​Bollywood icon Dilip Kumar, hailed as the "Tragedy King'' and one of Indian cinema's greatest actors, died Wednesday in a Mumbai hospital after a prolonged illness. He also was known as Bollywood's only method actor for his expressive performances identifying a character's emotions. Rafiq Maqbool/AP Saira Banu, wife of Indian actor Dilip Kumar, wearing blue mask, centre, mourns near his body at a hospital in Mumbai. "Dilip Kumar will be remembered as a cinematic legend. "Whenever the history of Indian cinema will be written, it shall always be 'before Dilip Kumar, and after Dilip Kumar' ...''"It's the end of an era,'' filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar said.

Source: Stuff July 07, 2021 05:37 UTC