Obituary: ‘Dilip Kumar was our chaste love’
Al Jazeera
As a young man, the actor accepted an unknown gentleman’s invitation to lunch and made him a hero for his children.
Mumbai, India – I first met Dilip Kumar on the pages of an old family album, revealed from behind the fine onion skin paper that covered the black and white images. As a child, I assumed him to be a handsome unknown relative who I was yet to meet, or a younger version of someone I knew. Like the children posing with him, who I was told were my aunts and uncles. Either way, for the rest of my life, his smile and lanky grace seemed familiar: not movie-star familiar, but like someone I knew. Years later, I learned the story behind the photos. It was one of our favourite legends, lovingly retold and polished at each family gathering.More Related News