He realised the lesson of humility in life.
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Back in the day when Dilip Kumar was at the peak of his career, he met with an old gentleman on a flight. While all the passengers in the flight recognised him, the elderly gentlemen seemed nonchalant. Later when Kumar found out the man’s real identity, he realised the lesson of humility in life.
1960s can fondly be recalled as Dilip Kumar’s era of cinematic success where he was literally showered with awards and recognitions for his creative talent as an actor
With films like Deedar (1951), Aan (1952), Amar (1954), Insaniyat (1955), Devdas (1955), Azad (1955) and Madhumati (1958), all notable hits still remembered fondly, there was no doubt about Dilip Kumar’s fame and brilliance, which kept growing.
Back in those days, Dilip Kumar was flying among common people when an incident changed the way he approached life.
According to a throwback story by Times Now, Kumar was consumed by his success and stardom that he never realised that an even bigger persona was sitting inside the aeroplane.
Here is what Dilip Kumar says……
“At the peak of my career, I was once travelling by aeroplane. The passenger next to me was an elderly man dressed in a simple shirt and pant. He appeared middle class but seemed well-educated. Other passengers kept glancing at me, but this gentleman appeared to be unconcerned of me. He was reading his newspaper, looking out of the window and when tea came, he sipped it quietly.”
Dilip felt so disgraceful when this particular fellow sitting right by his side didn’t seem to care about him being in the plane, unlike the others
Kumar says that he tried to strike a conversation with the elderly man , and smiled. The elderly man courteously smiled back and said “hello”. he got in a conversation with the old man, and bought up the subject of movies and cinema and asked “Do you watch films?”
The elderly man replied, that he watches only a few films. “Oh! Very few…I did see one many years ago,”
Kumar mentioned that he worked in Film Industry. The elderly man replied… oh! thats nice. And asked Kumar What he exactly do in the cinema?. Kumar responded by saying that he is an actor. On hearing this, the man nodded & said, “Oh! That’s wonderful” And that was it…. Dilip felt quite disappointment on his very normal cold response but accepted it.
Ultimately when the flight was landed Kumar shook hands with the old man and told him his full name (expecting him to finally recognize him and value him like others in the plane).
The elderly man confidently replied –
“Thank you ………. I am J.R.D. Tata”
Recalling the encounter Dilip Kumar quoted………
“No matter how big you are there is someone bigger. Be humble, it costs nothing.“
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