Dilip Kumar To Get State Funeral On Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s Orders
Mumbai: The state funeral of late veteran actor Dilip Kumar will be performed. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has issued instructions regarding this.
The body of Dilip Kumar will be kept at Juhu Cemetery in Mumbai this evening.
Sharing more details about the last rites, Dilip Kumar’s spokesperson Faisal Farooqui took to the former’s Twitter account and wrote, “Burial today at 5 pm…Juhu qabrastan at Santacruz Mumbai.”
https://twitter.com/TheDilipKumar/status/1412625392645644289?s=20
Dilip Kumar breathed his last on Wednesday morning at Mumbai’s PD Hinduja Hospital. He was admitted on June 30 after he complained of breathlessness.
Known as Tragedy King, Dilip Kumar’s career spanned over six decades. He acted in over 65 films in his career and is known for his iconic roles in movies like ‘Devdas’ (1955), ‘Naya Daur’ (1957), ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960), ‘Ganga Jamuna’ (1961), ‘Kranti’ (1981), and ‘Karma’ (1986). His last film was ‘Qila’, which was released in 1998.
The evergreen icon is now survived by his wife and veteran actor Saira Banu.
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