Dilip Kumar is remembered as one of the most accomplished actors in Indian cinema. His performances in films like Devdas, Gunga Jumna, Mughal-e-Azam are seen as some of the finest performances in Hindi cinema but while he came across as a poised and elegant man on screen, he was a foodie who loved his spicy food. In a recent interview, Shabana Azmi recalled an anecdote where she called him a “chatora (foodie)” and said that he loved to eat “all kinds of rubbish food”.
“He was a chatora of the first order and he likes to eat pakodas and he liked to eat all kinds of rubbish food,” she shared with Film Companion. She recalled a story that he told her that she found extremely “charming” and said, “He told me, ‘Saira put me on a diet and she gave me some soup and some boiled chicken to eat so I ate it. At 2 in the morning, I got up feeling so sad for myself that I quickly walked out of my bedroom, went to the fridge and just ate everything that was there. Because I said I slept hungry so now I can do this’.”
Dilip Kumar was married to actor Saira Banu for over 55 years. When he celebrated his 95th birthday, his wife treated him to biryani and ice cream and shared with PTI, “He loves biryani and that will be made for him but I will give him only little as he is unwell. He is also fond of vanilla ice cream, I will ask the doctors if we can give him a little bit of that too. Then we will have a birthday cake.”
In an earlier chat with Rediff, veteran actor Rakhee also spoke about his love for good food and said, “He enjoyed good food. He loved my cooking, though he wasn’t allowed much of it by his wife Sairaji who monitored his diet closely. But still, he would partake of the studio food and my cooking.”
Dilip Kumar passed away at the age of 98 in 2021.
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Dilip Kumar was a ‘chatora’, Shabana Azmi recalls the time when Saira Banu put him on a strict diet: ‘I slept hungry so…’ – The Indian Express
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