When Dilip Kumar Met Dying Raj Kapoor in Hospital: ‘Aaj Bhi Der Se Aaya, Maaf Kar De’

Remembring Dilip Kumar, When He Met Raj Kapoor on His Last Day: Legendary actor Dilip Kumar handed away right now, July 7, 2021, leaving a legacy of unmatchable display screen aura and a whole bunch of flicks which have already been appeared upon because the establishment of appearing. Dilip Kumar died at 98 at PD Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. In his five-decade-long profession, he contributed to Hindi cinema in several methods. His childhood pal Raj Kapoor, too, later grew to become his colleague within the movie trade. Dilip and Raj have been each born in the identical month and yr and have been from the identical place – Peshawar (now in Pakistan). Here’s a heartfelt story of Dilip Kumar visiting his dying pal Raj Kapoor at a hospital: Also Read – ‘As You Wave me Goodbye’! Neetu Kapoor Remembers Rishi Kapoor With an Emotional Poem a Month After Actor’s Demise When Dilip Kumar Met Dying Raj Kapoor in HospitalRaj Kapoor is a reputation to reckon with. He is without doubt one of the most celebrated personalities of the Indian movie trade and somebody who made Hindi cinema how it’s recognized to the world right now. After entertaining the world together with his hearty snicker, carving an harmless joker-square look on-screen, and carrying the type of ardour that permits you to put every thing you’ve gotten at stake to make the movie of your desires, Raj Kapoor handed away on the age of 63 at Apollo Hospital in Delhi on June 2, 1988. Also Read – Kareena Kapoor Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor’s Rare Childhood Pic With Raj Kapoor is a Sight For Sore Eyes

Raj had gone right into a coma earlier than he handed away as a result of a cardiac arrest. But, not earlier than his dearest pal Yousuf Khan aka Dilip Kumar visited him. The thespian of Bollywood had gone to Pakistan for an occasion when his pal, the showman Raj Kapoor acquired hospitalised. Known as Raj’s arch-rival on-screen and his finest pal off-screen, Dilip rushed to Delhi as quickly as he landed in Mumbai from Pakistan. He went to the hospital, noticed his pal mendacity unconscious on the mattress, and missing the vitality he had when he used to deal with him as ‘laale di jaan’. He held his hand and requested him to get up. Dilip reminded him of all of the bazaars and the kebabs that they used to take pleasure in throughout their frequent strolls on the streets of Peshawar. He instructed Raj that he had introduced the ‘khushboo‘ of his favourite kebabs from Pakistan and he must now stop acting. But his dear friend did not follow his words. The man, who is known as the tragedy king of Bollywood, couldn’t fathom the tragedy of his life – seeing his expensive pal on his loss of life mattress. He as soon as once more requested Raj to return again to his senses and speak to him. Raj didn’t hear. Dilip Kumar, like everybody else current in that room that day, knew that the joker was not going to return to carry out any longer. He stood up, walked to the door, and took a glance again at his pal for the one final time on this lifetime. Tears began rolling from the eyes and in that second, everybody realised that Raj was not coming again. A friendship that dated again to childhood and that resulted within the type of rivalry the place none of them may see one another falling or flopping, had ended identical to that. Also Read – Amitabh Bachchan Smears Internet With Nostalgia, Recalls ‘Best Holi’ With Jaya Bachchan-Raj Kapoor-Shammi Kapoor And Others The incident was described by Raj’s son and late actor Rishi Kapoor. In Dilip Kumar’s autobiography, he wrote a private notice about his father’s unparalleled friendship with father-figure Yousuf uncle. He wrote, “I remember very clearly how he walked into the room where papa was lying unconscious and drew a chair close to the bed on which he sat holding papa’s hand. He began telling papa, ‘Raj, aaj bhi main der se aaya. Maaf kar de mujhe.. I know you like to be in the limelight and have all the attention on you. Enough is enough. Get up and sit and listen to me. I have just come back from Peshawar and I have brought the aroma of chapli kebabs to temp you. You and I will go together and will walk through the bazaar like we used to and enjoy the kebabs and rotis. Waj, wake up and stop acting, I know you are a great actor. Raj, mainu le jana hai tusi Peshawar de ghar de aangan wich.’ His voice was now choking and tears were brimming over from his eyes as he spoke.” Note: Excerpt taken from Dilip Kumar’s autobiography titled The Substance And The Shadow, narrated to Udayatara Nayar.