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{{Infobox Actor
| name = Dilip Kumar
| image = Dilip kumar-mouthshut.jpg
| imagesize = 300px
| caption = Dilip Kumar at [[mouthshut.com]] office(2006).
| occupation = [[Actor]], [[Film producer|Producer]],[[Film director|Director]],[[Politician]]
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1922|12|11}}
| location = [[Peshawar]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| othername = Dilip Sahab <br> Tragedy King
| spouse = [[Saira Banu]] (1966-present)
| yearsactive = 1944 - 1998 (Retired)
| birthname = '''Yusuf Khan'''
}}

'''Yusuf Khan''' ({{lang-hi|यूसुफ़ ख़ान}}; {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|یوسف خان}}}}) (born December 11, 1922), popularly known as '''Dilip Kumar''' ({{lang-hi|दिलीप कुमार}}; {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|دِلِیپ کُمار}}}}) is one of the greatest and most iconic [[India]]n film actor and a former [[Member of Parliament]]. He lives in Pali Hill in the [[Mumbai]] suburb of [[Bandra]]. Acclaimed throughout his career span of 54 years, he has won an unparalleled eight [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]]s.
'''Yusuf Khan''' ({{lang-hi|यूसुफ़ ख़ान}}; {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|یوسف خان}}}}) (born December 11, 1922), popularly known as '''Dilip Kumar''' ({{lang-hi|दिलीप कुमार}}; {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|دِلِیپ کُمار}}}}) is one of the greatest and most iconic [[India]]n film actor and a former [[Member of Parliament]]. He lives in Pali Hill in the [[Mumbai]] suburb of [[Bandra]]. Acclaimed throughout his career span of 54 years, he has won an unparalleled eight [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]]s.


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Starting his career in 1944, Dilip Kumar has starred in some of the biggest commercially successful films from the late 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]] and 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 romantic ''[[Andaz]]'' (1949) with the swashbuckling ''[[Aan]]'' (1952), the dramatic ''[[Devdas (1955 film)|Devdas]]'' (1955) with the comical ''[[Azaad]]'' (1955) and the historical romance ''[[Mughal E Azam]]'' (1960) with the social ''[[Ganga Jamuna]]'' (1961). In the 1970s roles dried up for Kumar and after 1976 he left films for a five year break. In 1981 he returned with a character role in the blockbuster film ''[[Kranti]]'' and continued his career playing central character roles in hits such as ''[[Shakti (1982 film)|Shakti]]'' (1982), ''[[Karma (film)|Karma]]'' (1986) and ''[[Saudagar]]'' (1991) his last film was [[Qila]] in 1998. He has since retired from the industry.
Starting his career in 1944, Dilip Kumar has starred in some of the biggest commercially successful films from the late 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]] and 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 romantic ''[[Andaz]]'' (1949) with the swashbuckling ''[[Aan]]'' (1952), the dramatic ''[[Devdas (1955 film)|Devdas]]'' (1955) with the comical ''[[Azaad]]'' (1955) and the historical romance ''[[Mughal E Azam]]'' (1960) with the social ''[[Ganga Jamuna]]'' (1961). In the 1970s roles dried up for Kumar and after 1976 he left films for a five year break. In 1981 he returned with a character role in the blockbuster film ''[[Kranti]]'' and continued his career playing central character roles in hits such as ''[[Shakti (1982 film)|Shakti]]'' (1982), ''[[Karma (film)|Karma]]'' (1986) and ''[[Saudagar]]'' (1991) his last film was [[Qila]] in 1998. He has since retired from the industry.


== Early life ==
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He was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan at Mohallah Khudadad,on the back of Qissa Khwani Bazaar in [[Peshawar]],then [[Undivided India]]. Peshawar is part of [[Pakistan]] since 1947. Yusuf Khan was born to a Peshawari family of Afghan origin with twelve children. His father, Lala Ghulam Sarwar was a fruit merchant and owned large orchards in Peshawar and [[Deolali]] in Maharashtra near [[Nashik]].
The family relocated to Mumbai in 1930s and in the early 1940s Yusuf Khan moved to Pune and started off with his canteen business and supplying dry fruits.

