Veteran
actor
Dilip
Kumar,
who
was
hospitalised
on
Saturday
night
at
Lilavati
Hospital
&
Research
Centre
has
been
diagnosed
with
pneumonia.
His
close
family
friend
Udaya
Tara
Nayar
says
he
is
not
in
the
ICU
and
is
responding
to
the
treatment.
Udaya
Tara
Nayar
told,
"He
is
fine
right
now
and
he
is
on
antibiotics.
He
was
diagnosed
with
pneumonia
but
he
has
been
responding
to
the
treatment
very
well.
He
is
in
the
normal
ward
and
not
in
the
ICU.
He
also
had
his
breakfast
and
is
recovering."
Nayar
is
also
the
compiler
of
the
91-year-old
actor's
auto-biography
titled
"The
Substance
and
the
Shadow".
Recently
a
death
rumour
surrounding
Dilip
Kumar
caught
like
wildfire
in
the
social
media.
Actor
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Dilip
Kumar's
wife
Saira
Banu
denied
all
false,
baseless
rumours.
Dilip
Kumar
was
last
seen
at
Salman
Khan's
sister
Arpita
Khan's
wedding
reception
at
Taj
Lands
End,
Mumbai.
Bollywood
actor
Aamir
Khan
wished
Dilip
Kumar
a
speedy
recovery.
The
'Dhoom
3'
star,
who
was
in
Varanasi
to
promote
his
upcoming
film
Pk,
said
the
91-year-old
actor
has
been
an
inspiration
for
many
Indian
actors.
"I
too
have
seen
on
TV
that
Yusuf
sahab
(Dilip
Kumar)
is
not
well
and
he
is
in
the
hospital.
We
pray
that
he
may
get
well
soon.
I
am
the
biggest
fan
of
Yusuf
sahab,
I
have
learnt
a
lot
watching
his
films.
There
is
a
lot
of
influence
of
him
on
Indian
actors."