SHATRUGHAN SINHA OPENS UP ON LOSING DILIP KUMAR

MUMBAI: The indian film fraternity lost one of its brightest gems on Wednesday — Dilip Kumar. The legendary actor’s co-star Shatrughan Sinha has opened up about losing him. Calling him ‘rarest of the rare’, Shatrughan Sinha said, “The last Moghul of cinema has gone. We lost Raj Kapoor and Dev anand in 1988 and 2011 respectively. These three had such strong personalities. With the passing away of the rarest of rare actor Dilip Kumar, the show will go on but will never be the same again.” He was much beyond the ‘Tragedy King’, Sinha said that Dilip Kumar’s comic timing also was epic. “He was a master at timing. Dilip saab was equally good at comedy if you have seen ‘Azaad’ and ‘Ganga Jamuna’. ” Reminiscing their days of shooting the film Kranti, Sinha revealed how Dilip Kumar refused to do long dialogues. “i will always cherish the back-hand compliment Dilip saab gave me when we worked together. i was sitting behind him and he didn’t know that. Dilip saab was given a long dialogue to say and he just kept it aside and said ‘Kya aapne humko Shatrughan Sinha samajh liya hai jo itne lambe dialogues dus minute (10 minutes) mein yaad kar lunga?’ (Do you think i’m Shatrughan Sinha who can memorise dialogues in 10 minutes?),” Sinha said. adding, “i got up and hugged him. Sinha also pointed out that Dilip Kumar was not conferred with the bharat Ratna. —Correspondent