Indian Film Fraternity mourned the demise of legendary actor Dilip Kumar, yesteryear Superstar of Bollywood, who passed away on Wednesday morning. The veteran actor was 98 years old. Politicians, celebrities, and netizens have condoled his death.
However, a BJP leader landed in a big soup with his tweet on Dilip Kumar. Netizens trolled BJP leader Arun Yadav brutally for linking religion while condoling the death of the actor.
Arun Yadav, who is believed to be the Head of IT and Social Media for Haryana state in a tweet said: The demise of Mohammad Yusuf Khan (Dilip Kumar), who earned money in the film world by Hindu name is a boss loss to Indian film industry!. My deepest condolences to his family, he said. The tweet was made in Hindi.
His objectionable tweet did not go well with former actress and Congress leader Urmila Matondkar. She slammed the BJP leader for his tweet and said “Shame on you”.
Speaking to the media, actress-turned-politician Urmila slammed Arun Yadav over his tweet and expressed her shock over religion being dragged while talking about a superstar who was loved by everyone.
The actress asked, what’s there in the name?” Dilip Kumar was an Indian. The veteran actor was beyond the religions, Urmila said.
Dilip Kumar breathed his last on Wednesday at a private hospital in Mumbai. The veteran actor passed away with a prolonged illness. The actor was born in Pakistan’s Peshawar. After joining Bombay Talkies, he changed his name to Dilip Kumar.
Veteran actor Dilip Kumar enjoyed a career that lasted for five decades. In his long career, he became part of several critically acclaimed films and commercially successful films.
Dilip Kumar made a debut with Jwar Bhata in 1944.Among his contemporaries, Dilip Kumar, popularly known as Tragedy King has won the highest number of Filmfare awards as the Best Actor. He was called Tragedy King, for appearing in films that had sad or tragic endings.
The veteran actor shot to fame with Andaz, helmed by legendary producer-director Mehboob Khan. Andaz was released in 1949. Shabnam released in the same year consolidates his place in the industry as one of the prominent faces.