Legendary actor Dilip Kumar dominated Indian cinema from the late 1940s through the 1960s and was popularly referred to as ‘Abhinay Samrat’. The late actor was one of the finest and most successful actors in the history of the Hindi film industry. The megastar of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan, recently shared a letter that he had received from Dilip Kumar, in which the latter praised his performance in ‘Black’ and also expressed his admiration for the former. Here’s Dilip Kumar’s letter shared by Amitabh Bachchan…
“What can one say when you receive the blessings from THE Ultimate actor, DILIP KUMAR, my idol and inspiration,” Amitabh Bachchan wrote in the caption of the Instagram post sharing Dilip Kumar’s letter to him. The starting of the letter read, “On Amitabh and my admiration. My Dear Amitabh: With tears of pride in her eyes, Saira handed over the printout of your eloquent tribute to my work in your blog. I read it once, then again and again. As you yourself would be keenly aware, we actors are completely oblivious of ourselves and our surroundings while we perform and even when we watch our work in the rushes shown to us, our senses and vision are trained to detect shortcomings more than accomplishments. That’s the only way we know to improve and render performances that come close to our own satisfaction.”
The legendary actor then went on to praise Amitabh Bachchan in his letter and called his work ‘world-class and inimitable’. In his letter, Dilip Kumar also recalled memories of working with Amitabh Bachchan in ‘Shakti’. He also shared how he and Saira Banu were sad that Amitabh Bachchan’s film ‘Black’ didn’t make it to the Oscars.
Dilip Kumar revealed how he and Saira Banu couldn’t watch ‘Paa’ since the latter could not muster the courage to see Amitabh Bachchan’s death scene in the film. “I have heard so much about Paa which we didn’t catch up with. You know how Saira is- she never could see me die in my films and she could not muster the courage to see your death scene in Paa. Thank you, Amitabh, for your warm love and good wishes. May God keep you, Jaya, and your family happy always. DK,” Dilip Kumar added in his letter to Amitabh Bachchan.
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