In 1943, [[Devika Rani]], who was also the wife of the founder of Bombay Talkies, [[Himanshu Rai]], helped his entry into the [[Bollywood]] film industry. Mr. Amiya Chakravarty also gave him the screen name of Dilip Kumar and starred him in Dilip Kumar's first movie Jwar Bhata. Devika and her husband Roerich spotted the young and smart looking Yusuf Khan in one of Pune's Aundh military canteen.

[[Image:dilip kumar.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Dilip Saheb in 1955|

== Career ==
His first film ''[[Jwar Bhata (1944 film)|Jwar Bhata]]'' was released in 1944 which went unnoticed. In 1947 he shot to prominence with working with the legendary singer and actress [[Noor Jahan]] who agreed to act opposite him in the film ''[[Jugnu (1947 film)|Jugnu]]'' which was his first major hit. In 1949, he co-starred with [[Raj Kapoor]] in the romantic melodrama film ''[[Andaz]]'', which went to become a huge success and made him a star. 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 film)|Amar]]'' (1954), ''[[Devdas (1955 film)|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) and a comic role in ''[[Azaad]]'' (1955). In 1960 he starred in the [[historical film]] ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'' which is as of 2008, the second highest grossing film in Hindi film history inflation adjusted [http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=all_time_earners&PHPSESSID=a483ad664617a18449e5edce9594ca91] in which he played the role of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] crown-prince [[Jehangir]], the son of [[Akbar]].

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 (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''. However, Kumar declined the part. The role eventually went to [[Omar Sharif]], the Egyptian actor. After a brief period of box office flops in the mid 1960s, he bounced back when he played a [[dual role]] of [[twins]] 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.

In the 1970s Kumar acted in fewer films as newer actors such as [[Rajesh Khanna]] and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] had begun to take the spotlight.

In 1976 film ''[[Bairaag]]'' in which he played triple roles flopped very badly so he took a five year break from acting.

He made a comeback in 1981 with the multi-starrer ''[[Kranti]]'' which was the biggest hit of the year. 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 film)|Shakti]]'' (1982) (in which he starred alongside the reigning superstar of the time [[Amitabh Bachchan]]), ''[[Vidhaata]]'' (1982), ''[[Mashaal]]'' (1984) and ''[[Karma (film)|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). In 1993 he won the [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award]].

In 1996 he was attached to make his directorial debut with a film titled ''Kalinga'' but the film was shelved. In 1998 he made his last film appearance to date in the box office flop ''[[Qila]]''. His classic film [[Mughal-E-Azam]] was fully [[colorized]] in 2004 and re-released. Even in 2004, it did well at the box office. Another one of his classic films ''[[Naya Daur]]'' was colourized and released in August 2007. He is from golden era of actors like [[Raj Kapoor]] and [[Dev Anand]], Dilip Kumar is one of the last actors from the golden era of Bollywood.

== 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 of India|Parliament]] since 2000 and is known for his extensive charity work..

He was awarded the [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] in 1994. In 1998 he was awarded the [[Nishan-e-Pakistan]], 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]] demanded 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." [http://www.media-watch.org/articles/0799/79.html], but Mr. Kumar held his ground. He refused, saying:

: "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?" [http://www.media-watch.org/articles/0799/163.html]
[[Image:4MGR345676aa232.jpg|thumb|left|Dilip Kumar with Annadurai, MGR, Karunanidhi, EVK Sampath at the inauguration of the N.S.Krishnan's statue in [[Chennai]]]]

==Personal life==
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.

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 wife was 1950s actress [[Begum Para]] who recently made a comeback to films after 50 years in the film ''[[Saawariya]]'' in 2007.

