Dilip Kumar
Dilip Kumar in Amar (1954)
Birth name	Yusuf Khan
Born	December 11, 1922 (1922-12-11) (age 84) Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, British India (Now Pakistan)
Years active	1944-1976, 1981-1991, 1998
Spouse(s)	Saira Banu (1966-present)
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Yusuf Khan (Hindi: यूसुफ़ ख़ान ; Urdu: یوسف خان ; IPA: [ju:sʊf xa:n]) (born December 11, 1922), also commonly known as Dilip Kumar (Hindi: दिलीप कुमार ; Urdu: دِلِیپ کُمار) is a legendary Indian Bollywood film actor and a former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the 22 official languages of India and is also used for central government administrative purposes , along with English. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the 22 official languages of India and is also used for central government administrative purposes , along with English. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ... Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... Executive President Vice-President Prime Minister Dy. ...

He is considered to be one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. Starting his career in 1944, Kumar has starred in some of the biggest commercially successful films from the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1980s. His performances have been regarded as the epitome of emoting in Indian Cinema. He was the first actor to receive a Filmfare Best Actor Award amd holds the record for most number of Filmfare Awards won for that category. Though he has done all kinds of films - he balanced a wide variety of roles such as the intense Andaz (1949) with the swashbuckling Aan (1952), the dramatic Devdas (1955) with the comical Azaad (1955) and the historical romance Mughal E Azam (1960) with the social Ganga Jamuna (1961). The Filmfare Best Actor Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi (Bollywood) films. ... Andaz (Hindi: अन्दाज़, Urdu: اَنداز) is a 1949 Indian Hindi/Urdu movie, directed by Mehboob Khan, music by Naushad. ... Al Ain International Airport is located in United Arab Emirates. ... Devdas (Hindi: देवदास, Urdu: دیوداس) is a 1955 film based off of the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel, Devdas. ... Azaad(1955 film) Azaad (Hindi:, Urdu: ) is a 1955 film produced and directed by Sriramulu Naidu S.M. It was the top grossing Hindi film in the year of its release, and one of the biggest Hindi film hit in its decade [1]. Dilip Kumar Meena Kumari Pran... Mughal-e-Azam (Urdu: مغلِ اعظم, Hindi: मुग़ल-ए आज़म) is an Indian romance film, a product of the Bollywood movie industry. ... Ganga Jamuna is a 1961 Hindi film produced by Dilip Kumar and directed by Nitin Bose. ...

Early life

He was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan, in Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar, city of Punjab, India now in Pakistan , in a Hindkowan family of twelve children. His father was based in Devlali in Maharashtra near Mumbai during the 1930s, and later relocated to Bombay (now Mumbai) after the Partition of India. Yusuf Khan moved to Pune and started off with his canteen business and supplying dry fruits. There he was spotted by a leading actress of those years, Devika Rani, who was also the wife of the founder of Bombay Talkies, Himanshu Rai, and helped his entry into the Bollywood film industry. He changed his name to Dilip Kumar.   (Urdu: پشاور; Pashto: پښور) literally means City on the Frontier in Persian and is known as Pekhawar in Pashto. ... Look up Punjab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... This article is under construction. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Himanshu Rai (1892-1940), one of the pioneers of Indian cinema, is best known as the founder of the Bombay Talkies in 1934. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ...

