Tributes poured in on Wednesday from Indian actors, politicians, sports personalities and even an animal rights group after much-loved Bollywood veteran Dilip Kumar died aged 98.
Born Mohammed Yusuf Khan in 1922 in Peshawar — now part of Pakistan — Kumar became a major star in Indian cinema’s golden age between the 1940s and 1960s, starring in nearly 60 films in a career spanning 50 years.
“Dilip Kumar… will be remembered as a cinematic legend,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Twitter.
“He was blessed with unparalleled brilliance, due to which audiences across generations were enthralled. His passing away is a loss to our cultural world,” Modi added.
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