Bollywood icon Kumar in hospital with malaria

Bollywood icon Kumar in hospital with malaria
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Legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar, known as Bollywood's Tragedy King is being treated for malaria in hospital, according to health officials. The private Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai said in a statement released that the 86-year-old star had been admitted with a fever. Doctors at the hospital have diagnosed that he has malaria and have begun treating him for this. Shri Dilip Kumar has begun showing signs of improvement. He will be in Lilavati Hospital for another two to three days, it added. With Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor, Kumar was one of the big three names who dominated the golden age of India's Hindi-language cinema in the 1940s, 50s and 60s and enjoyed a career spanning more than 50 years and nearly 60 films.

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