Career

His first film Jwar Bhata, was released in 1944 which went unnoticed. In 1947 he shot to prominence with the film Jugnu which was his first major hit.[1]. In 1949, he co-starred with Raj Kapoor in the film Andaz, which went to become a huge success and made him a star.[2]. Throughout the 1950s he was one of the biggest stars of Bollywood along with Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand. He became known for playing tragic roles in popular films such as Deedar (1951), Amar (1954), Devdas (1955) and Madhumati (1958) which earned him the title of "tragedy king". He was also successful in playing lighthearted roles such as playing a swashbuckling peasant in Aan (1952), a comedy role in Azaad (1955) and the social musical film Naya Daur (1957).[3]. The 1960 historical film Mughal-e-Azam which is as of 2007, the second highest grossing film in Hindi film history[4] had him play the role of the Mughal crown-prince Jehangir, the son of Akbar. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jugnu is a 1947 Indian film directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Raj Kapoor (Hindi: राज कपूर, , Urdu: راج کپور, Rāj Kapūr, December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was a legendary Indian actor, producer and director of Bollywood movies. ... Andaz (Hindi: अन्दाज़, Urdu: اَنداز) is a 1949 Indian Hindi/Urdu movie, directed by Mehboob Khan, music by Naushad. ... Raj Kapoor (Hindi: राज कपूर, , Urdu: راج کپور, Rāj Kapūr, December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was a legendary Indian actor, producer and director of Bollywood movies. ... Dharam Dev Ānand (Hindi: , Urdu: ) (born September 26, 1923), better known simply as Dev Anand, is a legendary Indian Bollywood actor and film producer. ... Deedar is a 1951 Bollywood Hindi language film directed by Nitin Bose and starring Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Nargis and Nimmi in lead roles. ... Amar is a 1954 Hindi movie. ... Devdas (Bengali: Debdash; Hindi: देवदास; Urdu: دیوداس) (also called Debdas) (1917) is a Bengali novella by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. ... Madhumati is a 1958 Indian Hindi Movie. ... Al Ain International Airport is located in United Arab Emirates. ... Azaad(1955 film) Azaad (Hindi:, Urdu: ) is a 1955 film produced and directed by Sriramulu Naidu S.M. It was the top grossing Hindi film in the year of its release, and one of the biggest Hindi film hit in its decade [1]. Dilip Kumar Meena Kumari Pran... Genre:Drama Cast: Dilip Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Ajeet, Jeevan Plot: The film is set in post-independence India where Industrialization is slowly creeping in. ... The historical drama is a film genre in which stories are based more or less accurately upon historical events and famous persons. ... Mughal-e-Azam (Urdu: مغلِ اعظم, Hindi: मुग़ल-ए आज़म) is an Indian romance film, a product of the Bollywood movie industry. ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... Nuruddin Jahangir (August 31, 1569 - October 28, 1627) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until 1627. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

In 1961 he produced and starred in the hit Ganga Jamuna in which he and his real-life brother Nasir Khan] played the title roles. Despite the film's success he did not produce any film after this. Dilip had a narrow brush with international fame in 1962, when British director David Lean offered him the role of Sherif Ali in his 1962 blockbuster, Lawrence of Arabia. However, Kumar declined the part. The role eventually went to Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor. After a period of box office flops in the mid 1960s, he bounced back when he played a dual role of twin brothers separated at birth in the film Ram Aur Shyam (1967) which was one of the biggest box office hits of the year. The success of Ram Aur Shyam spawned a number of remakes and imitators. Ganga Jamuna is a 1961 Hindi film produced by Dilip Kumar and directed by Nitin Bose. ... Sir David Lean, KBE (March 25, 1908 – April 16, 1991) was an English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago . ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lawrence of Arabia is an award-winning 1962 film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. ... For the Pakistani actor of the same name, see Umer Sharif. ... Dual role (also known as Double role) refers to one actor playing two or more roles, which may be deliberately scripted in a play or film, or merely be a by-product of a low budget in one particular production. ... Ram Aur Shyam is a 1967 Indian Hindi film. ...

Dilip Kumar --extremely private last 10 years and hence this pic is a treat. His visit to the office of MouthShut.com in Pali at Bandra in Mumbai is captured here.

Dilip Kumar with Annadurai, MGR, Karunanidhi, EVK Sampath at the inaguration of the N.S.Krishnan's statue in Chennai

In the 1970s Kumar acted in fewer films as newer actors such as Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan had began to take the spotlight. Many of Kumar's films failed at the box office during this period and after the release of his 1976 film Bairaag in which he played triple roles, he took a five year break from acting. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 294 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this picture when he paid a visit last year (2006) to the company I was working for. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 294 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this picture when he paid a visit last year (2006) to the company I was working for. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1676x2232, 174 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1676x2232, 174 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... , “Madras” redirects here. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rajesh Khanna (Punjabi: ਰਾਜੇਸ਼ ਖੰਨਾ) (born Jatin Khanna on December 29, 1942 in Amritsar) is an legendary Indian Bollywood actor. ... Bachchan redirects here. ... Bairaag is a 1976 Hindi film. ...

He made a comeback in 1981 with the multi-starrer box office hit Kranti which was the biggest hit of the year.[5]. He went onto play character roles as an elderly family patriarch or a police officer in a string of box office hits including Shakti (1982), Vidhaata (1982) and Karma (1986). In his last major successful film, Saudagar (1991) he appeared alongside another legendary actor Raaj Kumar after three decades since they last appeared together in Paigham (1959).[6]. Kranti is a 1981 Indian Hindi film. ... Shakti is a 1982 Bollywood movie. ... Vidhaata is a 1982 Bollywood film directed by Subhash Ghai and starring Dilip Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Shammi Kapoor,Padmini Kolhapure, Amrish Puri and Sarika in lead roles. ... Karma is a 1986 Bollywood movie directed by Subhash Ghai. ... Saudagar is a 1991 Bollywood film, directed by Subhash Ghai. ... Raaj Kumar (October 8, 1926 - July 3, 1996) was an actor in Hindi films. ... Paigham is a 1959 Hindi movie produced and directed by S S Vassan. ...

