Legendary actor Dilip Kumar died in Mumbai on Wednesday 7 July 2021 at the age of 98
Dilip Kumar was born Mohammed Yusuf Khan on 11 December 1922 known as "Yusuf Sahab" to many people. He changed his name to Dilip Kumar on the advice of Hindi film legend, Devika Rani, who had hired him for Bombay Talkies. He was a very good football player at school, and was the secretary of his school's football association. He was very soft-spoken in real life and he credits his parents for this, pointing out that his mother was very gentle and his father never shouted even when he was upset. , Dilip Kumar was the biggest star to be discovered by Actor Raj Kapoor. They both lived close to each other and went to the same college (Khalsa College). His proficiency in Urdu got him a job in Bombay Talkies (owned by the legendary Devika Rani) in 1942, as a script writer. He was hired at Rs 1,250 per month. Dilip Kumar was known to sing well too. He, however, sang only once on screen - in Musafir (1957), where he sang "Lagi nahin chhote rama kahe ji