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Dilip Kumar Profile

Dilip Kumar was a name to reckon with in the Hindi tinsel world in the 50′s and 60′s. One of the greatest actors ever to grace the Indian silver screen. His unique style of acting has inspired many upcoming actors and hopefuls but none have even remotely been able to match his natural, one and only style.

Dilip Kumar was born on 11th December, 1922 at Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar (Pakistan), as Muhammad Yusuf Khan. His brothers are Nasir Khan, Ehsan Khan and Aslam Khan. Kumar’s younger brother Nasir Khan was also an actor and appeared opposite him in Ganga Jamuna.

He was born to a Hindko-speaking Peshawari family with twelve children. His father, Lala Ghulam Sarwar, was a fruit merchant who owned large orchards in Peshawar and Deolali in Maharashtra near Nashik. The family relocated to Mumbai in the 1930s and in the early 1940s Yusuf Khan (Dilip Kumar) moved to Pune and started a canteen business and supplying dried fruits.

In 1943, actress Devika Rani, who was also the wife of the founder of the Bombay Talkies film studio, Himanshu Rai, helped Khan’s entry into the Bollywood film industry. Devika Rani and her husband Svetoslav Roerich spotted Khan in one of Pune’s Aundh military canteens. Hindi Author Bhagwati Charan Varma gave him the screen name Dilip Kumar and gave him the leading role in his film Jwar Bhata (1944).which went unnoticed.

Dilip Kumar’s first major hit was the 1947 film Jugnu. He appeared in many hits thereafter including the romantic melodrama Andaz, Deedar (1951), Amar (1954), Devdas (1955) and Madhumati (1958). These films established his screen image as the “Tragedy King”.

Dilip Kumar also played lighthearted roles in films such as Aan (1952), Azaad (1955) and Musafir (1957). In 1960 he portrayed Prince Salim in the historical film Mughal-e-Azam which as of 2008 was the second highest grossing film in Hindi film history.

In 1961 Dilip Kumar produced and starred in Ganga Jamuna in which he and his real-life brother Nasir Khan played the title roles. This was the only film he produced.

British director David Lean offered Dilip Kumar the role of Sherif Ali in his 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia, but Kumar declined the part. The role eventually went to Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor.

Dilip Kumar played a dual role of twins separated at birth in the hit film Ram Aur Shyam and in the 1976 film Bairaag he played triple roles as a father and his twin sons.

Dilip Kumar took a five year hiatus from films from 1976 to 1981.

In 1981 he returned to film with the multi-starrer Kranti. He went onto play character roles in films including Shakti (1982), Vidhaata (1982), Mashaal (1984) and Karma (1986). In 1991 he starred alongside veteran actor Raaj Kumar in Saudagar which was his last successful film. In 1993 he won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. I

Dilip Kumar married actress and beauty queen Saira Banu in year 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.

In 1998 Dilip Kumar 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.

Dilip Kumar 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.

Awards:

The Life Time Achievement in 1997,
Filmfare Award (1982) – Best Actor For Shakti
The NTR National Award.
Awarded by CNN-IBN Indian of the Year – Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.

Filmography:

Sunghursh, Ram Aur Shyam,
Dil Diya Dard Liya,
Gunga Jumna,
Mughal-E-Azam,
Kohinoor, Madhumati,
Musafir, Devdas, Udan Khatola,
Babul, Ghar Ki Izzat, Mela,
Shaheed, Jugnu, Pratima and Jwar Bhata.

Film Name          : Dilip Kumar
Original Name   : Yusuf Khan
Nick Name          : Sri Dilip Kumar
Common Name: Tragedy king
Date of Birth       : 11 December, 1922
Birth Place          : Peshawar, NWFP
Zodiac Sign         : Sagittarius
Height                  : 5′ 10
Hair Color           : Black
Religion               : Muslim
Marital Status    : Married
Wife                     : Saira Banu
Debut Film          : Jwar Bhata