Peshawar seeks revival of Dilip Kumar’s ancestral home as heritage landmark

AMRITSAR: With the ancestral home of legendary actor Dilip Kumar in Peshawar in restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan reportedly reduced to a fragile remnant of its past, the Saragarhi Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has urged the KPK government to immediately undertake its restoration and preserve the birthplace of one of the subcontinent’s most celebrated cinematic icons.Sunny Singh, president of the committee, visited the historic house in Mohalla Khudadad near Qissa Khwani Bazaar and expressed concern over its deteriorating condition. The century-old house, where Dilip Kumar was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan on December 11, 1922, has long been regarded as an important link to the actor’s early life and Peshawar’s cultural history.“I had the opportunity to visit the historic ancestral home of the legendary subcontinental actor Dilip Kumar in Peshawar.