New Delhi: Bollywood legendary actor and Mughal – e – Azam fame Dilip Kumar’s (98), last rites conducted on Wednesday evening with State Honours at the Juhu Cemetery in Mumbai’s Santacruz. Dilip Kumar died on Wednesday morning after spending a week in Hinduja Hospital.

The funeral was relatively muted because of Covid – 19 restrictions, only family and close friends attended; most of the actor’s celebrity colleagues paid their last respects at his residence in the morning. Amitabh Bachchan was accompanied by his son, actor Abhishek to pay tributes to Dilip Kumar.  Amitabh Bachchan in his twitter mourned Dilip Kumar in these words: An epic era has drawn curtains, never to happen again.

State funeral protocols – #DilipKumar saab being draped with the beautiful tricolor. pic.twitter.com/fmYMdJLOBD

— faisal farooqui (@FAISALmouthshut) July 7, 2021

Film producer Subhash Ghai, attended the funeral with his wife Mukta. Dilip Kumar’s wife Saira Banu, at the cemetery was surrounded by a support group of well-wishers and police personnel. Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu’s family friend Faisal Farooqui tweeted this clip of the actor being draped with the tricolour:

Faisal Farooqui, family friend of Dilip Kumar shared a tweet with a heavy heart and profound grief; I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab, few minutes ago. We are from God and to Him we return. Dilip Kumar is survived by his wife of over 50 years, Saira Banu, who was constantly by the actor’s side during his stay in hospital he was admitted twice in the span of a month after complaining of breathlessness.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in his tweet said that the actor would be given a State funeral. Uddhav Thackeray visited Dilip Kumar’s wife Saira Banu at her residence along with his son Aaditya.  Dilip Kumar was revered by Bollywood celebrities several celebs such as Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi, Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan, among others.  Bollywood Stars such as Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Dharmendra, Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgn and Lata Mangeshkar, among others mourned Dilip Kumar in heart-warming tweets.

Dilip Kumar, who was in Peshawar, his maiden name was Mohd Yusuf Khan. He renowned films like Madhumati, Devdas, Mughal-e-Azam, Ganga Jamuna, Ram Aur Shyam and Naya Daur in a career spanning over six decades. Dilip Kumar married Saira Banu in 1966, starred together in films such as Sagina, Mahato, Chhoti Bahu and Duniya.

Dilip Kumar was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994. Dilip Kumar, who was the first ever winner of the Filmfare Best Actor prize, won eight Filmfare Best Actor awards, a record he shares with Shah Rukh Khan.