JANNAT MEIN PEHLI BAAR JASHAN HO RAHAA HOGAA WOH SHAHENSHAH JIN PAR JANNAT KI NAZAR THI, WOH KHUD HI WAHAAN CHALAA GAYAA AUR ZAMEEN AUR ZAMAANA BAS DEKHTE RAHE AUR ROTE RAHE

How I wish I was not born to see the morning of July 7, 2021, how I wish I had not woken up to listen to my caretaker, Pushpa telling me that Sahab had passed away - Ali Peter John

In that one moment , l died several times and cried many more times. I was stone , l was mud , l was dust , l was asses , l was dead and nothing mattered to me.

The man who was a majestic miracle to which l was privileged and grateful to had died and l was reduced to nothing and no one , l had no more ambitions to fulfill , l had no more desires to cherish and l had no more dreams to see or to see them come to live.

The only satisfaction l had after crying for two hours was to know that only one Dilip Kumar had gone away and there were many more Dilip Kumars still alive and who would be alive as long as there is life and even god and heaven.

Only till yesterday evening l kept believing that there could not be a place like heaven and that no one went there or came back from there, but today morning when my senses opened to the reality of the death of the King of acting and so many other fields of life which not many have tried to know .

Today , l declare that l believe that there is a heaven and the first two human beings to land there were my mother and Dev Anand and now the greatest of great human beings had joined them and the whole place called heaven with god and all his angels dancing and welcoming the Shahenshah to Jannat , a place that was barrem till Dilip Kumar reached there and spread his glory and Jannat had never looked so magnificent, it was the entry and the welcome that Dilip Kumar received that added charm , charisma and dignity to Jannat.

Mohammad Yusuf Khan was not just a great actor , he was not just a tragedy king , he was not just a complete actor , he was in truth the god of acting, there have been many who have tried to follow him for the last half a century, but not one of them have come anywhere near him , not even the star of the millennium or the Badshah of acting, he was a legend , an institution, a university and a doctorate in acting , if you think l am singing his praises after he has left or if you think l am flattering him , you can and you have the right to have your opinion , but my opinion about him as an actor is much more supreme than all the opinions , all the books and all the theses written about him.

He was a writer who could tell writers whether they were going the right way or the wrong way and he then left them free to find their own ways , he had read almost everything that was worth reading and he put what he read into his practice as an actor.

He was a poet who could quote lines from the greatest poets who wrote good poetry in Urdu , Hindi , English , Pashtu , Marathi and even some of the languages spoken in far away countries , he could even write poetry , he had mushairas and kavi sammelans in his house before he married Saira Banu and even after he lived with Saira in her bungalow, for any poet to be appreciated and recognized by Dilip Kumar was like getting the highest award for poetry anywhere in the world.

He was a philosopher whose thoughts could change the thinking of some of the greatest minds and even some of the most common minds , he was amazingly aware about the past , the present and the future.

He was a politician, but only a politician who could think of the best ways about how to serve the people , he was happy not to be a part of the way politics was practiced, especially in India , he was a politician who had no fear and was frank and fearless in telling the truth.

He was an economist who could talk to a gathering of some of the best economists and they had to listen to him because of his knowledge, his wisdom and of course his command over languages.

He was a speaker who not only humans, but even the sea , the waves , the birds in air , the stars in sky , the sun and the moon and even god wanted to listen to every time he spoke on a wide variety of subjects , l have had several opportunities of listening to him speak and capture , captivate and conquer the hearts and minds of people , kings , prime ministers and both clean and dirty politicians

He was a man of god and a god of human beings, but above all , he was a man who loved cared and was loved and cared for by the people who had the good fortune to be around him, with him and had full faith and trust in him

He was many men in one man and it is this reality about him that will keep him alive ( who says he is dead ?) for several lives to come.

I have been seeing him during different seasons of his graceful life and have been bowled over and endlessly charmed by his simplicity, his humility and above all his greatness which he never knew about himself and never tried to let others know about .

Was he a great actor ? Was he ? Was he? Was he ? These questions will be a part of these world and the world they call Jannat where he will now ask questions for god to answer in the interest of humanity . No , you or even god will not know the real Mohammad Yusuf Khan .

MAIN EK SACHHE SHAHENSHAH KE LIYE KYAA DUAA MAANG SAKTAA HU? WOH TOH EK PARINDA AUR PAIGAMBAR THE JO ISS DUNIYAA MEIN KABHI KABHI AATE HAI AUR LOGO KE DILO MEIN GHAR BANAATE HAI AUR PHIR SIRF UNNKAA SHARIR CHALAA JATAA HAI, LEKIN UNKI ROOH RAHE JAATI HAI DUNIYAA KO ROSHNI DIKHAANE KE LIYE. AUR KYAA KAHU MAIN INNKE BAAREME JO MERI ZINDAGI KAA EK KEEMTI HISSA HAI ?