In 1992 he won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the Hindi film industry for over four decades. After four years hiatus, in 1996 he was back in the limelight after he was attached to make his directorial debut with a film titled Kalinga but the film was shelved soon after. He made his last film appearance in the box office flop Qila (1998) and has since retired from the film industry although he has continued to receive film offers in recent years but refused them. In 2002 he was attached to star in a film titled Asar - The Impact which was eventually shelved due to his indifferent health. The Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. ... Kalinga is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. ... Qila is a 1998 Bollywood Hindi language film directed by Umesh Mehra and starring veteran actor Dilip Kumar (playing a dual role) in his last film appearance. ...

Some of his older films have been shown over and over again on television or cherished on videotape and DVD. A few of them, such as Devdas and Ram Aur Shyam have been re-made several times. His 1960 film Mughal-e-Azam, which was originally released in black-and-white with some color scenes in the latter half of the film, was fully colorized in 2004 and re-released. Even in 2004, it did well at the box office.[7]. Another one of his classic films Naya Daur was colourized and released on August 2007. Devdas (Bengali: Debdash; Hindi: देवदास; Urdu: دیوداس) (also called Debdas) (1917) is a Bengali novella by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. ... Ram Aur Shyam is a 1967 Indian Hindi film. ... Mughal-e-Azam (Urdu: مغلِ اعظم, Hindi: मुग़ल-ए आज़म) is an Indian romance film, a product of the Bollywood movie industry. ... Genre:Drama Cast: Dilip Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Ajeet, Jeevan Plot: The film is set in post-independence India where Industrialization is slowly creeping in. ...

Public life

He has been active in efforts to bring the people of India and Pakistan closer together. He has been a member of the upper house of Parliament since 2000 and is known for his extensive charity work.. Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

He was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994. In 1998 he was awarded the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, the highest civilian award conferred by the government of Pakistan. He is the second Indian to receive the award; the first was former Indian prime minister Morarji Desai. At the time of Kargil War Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray urged Dilip Kumar to return Nishan-e-Pakistan . Mr Thackeray said Dilip Kumar must give back the award as a mark of protest for Pakistan's intrusion into Indian soil in May. "He must return Nishan-e-Pakistan following that country's blatant aggression on Indian soil." [8], but Mr. Kumar held his ground. He refused, saying: The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Nishan-i-Imtiaz or Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Urdu: نشان امتیاز) is the highest honor given to a civilian in Pakistan. ... Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (Hindi: ) (February 29, 1896 – April 10, 1995) was an Indian freedom fighter and the first Prime Minister that did not belong to the Indian Congress Party. ... Combatants India Pakistan, Kashmiri secessionists, Islamic militants (Foreign Fighters) Strength 30,000 5,000 Casualties Indian Official Figures: 527 killed,[1][2][3] 1,363 wounded[4] 1 POW Pakistani Estimates: 357–4,000+ killed[5][6] (Pakistan troops) 665+ soldiers wounded[5] 8 POWs. ... SS election symbol Shiv Sena or शिव सेना (meaning Army of Shiva, referring to Shiva) is a political party in India founded on June 19, 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who is the president of the party. ... Bal Keshav Thackeray (Marathi: बाळ केशव ठाकरे bāḷ keśav ṭhākare) (born January 23, 1924), popularly called Balasaheb, and also Sher, Tiger, or Hindu Hridaysamrat, is the founder and president of the Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist, Marathi ethnocentric and populist party active mainly in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. ...

"We need to look at this a little rationally. This award is not more important to me than our national interest. If it affects national interest, why would I want to hang on to it? But what does the award’s citation say? Does it say that this has been given to Dilip Kumar for his achievements in films? No, films are just a vocation for me. I do the best I can. This award was given to me for the humane activities to which I have dedicated myself. I have worked for the poor, I have worked for many years to bridge the cultural and communal gaps between India and Pakistan. Politics and religion have created these boundaries. I have striven to bring the two people together in whatever way I could. Tell me, what does any of this have to do with the Kargil conflict?" [9]

In 1980, he was appointed Sheriff of Mumbai, an honorary position. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The Sheriff of Mumbai is an apolitical titular position of authority bestowed for one year on a prominent citizen of Mumbai (Bombay). ...