Dilip 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. [http://www.3to6.com/final_retro/lmadhbala1.htm] .
Dilip Kumar and actress Madhubala were to appear together in ''[[Naya Daur]]'', but Madhubala's father refused to allow his daughter to act with Kumar. The producer [[Baldev Raj Chopra|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.

==Awards==
Dilip Kumar has received many awards throughout his career (a career spanning over more than 50 years with his last film, Qila, releasing in 1998). The awards include 8 [[Filmfare]] Best Actor awards and 19 nominations in all for the same. He has also been honored Filmfare Lifetime Achievent award in 1992. The Government of India in 1994, honored him with the Dada Saheb Phalke award -- the highest award for cinematic excellence in India. This underlines his vast contribution to Indian Cinema. In [[1980]], he was appointed [[Sheriff of Mumbai]], an honorary position.
In [[1997]], Dilip Kumar was awarded, [[Nishan-e-Pakistan]], [[Pakistan]]'s highest civilian award.

He received [[NTR National Award]] for the year 1997.
He was also awarded CNN-IBN Indian of the year - Lifetime achievement award in 2009.

== Filmography ==
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Title = [[Jwar Bhata (1944 film)|Jwar Bhata]] |
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Title = [[Pratima]] |
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Title = [[Milan (film)|Milan]] |
Year = 1947|
Role = Ramesh
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Jugnu (1947 film)|Jugnu]] |
Year = 1947|
Role = Sooraj
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]] |
Year = 1948|
Role = Ram
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Nadiya Ke Paar]] |
Year = 1948|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Mela (1948 film)|Mela]] |
Year = 1948|
Role = Mohan
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Ghar Ki Izzat]] |
Year = 1948|
Role = Chanda
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Anokha Pyar]] |
Year = 1948|
Role = Ashok
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Shabnam (1949 film)|Shabnam]] |
Year = 1949|
Role = Manoj
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Andaz]] |
Year = 1949|
Role = Dilip
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Jogan (1950 film)|Jogan]] |
Year = 1950|
Role = Vijay
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Babul (1950 film)|Babul]] |
Year = 1950|
Role = Ashok
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Arzoo (1950 film)|Arzoo]] |
Year = 1950|
Role = Badal
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Tarana (1951 film)|Tarana]] |
Year = 1951|
Role = Motilal
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Hulchul (1951 film)|Hulchul]] |
Year = 1951|
Role = Kishore
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Deedar]] |
Year = 1951|
Role = Shamu
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Sangdil]] |
Year = 1952|
Role = Shankar
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Daag (1952 film)|Daag]] |
Year = 1952|
Role = Shankar
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Aan]] |
Year = 1952|
Role = Jai Tilak
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Shikast]] |
Year = 1953|
Role = Dr. Ram Singh
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Footpath (1953 film)|Footpath]] |
Year = 1953|
Role = Noshu
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Amar (1954 film)|Amar]] |
Year = 1954|
Role = Amarnath
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Udan Khatola]] |
Year = 1955|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Insaniyat (1955 film)|Insaniyat]] |
Year = 1955|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Devdas (1955 film)|Devdas]] |
Year = 1955|
Role = Devdas
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Title = [[Azaad]] |
Year = 1955|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Naya Daur]] | [[Shankar]] |
Year = 1957|
Role = Shankar
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Title = [[Musafir (1957 film)|Musafir]] |
Year = 1957|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Yahudi]] |
Year = 1958|
Role = Prince Marcus
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Madhumati]] |
Year = 1958|
Role = Anand/ Deven
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Paigham]] |
Year = 1959|
Role = Ratan Lal
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Kohinoor (1960 film)|Kohinoor]] |
Year = 1960|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Mughal-E-Azam]] |
Year = 1960|
Role = Prince Salim
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Gunga Jumna]] |
Year = 1961|
Role = Gunga
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Leader (film)|Leader]] |
Year = 1964|
Role = Vijay Khanna
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Dil Diya Dard Liya]] |
Year = 1966|
Role = Sahnkar/Rajasaheb
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Ram Aur Shyam]] |
Year = 1967|
Role = Ram/ Shyam
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Sunghursh]] |
Year = 1968|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Sadhu Aur Shaitan]] |
Year = 1968|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Aadmi (1968 film)|Aadmi]] |
Year = 1968|
Role = Rajesh/ Raja Saheb
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Title = [[Sagina Mahato]] |
Year = 1970|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Gopi (1970 film)|Gopi]] |
Year = 1970|
Role = Gopi
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Daastan]] |
Year = 1972|
Role = Anil/Sunil
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Title = [[Anokha Milan]] |
Year = 1972|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Sagina (film)|Sagina]] |
Year = 1974|
Role =
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Title = [[Phir Kab Milogi]] |
Year = 1974|
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Title = [[Bairaag]] |
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Title = [[Kranti]] |
Title = [[Kranti]] |
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Role = Mohan Kumar
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Mashaal]] |
Year = 1984|
Role = Vinod Kumar
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Title = [[Dharam Adhikari]] |
Year = 1986|
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Karma (film)|Karma]] |
Year = 1986|
Role = Vishwanath Pratab Singh aka Rana
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Title = [[Kanoon Apna Apna]] |
Year = 1989|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Izzatdaar]] |
Year = 1990|
Role = Brahmadutt
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Title = [[Aag Ka Dariya]] |
Year = 1990|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Saudagar]] |
Year = 1991|
Role = Thakur Veer Singh
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Qila]] |
Year = 1998 |
Role = Jaganath/Amarnath Singh
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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 ''[[Kabir Khan]]'' & Producer '[[Asitya Chopra]]' )
* [[Shikwa]] (Director [[AR Murgadoss]] & Producer ''[[Yash Chopra]]'')
* [[Janwar]] (Director & Producer ''[[K. Asif]]'')
* [[Kidnap(2008 film)|Kidnap]](Director ''[[Sanjay Gadhvi]]'' & Producer ''[[Kishore Kumar]]'')
* [[Kalinga]] (Producer ''Sudhakar Bokade'' Director ''Dilip Kumar'')
* [[Aag Ka Darya]] (Director ''Rajindar Singh Babu'' & Producer ''Premaliya'')
* [[Asr]] (Director ''Kuku Kohli'')
* [[Kala Aadmi]] (Director & Producer ''[[Nasir Hussain]]'')

== External links ==
*[http://cinepick.com/India/Dilip-Kumar.html Detailed website on Legendary Dilip Kumar]
* {{imdb name|id=0474801|name=Dilip Kumar}}
* [http://www.bollyfan.com/dilip-kumar.html Life History Of Dilip Kumar]
* [http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/1760 The Legend, Tragedy King lives on]
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031221/spectrum/book5.htm Excerpts from Dilip Kumar’s Biography]
* [http://www.dilipkumar.org The Legend Dilip Kumar Blog]

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Revision as of 14:40, 9 September 2009

{{ Yusuf Khan (Hindi: यूसुफ़ ख़ान; Urdu: یوسف خان) (born December 11, 1922), popularly known as Dilip Kumar (Hindi: दिलीप कुमार; Urdu: دِلِیپ کُمار) is one of the greatest and most iconic Indian film actor and a former Member of Parliament. He lives in Pali Hill in the Mumbai suburb of Bandra. Acclaimed throughout his career span of 54 years, he has won an unparalleled eight Filmfare Best Actor Awards.

Summary

Starting his career in 1944, Dilip Kumar has starred in some of the biggest commercially successful films from the late 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 and 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 romantic 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). In the 1970s roles dried up for Kumar and after 1976 he left films for a five year break. In 1981 he returned with a character role in the blockbuster film Kranti and continued his career playing central character roles in hits such as Shakti (1982), Karma (1986) and Saudagar (1991) his last film was Qila in 1998. He has since retired from the industry.

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