Dilip Kumar’s First Income Was From Selling Sandwiches In Pune, Raj Kapoor Visited Stall Later

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Legend Dilip Kumar, whose path to stardom had begun from humble origins, had in 1940 found out a stall in Pune to Sell sandwiches. because the veteran actor, who gave up the ghost in Mumbai on Wednesday, once recalled, that stall Was his first source of income in life and Raj Kapoor was among those that frequented the place.

Recalling the visit of Dilip Kumar for a programme called “Pride of Pune” at Residency Club a couple of years ago, Shailesh Gujar of Pune Vrut Darshan said he was surprised to listen to from the legendary actor on his connections with Pune city. “This city gave me my first earning of Rs 100. After I had differences with my father, I had put up a stall to sell Sandwiches outside the military canteen at Pune Camp in 1940,” the actor had told Gujar.

The film legend said Raj Kapoor, who was his childhood friend, wont to visit the stall whenever he was in Pune. “I Earned from the sandwiches I sold and stored-up Rs 5,000. Using that cash , I then returned to Mumbai. But i will be Able to always remember the Rs 100 I had earned initially — which was my first savings and came from this city. That Gave me tons of happiness,” he had added.

The legendary actor has more connections to Pune. Khurshid Hussain Nagarwala, whose work was influenced by Dilip Kumar and who later an in depth family friend of the veteran actor, said, “I are a really big fan of Dilip Kumar from the Very beginning. I wont to visit Mumbai to observe his movies. I started a paint business and decided to call the brands Of my factory after the name of Dilip Kumar films.”

Nagarwala has two paint producing plants in and around Pune city. “I named two of my paint brands as Kohinoor even Before I had met the legendary actor. i used to be later introduced to him by a standard accomplice 35 years ago then We became close friends,” said Nagarwala, recalling that Dilip Kumar had laid the inspiration stone to at least one of paint factories at Yeolewadi in 1997.

Nagarwala added that Dilip Kumar had been very happy when he was informed that his paint products are named after his films. “I had used Kranti, Shakti, Leader, Gopi and Vidhata as brand names for paints produced in my factory,” he said.

“I never missed meeting the actor for a cup of tea whenever he was within the city. i used to be also a daily visitor to his house in Mumbai. Our last meeting was around two years ago during the birthday of the actor and there was an extended gap thanks to the continued pandemic,” he said.