Dilip Kumar will have a quiet birthday celebration at his residence today
On his 92nd birthday on Thursday, veteran actor Dilip Kumar was discharged from the Lilavati Hospital where he was being treated following a bout of pneumonia.
He was discharged on Thursday afternoon, the actor's close family friend Udaya Tara Nayar told IANS.
"He got discharged at around 1.30 pm today and we're taking him home. He is looking absolutely fine and healthy," said Udaya, the compiler of the thespian's autobiography The Substance And The Shadow.
The star of films like
Devdas,
Madhumati and
Mughal-E-Azam, married to actress Saira Banu, will be having a quiet celebration at his residence for his special day on Thursday evening.
Meanwhile, the Twitter world saw Dilip Kumar receive birthday messages from celebrities like Lata Mangeshkar, Subhash Ghai and Anupam Kher, who have wished him a long and healthy life.
Lata Mangeshkar tweeted:
Anupam Kher tweeted: