Dilip Kumar Biography
The real name of the actor Dilip Kumar was Mohammad Yusuf Khan.
He was professionally and popularly known as Dilip Kumar.
He was born on December 11, 1922 in Qissa Khwani bazaar.
It is located in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Punjab (part of contemporary British rule).
He died on 7th July 2021 at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. With his death, an era of his acting came to an end.
Dilip Kumar was of versatile personality, he was :-
- An Indian actor,
- Film producer, and
- Philanthropist.
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He was best known for his work in Hindi cinema. He was also known as “The Tragedy King” and “The First Khan” for his unique style of acting.
He is credited with bringing a different kind of acting technique to Hindi cinema.
Dilip Kumar holds the record for most wins at the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and was also the first actor to receive the award.
The film Jwar Bhata (1944), produced by Bombay Talkies, was his first film as an actor. In a career span of over 50 years, he made over 65 films.
He is also known for his different style of acting in films, such as:
- Romantic Andaaz (1949),
- Stong Aan (1952),
- Social Drama Daag (1952),
- Drama Devdas (1955),
- Comedy Azad (1955),
- Comedy Ram aur Shyam (1967)
- Historical Mughl-e-Azam (1967)
- Social Bandit dram Ganga Jamuna (1961)
These films are known for his super duper roles.
Dilip Kumar took a five-year break from film acting from 1976 to 1981, returning after a long time with a character role in the film Kranti (1981).
Again, he continued his film career by playing leading roles in films like.
- Shakti (1982),
- Mashaal (1984),
- Karma (1986) and
- Saudagar (1991)।
His last film was Qila (1998).
Dilip Kumar’s relationship with actress Madhubala lasted for a long time, but he never married her.
Perhaps because of this, Madhubala had a hole in her heart because she was not expected to live longer due to this disease, and it happened.
He married actress Saira Banu in 1966. He lived with his wife in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra.
He was also known by the nickname ‘God of Acting’.
Early Life of Dilip Kumar
Dilip Kumar was born into a landlord and fruit merchant family on December 11, 1922, in the Kissa Khwani Bazar area of Peshawar, British India.
He was one of the twelve children of Lala Ghulam Sarwar Khan and his wife, Ayesha Begum.
His real name was Mohammad Yusuf Khan, his father was a fruit merchant who then owned a fruit orchard near Deolali, near Nashik, and later in Peshawar.
Mohammad Yusuf Khan had his schooling at Barnes School, Deolali, Nashik.
Raj Kapoor, his childhood friend and future film industry friend, grew up in the same religiously mixed neighbourhood as himself.
During the making of Tarana, Dilip Kumar fell in love with Madhubala. They have been together for almost seven years.
Their relationship came to an end due to the Flim Naya Daur court case. Madhubala’s father did not agree to the notorious location.
The earlier clothes of an actress were torn by the crowd at that location, but the director wanted to shoot at a particular location.
Dilip Kumar also supported the film’s director and gave his witness statement in court against Madhubala and her father, which ended their relationship.
Filmi Career
Dilip Kumar’s first film was Jwar Bhata, which was released in 1944, but this film could not be successful.
After several unsuccessful films, the film Jugnu released in 1947 proved to be the first super hit in which he worked with Noor Jahan.
The next year, in 1948, two of his films were super hits; they were Shaheed and Mela. In the same way, his films continued to grow.
Actor Dilip Kumar with Raj Kapoor and Nargis in a scene of the movie Andaz (1949) – Wikipedia
Notable Movies during the Year 1950–1960
- Jogan (1950)
- Babul (1950)
- Hulchul (1951)
- Deedar (1951)
- Tarana (1951)
- Daag (1952)
- Sangdil (1952)
- Shikast (1953)
- Amar (1954)
- Udan Khatola (1955)
- Insaniyat (1955)
- Devdas (1955)
- Naya Daur (1957)
- Yehudi (1958)
- Madhumati (1958)
- Paigham (1959)
- Aan (1952) – 1st Color film
- Azad (1955)
- Kohinoor (1960)
Notable Movies during the Year 1960-1970
Dilip Kumar played the role of Prince Salim in the historical film Mughal-e-Azam in 1966.
It was K. Asif’s big-budget movie with big expectations, which was the highest-money-making movie in Indian film history for 11 years.
The record for highest- earnings was broken by the 1971 film Haathi Mere Saathi and later by the 1975 film Sholay.
If compared to the 2011 inflation rate, then Mughal-e-Azam was the first to get the highest profit-earning Indian film, which was equal to 1000 crores.
- Ganga Jamuna (1960)
- Leader (1964)
- Ram aur Shyam (19६८)
- Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966)
