Question: On 7th July 2021, legendary bollywood actor Dilip Kumar has passed away at the age of 98 at Mumbai. He has been recipient of which of the following awards?
a) Padma Vibhushan
b) Dada Saheb Falke award
c) Pakistan’s highest civilian honour Nishan-e-Imtiaz
d) All of the above
Ans: d
Context
- On 7th July 2021, legendary bollywood actor Dilip Kumar has passed away at the age of 98 at Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital.
Facts
- Dilip Kumar, who had been facing regular health issues for months now, passed away at Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital.
- Also known as ‘tragedy king’ of bollywood was considered as the one of the finest method actor ever produced by Hindi Cinema in the country.
- He was born as Mohammed Yusuf Khan on 11 December 1922 at Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India.
- Kumar debuted as an actor in the film Jwar Bhata (1944), produced by Bombay Talkies. In a career spanning over five decades, he worked in over 65 films.
- He was awarded Padma Vibhushan ,second highest civilian award by government of India in 2015.
- He was awarded –
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994
- Padma Bhushan (1991)
- Nominated Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra in 2000–2006
- He was the only Indian who was awarded with Pakistan’s highest civilian honour , Nishan-e-Imtiaz in 1998.
- He was married to actress Saira Bano in 1966 and resided with his wife in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra in India.
By kameshwar shukla