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July 3, 2012 | Dilip Kumar's ancestral house in Pak not to get heritage status owing to property dispute | Peshawar: The Pakistan culture department's plan to declare Bollywood icon Dilip
Kumar's ancestral house into a heritage site has been shattered owing to a dispute
over the ownership of the property. According to the Dawn, the culture department
wanted to preserve the ancestral house, but this could not materialize as the government
failed to buy the house since many people claimed its ownership. Yousaf Khan,
the real name of Dilip Kumar, stayed in the house till the age of 12 before moving
to Mumbai with his family. The culture directorate had planned to bring Dilip
Kumar's personal belongings to the house from India to put them on display for
visitors. It also wanted to set up a library of his films in the house. Culture
Director Pervez Khan said the government dropped the idea of buying the house
after more than one person laid claim to the property. "Now, there are legal complications,
and till the time the rightful owner is not known, the directorate would not go
ahead with the plan," Khan added. The current owner claimed that he had bought
the house about six years ago at a cost of Rs 5.1 million and he had legal documents
to prove his claim. However, other persons have also claimed ownership. The chances
of getting possession of old houses belonging to Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan
and Raj Kapoor, also located in Peshawar , have also been dropped.
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