Amitabh Bachchan receives heartfelt letter from Dilip Kumar for his performance in Black | – Times of India

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s timeless classic Black starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukerji has completed 19 years today since it’s release. As the makers and star cast celebrated the film’s first-ever OTT release, Amitabh shared the heartfelt letter he received from the legendary Dilip Kumar after he watched Black at the premiere and shared how he and his wife Saira Banu loved his performance in the film.
The letter read, “With tears of pride in her eyes, Saira handed over the print out of your eloquent tribute to my work in your blog. I read it once, then again and again.
As you yourself would be keenly aware, we actors are completely oblivious of ourselves and our surroundings while we perform and, even when we watch our work in the rushes shown to us, our senses and vision are trained to detect shortcomings more than accomplishments. That’s the only way we know to improve and render performances that come close to our own satisfaction. And it is always the audience who have the absolute right acclaim or reject our work, however hard we may have worked to achieve perfection and excellence.

I am certainly privileged to know from your affectionate compliments that someone as knowledgeable and competent as you has liked my work. Yes, now that you have reminded me, I can recall the scenes that brought us together before the cameras for Shakti. I should say the respect and admiration are mutual. Not just Shakti, your work in several films I have watched has been world class and inimitable. In recent times, I can remember Black and, if I remember right, Saira and I were at a loss for words at the premiere night, after the curtain came down, to express our myriad feelings of admiration for your outstanding performance. It is a pity the film missed the Oscar nomination. If any Indian actor, in my personal opinion, deserves the world’s most coveted award, it is you. I have heard so much about Paa which we didn’t catch up with. You know how Saira is – she never could see me die in my films and she could not muster the courage to see your death scene in Paa.

Thank you, Amitabh, for your warm love and good wishes. May God keep you, Jaya and your family happy always.
DK.”
Captioning the post, Amitabh wrote, “What can one say when you receive the blessings from THE Ultimate actor, DILIP KUMAR, my idol and inspiration.”

Black was released in the year 2005. Rani and Amitabh received a lot of appreciation for their performance in the film from fans and critics. It was also declared a blockbuster hit at the box office. The film won the National Award for Best Feature Film. Also, Amitabh Bachchan won the National Award for Best Actor.