The indian movie actor, the bombay film industry bollywood's legend and the king for the last 5 decates, won a number of awards for his ever lasting acting he performed for his world class famous movies such as 'Azad' 1955, Devdas 1956, Naya Daur 1957, Ganga Jamna 1961, thats what made him stand alone, unique of all to make a remarkable histroy in the film industry of india.
There are a number of stories about Dilip Kumar (Yousuf Khan), but all of them agree upon his extra-ordinary, unmatched acting talents, inspired many actors, many of them copied and beleived in his style of acting as the key to be a successful actor.
Dilip Kumar, real name Yousuf Khan, born in 1922 in Peshawar in a large Pathan family. His father was a fruit merchant who later moved to Maharashtra and set up a business in Bombay.
It was 1940 when he was introduced to the Film Industry by Devika Rani, the leading actress of Indian Film world and was also the wife of the Bombay Talkies theater that time. His first movie was Jawar Bhata produced in 1944. He became the most successful as hero from the very beginning of his film career with release of his movies Jawar Bahat 1944, Jugnu 1947, Mela 1948 and Andaaz 1949.
The repeated tragic type of roles he played in the movies during 1950s, where that earned him the image of Tragedy King, it also affected his health. He consulted a psychiatrist in London who advised him to play a variant light types of roles rather than playing the continued tragic type that were adopting to his psycology. Breaking the image, he later did Ganga Jamuna and Ram aur Shyam that broke all box office records.
On the romantic side he was linked to many a actress in his personal life. In early period it was Kamini Kausal, then Madhubala and then Vijayanti Mala. However, he married the beauty queen Saira Banu in 1966 at the age of 44.
After a break in 1970s, Dilip Kumar made a come back in 1981 in the charecter roles, yet again delivered hit movies i.e., Karanti, Shakti, Vidhata, Karma and Saudagar.
Dilip Kumar was nominated and took the charge as the Sheriff of Bombay in 1980.
The most popular films he acted in:
Jawar Bhata 1944, Milan 1946, Jugnu 1947, Mela, Nadiya ke paar, Shaheed 1948, Andaz, Aarzoo, Babul and Jogan 1950, Deedar, Halchal and Tarana 1951, Aan, Daag and Sangdil 1952, Footpath, Shikast 1953, Amar 1954, Azad, Devdas, Insaniyaat and Udan Khatola 1955, Naya Daur, Musafir 1957, Madhumati and Yahudi 1958, Paigham 1959, Kohinoor and Moghl-e-Azam 1960, Ganga Jumna 1961, Leader 1964, Dil Diya Dard Liya 1966, Ram aur Shyam 1967, Admi and Sangharsh 1968, Sagina Mahato, Gopi 1970, Dastaan 1972, Bairaag 1976, Mashaal, Duniya 1984, Karma 1986, Saudagar 1991 and Qila 1998.
Superlatives shows Dilip Kumar as the most Filmfare Award winner, that counts as many as 8 awards in total.
1954 Dilip Kumar movie 'Daag'
1956 Dilip Kumar movie 'Azaad'
1957 Dilip Kumar movie 'Devdas'
1958 Dilip Kumar movie 'Nayadaur'
1961 Dilip Kumar movie 'Kohinoor'
1965 Dilip Kumar movie 'Leader'
1968 Dilip Kumar movie 'Ram aur Shyam'
1983 Dilip Kumar movie 'Shakti'
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