In 1986, Dilip Kumar took a five-year break from acting in the film and the film Kranti became a regular in the film through the lead role and continued to act regularly in the lead role. Such as: "Shakti" (1982), "Karma" (198) and "Saudagar" (1991).
He was the first person to receive the Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1954 and still holds the record for most Filmfare Awards, having won eight awards in total.
Dilip Kumar | ||
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| Personal information | ||
| Birth name | Yusuf khan | |
| Urdu name | دلیپ کمار | |
| Other names | Dilip Sahab | |
| Birth | December 11, 1922 Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India | |
| Death | Jul 7, 2021 (98 years old) PD Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Center, Mumbai ( India ) | |
| Cause of death | Prostate cancer | |
| Home | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | |
| Nationality | India (1947-2021) | |
| Religion | Islam | |
| Political party | Indian National Congress | |
| Family | ||
| Spouse | Saira Banu (1966-2021) | |
| Professional information | ||
| Occupation | actor, producer, director, politician | |
| Busy positions | Member of the Rajya Sabha for Maharashtra (2000-2006) | |
| Years active | 1944 - 1998 (retired) | |
| Honors |
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Dilip Kumar has acted in the most number of films with actress " Vaijayanthimala ", where they have acted together in seven films including "Ganga Jamuna" from their own production. The understanding between the two of them was very good forever.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 for his contributions to Indian cinema. His latest film was Kila (1998).
Critics hailed him as the greatest actor of all time in the history of Hindi cinema.
In a blog post, Amitabh Bachchan made a statement by choosing Dilip Kumar as the greatest actor of all time.
Early life
Dilip Kumar was born on 11 December 1922 in Khyber, Pakistan under the name of Muhammad Yusuf Khan to a Muslim aristocratic family.
His father Lala Golam Sarwar was a fruit trader who owned an orchard between Peshawar and Deolali (Maharashtra, India).
His mother's name is Ayesha Begum. Dilip Kumar started his early education at the prestigious Deolia Burns School near Nasik. Late in 1930, he moved to Mumbai with a family of 12 members.
Dilip Kumar left home in Pune in 1940 to work in a canteen run for British troops. He began his career as a canteen owner and a dried fruit supplier.
In 1943, actress Devika Rani and her husband Himanshu Rai, who owned "Bombay Talkies", tried to negotiate with Dilip Kumar in the blind military canteen in Pune and cast Dilip in the lead role in the 1944 film "Jowar Bhata" and entered the Bollywood industry by starring in the film.
Although his real name is Muhammad Yusuf Khan, Hindi writer Bhagwati Charan Burma gave him the screen name Dilip Kumar. It is believed that Dilip Kumar can speak different languages; Such as English, Hindi, Urdu, and Pashto languages.
Career
Dilip Kumar's first film "Jowar Bhata" (1944) went unnoticed which did not help him reach the pinnacle of fame, but later in 1946, "Jangu" opposite "Nur Jahan" gained wide acclaim with his first commercially successful film at the box office. His next major commercial success was "Shaheed" (1948).
He said that he co-starred with Raj Kapoor and Nargis in a love triangle that played a pivotal role in Mehboob Khan's 1949 plot. He played a successful business tragedy in the 1950s; Jogan (1950), Didar (1951), Daag (1952), Devdas (1955), Yehudi (1956), and Madhumati (1958).
He played the villain in Mehboob Khan's "Amar" (1954). This movie called him "King of Tragedy". As established on the screen.
He is for the movie "Spot" He was the first actor to win a Filmfare Best Actor Award and Devdas appeared before the award again for the film. She teamed up with many of the top popular actresses of the time, including Nargis, Kamini Kushal, Mina Kumari, Madhubala, and Vaijayanthimala.
Social status
Dilip Kumar has been active in trying to bring the people of India and Pakistan closer together. He was nominated as a member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament for a fixed term in the Rajya Sabha.
He was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994.
