Salman,govinda,rani at Dilip Kumar's birthday

Dilip Kumar brought in his 88th birthday with his doting wife, Saira Banu, and his industry friends.

Rani Mukerji, looking chic in black, paid a visit to her matinee idol and spent a good half-hour chatting with him. Bollywood dancing diva Madhuri Dixit paid a surprise visit. Interestingly, both have a Devdas connection. Veteran actors Pran and Dharmendra and even Farida Jalal visited him.

Anu Malik, Nagma and Aditya Pancholi were among many others who visited the actor, who is in good health. Dilip was in his element remembering incidents from his era and narrating them to some of his industry fans. Vilasrao Deshmukh, too, visited Dilip with a birthday cake.