Dilip Kumar
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{{Infobox Actor
| name = Dilip Kumar <br> दिलीप कुमार
| image = Dilip_Kumar_2006.jpg
| imagesize = 315px
| caption = Dilip Kumar
| birthname = Yusuf Khan
| occupation = [[Actor]], [[Film producer|Producer]],[[film director|Director]],[[politician]]
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1922|12|11}}
| location = [[Peshawar]],[[Pakistan]]
| yearsactive = 1944-1976, 1981-1991, 1998 (Retired)
| othername = Tragedy King
| spouse = [[Saira Banu]] (1966-present)
| filmfareawards= '''[[Filmfare Best Actor Award|Best Actor]]''' <br> 1954 ''[[Daag]]'' <br> 1956 ''[[Azaad]]'' <br> 1957 ''[[Devdas]]'' <br> 1958 ''[[Naya Daur]]'' <br> 1961 ''[[Kohinoor]]'' <br> 1965 ''[[Leader]]'' <br> 1968 ''[[Ram Aur Shyam]]'' <br> 1983 ''[[Shakti]]'' <br>
'''[[Lifetime Achievement Award]]''' (1992)
}}
'''Yusuf Khan''' ([[Hindi]]: यूसुफ़ ख़ान ; [[Urdu]]: یوسف خان ; {{IPA2|ju:sʊf xa:n}}) (born [[December 11]], [[1922]]), popularly known as '''Dilip Kumar''' ([[Hindi]]: दिलीप कुमार ; [[Urdu]]: دِلِیپ کُمار) is a legendary [[Bollywood]] film actor and a former [[Member of Parliament]] ([[Rajya Sabha]]).
He is considered to be one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. 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 intense ''[[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). He has since retired from the industry.
== Early life ==
He was born Muhammad Yusuf Khan, in [[Qissa_Khawani_Bazaar|Qissa Khawani Bazaar]] in [[Peshawar]], in the then undivided India, now in [[Pakistan]], in a [[Pashtun]] family of twelve children. His father, Ghulam Sarwar was a fruit merchant and owned large orchards in Peshawar and Devlali in Maharashtra near Mumbai.
The family relocated to Mumbai in 1230s and in the early 1940s 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. She also gave him the screen name of Dilip Kumar.
== Career ==
His first film ''[[Jwar Bhata (1944 film)|Jwar Bhata]]'', was released in [[1944]] which went unnoticed. In [[1947]] he shot to prominence with 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]] 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.
[[Image:4MGR345676aa232.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Dilip Kumar with Annadurai, MGR, Karunanidhi, EVK Sampath at the inaguration of the N.S.Krishnan's statue in [[Chennai]]]]
In the [[1970]]s 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.
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 reigining 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 1992 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]]'' where in a rare form he played a villainous role. He has since retired from the film industry although he has continued to receive film offers in recent years but the films have either been shelved due to his indifferent health or because he refused them.
Some of his older films have been shown over and over again on television or cherished on [[VHS]] 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 colour 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. Another one of his classic films ''[[Naya Daur]]'' was colourized and released in August 2007. Along with actors like [[Pran]] and [[Dev Anand]], Kumar is one of the last actors from the golden era of Bollywood who is still alive today.
== 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-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." [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]
In [[1980]], he was appointed [[Sheriff of Mumbai]], an honorary position.
He is the recipient of India's highest award for cinematic excellence, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and also the Nishan-e-Pakistan, Pakistan's highest civilian award.
== Personal life==
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 recently made a comeback to films after 50 years in the film ''[[Saawariya]]'' in 2007.
Dilip claimed in his biography that his first love was for actress [[Kamini Kaushal]] who starred in several films with him in the late 1940s. However Kamini was already married to her cousin.
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 [[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.
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.
== Filmography ==
{{ActingFilmography}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Jwar Bhata (1944 film)|Jwar Bhata]] |
Year = 1944|
Role = Jagdish
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Pratima]] |
Year = 1945|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Nauka Dubi]] |
Year = 1947|
Role = Ramesh
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Jugnu (1947 film)|Jugnu]] |
Year = 1947|
Role = Sooraj
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]] |
Year = 1948|
Role = Ram
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Nadiya Ke Paar]] |
Year = 1948|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Mela (1948 film)|Mela]] |
Year = 1948|
Role = Mohan
}}
{{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
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Andaz]] |
Year = 1949|
Role = Dilip
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Jogan (1950 film)|Jogan]] |
Year = 1950|
Role = Vijay
}}
{{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 =
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{{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
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Azaad]] |
Year = 1955|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Naya Daur]] | [[Shankar]] |
Year = 1957|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Musafir (1957 film)|Musafir]] |
Year = 1957|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Yahudi]] |
Year = 1958|
Role = Prince Marcus
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Madhumati]] |
Year = 1958|
Role = Anand/ Deven
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Paigham]] |
Year = 1959|
Role = Ratan Lal
}}
{{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
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Gunga Jumna]] |
Year = 1961|
Role = Gunga
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Leader (film)|Leader]] |
Year = 1964|
Role = Vijay Khanna
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Dil Diya Dard Liya]] |
Year = 1966|
Role = Sahnkar/Rajasaheb
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Ram Aur Shyam]] |
Year = 1967|
Role = Ram/ Shyam
}}
{{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
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Sagina Mahato]] |
Year = 1970|
Role =
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Gopi (1970 film)|Gopi]] |
Year = 1970|
Role = Gopi
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Daastan]] |
Year = 1972|
Role = Anil/Sunil
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Anokha Milan]] |
Year = 1972|
Role =
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Sagina (film)|Sagina]] |
Year = 1974|
Role =
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{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Phir Kab Milogi]] |
Year = 1974|
Role =
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Bairaag]] |
Year = 1976|
Role =
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Kranti]] |
Year = 1981|
Role = Sanga/Kranti
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Vidhaata]] |
Year = 1982|
Role = Shamsher Singh
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Shakti (1982 film)|Shakti]] |
Year = 1982|
Role = Ashvini Kumar
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Mazdoor]] |
Year = 1983|
Role = Dinanath Saxena
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Duniya]] |
Year = 1984|
Role = Mohan Kumar
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Mashaal]] |
Year = 1984|
Role = Vinod Kumar
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Dharam Adhikari]] |
Year = 1986|
Role =
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Karma (film)|Karma]] |
Year = 1986|
Role = Vishwanath Pratab Singh aka Rana
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Kanoon Apna Apna]] |
Year = 1989|
Role =
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Izzatdaar]] |
Year = 1990|
Role = Brahmadutt
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Aag Ka Dariya]] |
Year = 1990|
Role =
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Saudagar]] |
Year = 1991|
Role = Thakur Beer Singh
}}
{{ActingFilmography-movie |
Title = [[Qila]] |
Year = 1998 |
Role = Jaganath/Amarnath Singh
}}
|}
== 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]]'')
* '''Kalang''' (Director ''Dilip Kumar'')
* '''Aag Ka Darya''' (Director ''Rajindar Singh Babu'' & Producer ''Premaliya'')
* '''Asr''' (Director ''Kuku Kohli'')
* '''Kala Aadmi''' (Director & Producer ''[[Nasir Hussain]]'')
== External Links ==
* {{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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