Personal life and family

Dilip Kumar's younger brother Nasir Khan was also an actor and appeared opposite him in Ganga Jamuna (1961) and Bairaag (1976) as well as some other films in the late 1940s and 1950s. His career was not as successful however. He died in 1974. Nasir Khan's son Ayub Khan is also currently an actor in the industry. Nasir Khan's wife was 1950s actress Begum Para who is making a comeback to films after 50 years in the film Saawariya in 2007. Ganga Jamuna is a 1961 Hindi film produced by Dilip Kumar and directed by Nitin Bose. ... Bairaag is a 1976 Hindi film. ... Saawariya (Beloved) is a Bollywood film based on Fyodor Dostoevskys short story, White Nights.[1] Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the film was released by Sony Pictures Entertainment on November 9, 2007[2] and has thus become the first Indian movie to be co-produced and distributed by a...

Dilip Kumar's siblings who are still alive include brothers Ehsan Khan and Aslam Khan who live in Mumbai, a sister Farida who lives in Fresno, California.

Dilip Kumar's first romantic interest was rumored to be the already married Kamini Kaushal [10]. Then Kumar was said to be romantically linked to the actress Madhubala. It is claimed that Madhubala's family would not allow the couple to marry; some conjecture that this was because Madhubala was the main source of income for her family. [11] Kamini Kaushal ’s original name was Uma. ... Madhubala (Hindi: मधुबाला, Urdu: ) (February 14, 1933 – February 23, 1969) was a Bollywood actress considered by many to be one of the most beautiful actresses to have graced the screens of Indian cinema. ...

Kumar and Madhubala were to appear together in Naya Daur, but Madhubala's father refused to allow his daughter to act with Kumar. The producer B.R. Chopra took Madhubala to court and Dilip Kumar testified against her. The former sweethearts were now on extremely bad terms. This complicated work on the film Mughal-E-Azam, which had started filming before the court case. It is said that Kumar and Madhubala, who were supposed to portray persecuted lovers, resisted filming any more love scenes. Genre:Drama Cast: Dilip Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Ajeet, Jeevan Plot: The film is set in post-independence India where Industrialization is slowly creeping in. ... B.R. Chopra (Baldev Raj Chopra) born 14th April, 1914, is the 1998 recipient of the Dadasaheb phalke award. ... Mughal-e-Azam (Urdu: مغلِ اعظم, Hindi: मुग़ल-ए आज़म) is an Indian romance film, a product of the Bollywood movie industry. ...

Dilip Kumar married actress and "beauty queen" Saira Banu in 1966 when he was aged 44 and she was 22. At the time, gossip columnists predicted doom for the high-profile couple, but the union has been one of the longest lasting marriages in Bollywood. The marriage was briefly under threat when Kumar married a woman called Asma in 1980 but the marriage was quickly dissolved. Saira Banu (born August 23, 1944) is the daughter of Naseem Banu, a well-known actress of the 1940s. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...

Filmography

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Dilip Kumar's uncompleted/unreleased films

• Bank Manager (Director & Producer RC Talwar)
• Taj Mahal (Director & Producer K. Asif)
• Akhri Mughal (Director & Producer K. Asif
• Har Singhar (Director Mahesh Kol & Producer Allied Art Productions)
• Shikwah (Director & Producer Rajindar Jain)
• Janwar (Director & Producer K. Asif)
• Chankia Chandar Gupt (Director BR Chopra & Producer Kishore Kumar)
• Kalinga (Director Dilip Kumar)
• Aag Ka Darya (Director Rajindar Singh Babu & Producer Premaliya)
• Asar (Director Kuku Kohli)
• Kala Aadmi (Director & Producer Nasir Hussain)

Mughal-e-Azam Part history and part fiction, has been the best Indian period film ever made till date. ... Mughal-e-Azam Part history and part fiction, has been the best Indian period film ever made till date. ... Mughal-e-Azam Part history and part fiction, has been the best Indian period film ever made till date. ... Kishore Kumar (August 4, 1929 – October 13, 1987) was an Indian film playback singer and comic actor. ... Nasir Hussain was born in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. ...

External links

• Dilip Kumar at the Internet Movie Database
• Life History Of Dilip Kumar
• Excerpts from Dilip Kumar’s Biography