Randhir Kapoor calls Dilip Kumar the greatest actor, says ‘My father Raj Kapoor's close friend is gone’

Contemporaries Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor shared a friendship that dated back to childhood. The film legends were neighbours in the Peshawar region (now in Pakistan) of undivided India.  

New Delhi: Raj Kapoor’s eldest son veteran actor Randhir Kapoor is dejected at legendary actor Dilip Kumar’s death. On Wednesday (July 7), early in the morning at PD Hinduja Hospital, Kumar passed away after suffering from prolonged health-related issues due to old age. The thespian was 98 years old. In an interview with ETimes, Randhir called Dilip Kumar the ‘greatest actor’ and shared, “The greatest actor Dilip Kumar is no more. The biggest personality has left us. My father Raj Kapoor's close friend is gone.” Reminiscing his father, filmmaker-director and actor Raj Kapoor’s collaborating with Kumar, for the 1949 film Andaz, Randhir says, "It was such a nice movie”.