A butcher’s shop and a vegetable vendor adorn the entrance of the lane, which leads to the house.

“Hamare galli se nikla hain sabse bada hero Hindustan ka (India's biggest star is from our area),” says Shamshad, a butcher.

None of Dilip Kumar’s immediate family stays there except for Sayeeda, a distant cousin with her family. The wooden interior in the single storey house has lost its shine but reveals a sparkling past.

Four years ago when Dilip Kumar visited the house he revealed where he use to hide his money.

“He pointed towards the crevices of the stairway. He was almost in tears when he saw the room where he was born,” Sayeeda recalled.

A few minutes away is Dakki Naal Bandi, the ancestral home of another Bollywood legend. Raj Kapoor.