In 1996, he was awarded the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, the highest civilian award given by the government of Pakistan. He became the second Indian to receive this award. During the Kargil war, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said, "The country is citing the terrible aggression on Indian soil" so Dilip Kumar demanded the return of his Nishan-e-Imtiaz award. Dilip Kumar denies this, saying his translation:
This award has been given to me for humanitarian activities, which is dedicated to myself. I have worked for many years to bridge the cultural and communal gap between India and Pakistan, to help the poor. Politics and religion have created these boundaries.
I am struggling to unite the two countries no matter what I can do. Tell me, does it have anything to do with the Kargil conflict?
Personal life
Dilip Kumar performed Mecca Umrah in 2013 with his wife Saira Banu for the first time in his life. Dilip Kumar first fell in love with actress Kamini Kaushal, but they could not get married. He later fell in love with actress Madhubala, but their family opposed the marriage.
He married beauty queen actress Saira Banu in 1982, who was 22 years younger than him. He married a girl named Asma for the second time in 1980 but their marriage ended soon after.
Awards and Popularity
Dilip Kumar is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time in the history of Hindi cinema. He holds the Guinness Book of World Records for winning the highest number of awards as an Indian actor.
He has received numerous awards throughout his acting career, including six Filmfare Best Actor Awards and 19 Filmfare nominations. Since 1993, the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award was honored.
On January 5, 2015 Government of India, the Padma Vibhushan Declares to give and was given to him on the occasion of his birthday on 13 December 2015.
Death
Veteran Indian actor Dilip Kumar died on the morning of July 8, 2021, in a Mumbai hospital. He was 96 years old.
Filmography
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List of performances in feature films |
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Year |
Title |
Role |
Director(s) |
Notes |
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1944 |
Jwar Bhata |
Jagish |
Amiya
Chakravarty |
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1945 |
Pratima |
Karan Jairaj |
Paidi Jairaj |
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1946 |
Milan |
Ramesh |
Nitin Bose |
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1947 |
Jugnu |
Karan |
Shaukat Hussain
Rizvi |
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1948 |
Nadiya Ke Par |
Vasusena Singh |
Kishore Sahu |
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Shaheed |
Ram |
Ramesh Saigal |
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Mela |
Mohan |
S. U. Sunny |
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Ghar Ki Izzat |
Ramchandra |
Ram Daryani |
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Anokha Pyar |
Karan |
M. I. Dharamsey |
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1949 |
Shabnam |
Manoj |
B. Mitra |
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Andaz |
Ramachandra |
Mehboob Khan |
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1950 |
Jogan |
Vijay |
Kidar Nath Sharma |
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Arzoo |
Digvijay Singh |
Shaheed Latif |
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Babul |
Ramchandra |
Naushad |
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1951 |
Tarana |
Dr. Motilal |
Ram Daryani |
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Hulchul |
Radheya |
S. K. Ojha |
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Deedar |
Shyamu |
Nitin Bose |
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1952 |
Sangdil |
Dharmaraja |
R. C. Talwar |
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Daag |
Shankar |
Amiya Chakravarty |
Filmfare
Award for Best Actor |
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Aan |
Jai Tilak |
Mehboob Khan |
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1953 |
Shikast |
Dr. Ram Singh |
Ramesh Saigal |
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Footpath |
Vasusena |
Zia Sarhadi |
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1954 |
Amar |
Advocate Karanpriya |
Mehboob Khan |
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1955 |
Devdas |
Devdas |
Bimal Roy |
Filmfare Award for Best Actor |
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Uran Khatola |
Ramchandra |
S. U. Sunny |
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Azaad |
Kumar / Azaad / Abdul Rahim
Khan |
S. M. Sriramulu
Naidu |
Filmfare Award for Best Actor |
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Insaniyat |
Mrityunjay Rawat |
S. S. Vasan |
