Bollywood's
legendary
actor
Dilip
Kumar
passed
away
today
(July
7).
The
entire
entertainment
industry
and
fans
expressed
their
condolences
on
social
media.
Actress
Shagufta
Ali,
who
has
been
facing
financial
and
health
issues,
revealed
how
Dilip
Kumar
had
helped
her
father
with
an
expensive
surgery.
She
also
added
that
the
veteran
actor
had
helped
her
with
work.
Shagufta
said
that
Dilip
Sahab
was
his
father's
close
friend
and
he
had
helped
him
with
his
treatment.
She
also
added
that
the
surgery
was
successful
and
she
and
her
mother
are
indebted
to
him.
The
actress
revealed
that
one
of
the
reasons
that
she
didn't
get
married
was
because
she
had
her
family's
responsibility
on
her
shoulders
and
at
the
age
of
17
she
started
working
as
her
father
had
to
undergo
a
very
big
heart
surgery
in
London.
Shagufta
added,
"Dilip
Kumar
Sahab
had
taken
him
there
for
his
treatment.
He
had
borne
all
the
expenses
for
it.
My
father
was
his
close
friend
and
so
all
the
expenses
were
taken
care
of
by
Dilip
uncle
and
this
was
38
years
ago.
During
that
time
Yusuf
Uncle
aka
Dilip
Kumar
had
spent
Rs
6
lakh
on
his
treatment
in
London.
The
surgery
was
successful;
he
stayed
there
for
2
months
and
came
back.
My
mother
and
I
are
too
indebted
to
him.
He
did
us
a
big
favour."
She
also
revealed
that
she
did
two
years
of
schooling
and
Dilip
Kumar
helped
them
a
lot
financially
as
her
father
couldn't
work
post
surgery.
She
added
that
there
was
nobody
to
look
after
and
hence,
she
decided
to
work.
She
shared
how
the
veteran
actor
helped
her
get
films.
She
further
added,
"I
finished
my
SSC
and
approached
Yusuf
uncle
for
work.
He
asked
me
to
get
married
but
I
told
him
that
I
wanted
to
help
my
parents
and
look
after
the
family.
He
then
helped
me
with
films.
He
got
me
my
first
film
Kanoon
Apna
Apna,
though
I
had
done
a
Telugu
film
first
but
he
got
me
that
film.
He
then
got
me
another
film
and
from
there
on
I
started
working.
Even
at
that
time
I
wanted
to
help
my
parents
and
even
now
I
want
to
look
after
my
family."