Dilip Kumar, original name Yusuf Khan, born in Peshawar, which is in Pakistan now, in 1922. He served an army canteen as assistant manager in Pune. Saving a sufficient amount he started a fruit stall. Afterward he left Pune and settled in Bombay (now Mumbai).
At that time Devika Rani was searching for a suitable person who can play the role of hero. Influenced by Yusuf, she offered him the role of hero in ‘Jwar Bhata’, released in 1944. For this film a new name “Dilip Kumar” was suggested for Yusuf. ‘Jwar Bhata’ was not that much success as compared to ‘Bombay Talkies’ previous film ‘Kismat’, but Dilip Kumar continued to work with ‘Bombay Talkies’. He played the role of hero for the films ‘Pratibha’ (1945) and ‘Milan’ (1946) both produced from the studio ‘Bombay Talkies’.
But he came out as a leading star from the films ‘Shaheed’ (1948) and ‘Mela’ (1948). In 1949, Mehboob Khan gave him a chance to work in his film ‘Andaz’ co-staring with ‘Raj Kapoor’ and ‘Nargis’. The film was great success and ‘Dilip Kumar’ became ‘Tragedy King’ of Indian Cinema. ‘Deedar’ (1951) and ‘Devdas’ (1955) are two other popular films in which ‘Dilip Kumar’ played tragic roles.
- Azad’ (1955)
- ‘Insaniyat’ (1955),
- ‘Madhumati’ (1958),
- ‘Paigam’ (1959),
- ‘Yahoodi’ (1958),
- ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960),
- ‘Ganga Jamuna’ (1961),
- ‘Leader’ (1964),
- ‘Dil Diya Dard Liya’ (1966),
- ‘Ram aur Shyam’ (1967),
- ‘Gopi’ (1970),
- ‘Sagina’ (1974),
- ‘Bairag’ (1976),
- ‘Kranti’ (1981),
- ‘Shakti’ (1982),
- ‘Vidhata’ (1982),
- ‘Karma’ (1986),
- ‘Saudagar’ (1991) and
- ‘Qila’ (1998)
There is no doubt that ‘Dilip Kumar’ is a great actor.
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