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1957 |
Musafir |
Raja |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
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Naya Daur |
Shankar |
B. R. Chopra |
Filmfare Award for Best Actor |
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1958 |
Yahudi |
Prince Marcus |
Bimal Roy |
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Madhumati |
Anand / Deven |
Bimal Roy |
Nominated—Filmfare Award for
Best Actor |
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1959 |
Paigham |
Ratan Lal |
S. S. Vasan |
Nominated—Filmfare Award for
Best Actor |
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1960 |
Kohinoor |
Yuvraj Rana Devendra Pratap
Bahadur / Kohinoor |
S. U. Sunny |
Filmfare Award for Best Actor |
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Mughal-E-Azam |
Prince Salim |
K. Asif |
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1961 |
Gunga Jumna |
Gungaram "Gunga" |
Nitin Bose |
Nominated—Filmfare Award for
Best Actor |
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1964 |
Leader |
Vijay Khanna |
Ram Mukherjee |
Filmfare Award for Best Actor |
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1966 |
Dil Diya Dard Liya |
Shankar / Raja Sahib |
Abdur Rashid Kardar |
Nominated—Filmfare Award for
Best Actor |
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1967 |
Ram Aur Shyam |
Ram / Shyam (Double Role) |
Tapi Chanakya |
Filmfare Award for Best Actor |
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1968 |
Aadmi |
Rajesh / Raja Sahib |
A. Bhimsingh |
Nominated—Filmfare Award for
Best Actor |
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Sunghursh |
Kundan Prasad / Bajrangi |
Harnam Singh Rawail |
Nominated—Filmfare Award for
Best Actor |
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1970 |
Gopi |
Gopiram "Gopi" |
A. Bhimsingh |
Nominated—Filmfare Award for
Best Actor |
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Sagina Mahato |
Sagina Mahato |
Tapan Sinha |
Bengali film |
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1972 |
Dastaan |
Diwan Anil Kumar / Sunil
Kumar / Judge Vishnu Sahay (Double Role) |
B. R. Chopra |
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1974 |
Sagina |
Sagina Mahato |
Tapan Sinha |
Nominated—Filmfare Award for
Best Actor |
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1976 |
Bairaag |
Kailash / Bholanath
"Bhola" / Sanjay |
Asit Sen |
Nominated—Filmfare Award for
Best Actor |
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1981 |
Kranti |
Sanga |
Manoj Kumar |
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1982 |
Shakti |
DCP Ashwini Kumar |
Ramesh Sippy |
Filmfare Award for Best Actor |
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Vidhaata |
Shamsher Singh / Shobhraj |
Subhash Ghai |
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1983 |
Mazdoor |
Dinanath Saxena |
Ravi Chopra |
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1984 |
Mashaal |
Vinod Kumar |
Yash Chopra |
Nominated—Filmfare Award for
Best Actor |
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Duniya |
Mohan Kumar |
Ramesh Talwar |
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1986 |
Dharm Adhikari |
Dharamraj |
K. Raghavendra Rao |
Short |
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Karma |
Jailor Vishwanath Pratap
Singh / Rana / Dada Thakur |
Subhash Ghai |
Playback singer M. Aziz |
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1989 |
Kanoon Apna Apna |
Collector Jagatpratap Singh |
B. Gopal |
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1990 |
Izzatdaar |
Brahma Dutt |
K. Bapaiah |
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1991 |
Saudagar |
Thakur Veer Singh |
Subhash Ghai |
Nominated—Filmfare Award for
Best Actor |
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1998 |
Qila |
Judge Amarnath Singh /
Jagannath Singh |
Umesh Mehra |
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Awards
- 1954 - Filmfare Award for Best Actor - "Stigma"
- 1956 - Filmfare Award for Best Actor - "Azad"
- 1957 - Filmfare Award for Best Actor - " Devdas "
- 1958 - Filmfare Award for Best Actor - "New Age"
- 1961 - Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Kohinoor
- 1965 - Filmfare Award for Best Actor - "Conspiracy"
- 1968 - Filmfare Award for Best Actor - " Ram and Shyam"
- 1983 - Filmfare Award for Best Actor - " Shakti
- 1991 - Order of Padma Bhushan
- 1993 - Filmfare Award for contribution to cinematography
- 1994 - Dadasaheb Falke Prize
- 1997 - Pakistan Civil State Award Nishan-e-Imtiaz
- 1997 - NTR National Award ( Andhra Pradesh )
- 2004 - IIFA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema
- 2004 - Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema
- 2011 - Jeevan Lokmat Gaurav Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2015 - Order of Padma Vibhushan
