Dilip Kumar shares adorable picture of cake-cutting with Saira Banu

Dilip Kumar cuts cake in hospital, thanks his fans.

Dilip Kumar celebrated his 94th birthday on October 11 with wife Saira Banu in the hospital.

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar celebrated his 94th birthday on October 11 with wife Saira Banu in the hospital, where he is admitted following illness. Kumar, who was admitted to Lilavati hospital in suburban Bandra on Tuesday following a swelling in his right leg, thanked fans and well wishers for their messages. In a series of posts on Twitter, the actor also shared a picture of himself cutting the birthday cake sitting on the hospital bed.

“Saira, helps me cut a cake,” he captioned the picture. In another post he wrote, “Thank you for all the beautiful and lovely messages. Your love and affection has been so enduring and so touching, your heartfelt messages on this medium brought tears to my eyes,” he tweeted later. On October 11, Banu cleared that Kumar will have a low key birthday celebration due to illness.

Saira, helps me cut a cake... pic.twitter.com/ANGFhW5NAn

— Dilip Kumar (@TheDilipKumar) December 11, 2016

Your love and affection has been so enduring and so touching, your heartfelt messages on this medium brought tears to my eyes.

— Dilip Kumar (@TheDilipKumar) December 11, 2016

A lot of celebrities on the occasion took to Twitter to greet the actor and wish for his good health. Amitabh Bachchan wrote, “To the greatest .. Dilip Kumar .. on his birthday Dec 11, wishes prayers and duas for good health and happiness.”

T 2468 - To the greatest .. Dilip Kumar .. on his birthday Dec 11, wishes prayers and duas for good health and happiness ..

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) December 10, 2016

Many Happy Returns of this day to our dearest Yusuf Uncle! God Bless! Love, respects and affection-"Sunny Boy"! pic.twitter.com/Tz6sfW35nA

— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) December 11, 2016

Rishi Kapoor wrote, “Many happy returns of this day to our dearest Yusuf Uncle! God bless! Love, respects and affection – “Sunny Boy.” While writer Javed Akhtar chose to visit the actor at the Hospital and Research Centre here.

His wife and actor Shabana Azmi tweeted a photograph in which her husband is seen along with Dilip Kumar and his wife Saira Banu. “Unfortunately, I wasn’t in town, but Javed Akhtar conveyed my deepest regards for the tallest thespian Dilip Kumar,” Shabana captioned the image.