Bollywood icon Dilip Kumar, hailed as the "tragedy king" and one of Hindi cinema's greatest actors, has died in a Mumbai hospital after a prolonged illness. He was 98.
Key points:
- Dilip Kumar was one of India's most well-known and respected actors
- His career spanned more than six decades and over 60 films
- Bollywood superstars and the Indian Prime Minister paid tribute to the "cinematic legend"
The "tragedy king" title came from Mr Kumar's numerous serious roles.
In several, his character died as a frustrated lover and a drunkard.
He also was known as Bollywood's only method actor for his expressive performances identifying a character's emotions.
Mr Kumar was hospitalised twice last month after he complained of breathlessness.
"With a heavy heart and profound grief", his family then announced his death on Wednesday.
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"Dilip Kumar 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," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a Twitter post that also offered his condolences to Mr Kumar's family and admirers.
"An institution has gone," Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan tweeted.
"It's the end of an era," filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar said.
Kumar was born Muhammad Yusuf Khan, a Muslim, on December 11, 1922.
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His Pathan family hailed from Peshawar, in what became Pakistan after Partition, and he visited his ancestral home in the late 1980s.
He changed his name as he debuted in Bollywood, the Hindi-language film industry centred in Mumbai, with Jwar Bhata, or Sea Tides, in 1944.
His career spanned more than six decades and 60 films.
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)His first major box-office hits were Jugnu, or Firefly, in 1947 in which he starred alongside Noor Jehan, and the 1948 film Shaheed, or Martyr.
He played a variety of characters — a romantic hero in Andaz, a swashbuckler in Aan, a dramatic drunkard in Devdas, a comic role in Azaad, a Muslim prince in the historical epic Mughal-e-Azam, and a robber in the social movie Ganga Jamuna.
Mehboob Khan's blockbuster Aan in 1952 was his first film in Technicolor and was among a string of light-hearted roles he took at the suggestion of his psychiatrist to shed his "tragedy king" image.
He starred in many social drama films such as Footpath, Naya Daur (New Era), Musafir (Traveller) and Paigham (Message) in the 1950s.
His top female co-stars included Madhubala, Nargis, Nimmi, Meena Kumari, Kamini Kaushal and Vyjanthimala.
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)In 1966, Kumar married Saira Banu, who was 22 years younger than him, and the couple acted in Gopi, Sagina Mahato and Bairaag. They had no children.
In 1961, he produced and starred in Ganga Jamuna in which he and his brother Nasir Khan played the title roles. It was the only film he produced.
Indian media reports say he declined the role of Sherif Ali in David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia in 1962. The role went to Egyptian actor Omar Sharif.
He took a break in the late 1970s but returned with a character role in the successful Kranti (Revolution) in 1981.
He continued playing key roles in films such as Shakti, Karma and Saudagar.
His last film was Qila (Fort) in 1998.
In 1994, he was given the Dadasaheb Phalke award, the highest honour for contributions to Indian cinema.
He also served in the Upper House of Indian Parliament after being nominated for a six-year term.
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