He was not really from my generation. It was more of Rajesh Khanna rising, and then Amitabh. But I did see a few of his happier films, and of course, Mughal-e-Azam. I liked his restraint in Shakti too. Not familiar with the roles that got him the sobriquet Tragedy King, so I won't comment.
The gossip columns described how Madhubala and he broke up over his principled stand on a producer's action against her for violating a contract. If so, good that he took a stand-very few people do, anyways, on anything.
Today, he probably wouldn't have survived as an actor- certainly not as a hero, what with shirts discarded, dancing crazily, and doing inane stuff most of the time. He would probably have gracefully withdrawn and watched from the sidelines. Of course, we do have Ayushmaan doing some interesting stuff, so you never know.
Anyway, it was a great innings in films, and hats off to him. And goodbye. After all, THE END is part of life, and the screen has to come down some day.
