As veteran actor Dilip Kumar turned a year older today, wishes poured in from Bollywood. Shatrughan Sinha took to Twitter to share some old photos with Dilip Kumar and wrote, “ Warm & loving birthday wishes to the thespian, living legend, genius actor, intellectual par excellence an institution of acting #DilipKumar. He is also known not only as the Tragedy & Comedy king but also he is ‘King Kong’ in true sense.He has played different genres of characters on celluloid with utmost ease & finesse leaving us enormous beautiful memories to cherish. Wishing you love, peace, happiness & a healthy long life ahead. Profound regards & love to #SairaBanu.”
Randeep Hooda, Varun Dhawan, Rishi Kapoor also wished him. Randeep Hooda wrote, “One of my biggest regrets as an actor is never being able to meet #DilipKumar saab.. many have tried to copy him but they never could bring about the realism he brought to his performances .. originality is rare and so is Dilip Kumar... wishing you a very happy birthday sir.”
Kalank actor Varun Dhawan wished Dilip Kumar on social media.
He posted a photo of Dilip Kumar from the latter’s younger days and wrote, “Happy birthday to the loving legend #DilipKumar Saab. On this day 97 years ago brilliance was born #aebhai”
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