchan wrote, “An institution has gone. Whenever the history of Indian Cinema will be written, it shall always be ‘before Dilip Kumar, and after Dilip Kumar.”

Bachhchan also offered his condolences to the lae actor’s family and widowed wife, Saira Banu and said, “My duas for peace of his soul and the strength to the family to bear this loss.”

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It is to be mentioned here that Dilip Kumar has died at the age of 98 on Wednesday in Mumbai, India. His death by Dr Jalil Parkar, who was treating the actor at Mumbai’s PD Hinduja hospital.

A family friend, Faisal Farooqui has also posted a statement on the actor’s official Twitter account, which read, “With a heavy heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip saab.”