“History of Indian cinema will be written as before and after Dilip Kumar” : Amithabh Bachchan

Legendary actor of Indian cinema, Dilip Kumar passed away today early morning at the age of 98. The veteran gave a new life to the Indian cinema and his contributions are  unforgettable. We have throwback interview of Amitabh Bachchan where he claimed Dilip Kumar to be the greatest actor of all time, today, as he passed away.

“To me, Dilip Sahab, I’ve never really looked beyond that because he’s been my idol. I’ve watched every one of his works. I always feel that whenever the history of Indian cinema will be written, it’ll always be before Dilip Kumar and after Dilip Kumar. That’s almost like a yardstick. He’s been phenomenal. My greatest regret though was that one of his films, which I thought was his best work and most brilliant was Ganga Jamuna, he never got any award for that as well. Many times some of our artists and sometimes you also feel that you deserved to have got an award, but you didn’t get it. You console yourself by this fact that if Dilip Kumar couldn’t get it for Ganga Jamuna, who the hell are you?”