Dilip Kumar Biography, Wiki, Height, Weight, Age, Girlfriend, Affairs, Family, Images and Many More

Dilip Kumar is a great popular actor in Indian cinema by the name of Tragedy King. He was called the Tragedy King because of his touching act in the sad scene. His name from birth was Mohammad Yusuf Khan, after coming to Hindi cinema, he named himself Dilip Kumar. He is an iconic actor who has played a long inning of 5 decades in the Hindi cinema world.

BIOGRAPHY/ WIKI

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PERSONAL LIFE & CAREER

Dilip Kumar was born to Lala Ghulam in Peshawar, Pakistan. He had 12 siblings. His father used to sell fruits and used to live by giving some part of his house in rent. In 1930, his entire family moved to Bombay. Due to differences with his father in 1940, he left his Mumbai home and moved to Pune.

He has been an advanced actor since the Golden Era of Indian cinema. He stepped into Bollywood in 1940, at that time Hindi cinema was in its early stages, at that time there were neither more actors nor directors who made films. Before the independence of the country, the audience watching the film was also very limited.

Nowadays, his health does not support anything, for the last few years, he has been hospitalized many times. Even in the year 2011, his health suddenly worsened, someone spread the news till his death. After this, his wife Saira Ji told everyone that she is fine, nothing has happened to them. In 2013, he was suffering due to a heart attack, which led him to be admitted to the hospital. In April 2016, again worsened due to which he was admitted to the hospital.

How far has he read, no one has any information about whether he ever went to college or not? But where does it go that Kumar did his schooling from a school near Nashik, then his family came to Bombay and settled.

Here he met Taj Mohammad Shah, the owner of a canteen, with whose help he set up a sandwich stall at the Army Club. After the canteen contract was over, He returned to his home in Bombay with a savings of 5000. After this, Yusuf Sahab started searching for new work to help his father financially.

In the year nineteen sixty, he married the most beautiful and famous actress of the film industry, Saira Ji. The age difference between these two became a matter of discussion at that time. Where it goes that this couple is a beautiful couple of Bollywood, who had no lack of love between them.

In spite of so much love, this tragedy king of the industry got married in want of a child. He was married to Asma Rehman in 1980, but his marriage lasted only 2 years, and the two separated. In 1943, Bhagya gave him the chance to come to this field.

He met Dr. Masani at Churchgate station, who offered him to work in Bombay Talkies. After this, he met Devika Rani, the mistress of Bombay Talkies, with whom he signed an agreement of Rs 1250 per annum. Here he was introduced to the great actor Ashok Kumar Ji, who was very fascinated with His acting.

Initially, He used to help in writing the story and script, because he had a good grasp in Urdu and Hindi language. It was at the behest of Devika Rani that He has named himself Dilip from Yusuf. After which he got the role of the lead actor in the film in 1944, although the film was a flop,  through this, Yusuf Ji had entered the cinema.

After his first film, He has acted in a film called Jugnu, which proved to be successful on the big screen. And after that he became a star night, he got a line of film offers. In 1949, he got an opportunity to work with Raj Kapoor and Nargis in the film Andaz, which became the highest-grossing film of that time.

The 1950s proved very useful for Hindi cinema. At this time, the image of He has been started knowing as Tragedy King was slowly emerging in front of people. Ever since films like Jogan, Didar, and Daag, people started calling him the Tragedy King.

He also received the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the first time for the film Daag. After this, great films like Devdas did by him with Vyjayanthimala and Suchitra Sen. This role of drunken lover was played by him, in which everyone gave him the title of Tragic Lover.

Apart from the tragic role, he also did some light roles, he also did comedy in films like Aan and Azad. After being established as a star in the 50s, Dilip Ji did the Kohinoor film in 1960 in which he received the Filmfare Award. In the 60s, he worked with his brother Nasir Khan in a film called Ganga Jamuna Saraswati, although the film failed on the big screen, it did not affect the image of Dilip Ji.

After ruling in cinema for almost 2 decades, when the entry of actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna in the Hindi cinema in the 70s, they got fewer offers of films. At this time, his films also failed.

After this, He took a long break of 5 years and made a bang in 1981 with the multi-starer ‘Kranti’ movie. After this, he chose the role according to his age, he started taking the role of elder or policeman. The last big hit of He was the 1991 film ‘Saudagar’. He last appeared in the film ‘Qila‘ in 1998 and after that, he retired from the film industry as an actor.

In 1996, He wanted to step down as a director and prepared for a film called Kalinga, but for some reason, the film stopped before it started.

He always wanted to connect the people of Pakistan and India, he also did many things for this. He became a member of Parliament since 2000, he is a very good social worker, who has always been ahead to help the needy.

In 1993, He was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.In 1994, he was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the biggest honor in Indian cinema.In 1998, He has been awarded by the highest civilian award by the Government of Pakistan, Mark A Pakistan. These were the other Indians who had received this honor, prior to this, former Prime Minister of the country Morarji Desai received this honor.

His name is included in the Guinness World Record for the most awards.

You will be surprised to know that despite the difference of 22 years between the age of Kumar and his wife, this Bollywood couple has completed 50 years of marriage before 2 years.

He has worked in the film industry for more than 6 decades, and he has also won the first and most Filmfare Awards. He saw Saira Banu for the first time at his birthday party, he was attracted by her beauty. Attracted by his beauty, he started making up his mind to see Saira Ji as an actress in his films. And he also proposed Saira for marriage.

They do not have any children and right now Saira Ji is seen doing her service very resolutely in her illness.

Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar were good friends and good football players. Raj Kapoor Ji also advised him to appear in films.

Once he took counseling and coaching in England and he was appointed to change his image from Tragedy King to comedy.

He is the first Bollywood actor who belongs to Pakistan.

His film Mogale Azam, which came in the 1960s, was the second-highest-grossing film in the Hindi cinema till 2008.

CONTROVERSIES

KAMINI KAUSHAL

Kamini Kaushal – Dilip Kumar was first attracted to this beautiful girl and she also accepted this. But Kamini never accepted this in front of the media, but some of her film partners tell that she too was attracted to he could pay anything to live with him. But Kamini promised her late sister that she would marry her husband and take care of their children and they did so and the relationship broke up

MADHUBALA

Madhubala – When he met Madhubala, with whom he fell deeply in love. He also wanted to marry him, but Madhubala’s father was strongly against this. The reason for this is that Madhubala was supposed to earn a lotus in her family, when she left, she would have to drink family food.

Yusuf Sahab and Madhubala wanted to take a lot of directors together, but when Madhubala’s father came to know about their love, he banned her working with him. Both of them also did a great film like Mughal-e-Azam, this was the period when the love affair of both was in full swing, but due to the father’s refusal, both were separating.

This great actor was born in a very poor family, but his luck supported him and he worked very hard. Today, they have a net worth of about $ 65 million.

In this way, His whole life was very good and inspiring. It is a really difficult thing to come up in a non-country and establish your name and make a place in the heart of people, which they did. Now the Hindi cinema is waiting for artists like them again.

SOME LESSER KNOWN FACTS

• Does he smoke? : Yes.
• Does he drink alcohol? : No.
• Kumar Ji is 95 years old, he has been ill for a long time.
• He used to love to play cricket with his friends.
• In 1991, Dilip Ji was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third-highest honor.
• His name is included in the Guinness World Record for the most awards.
• Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar were good friends and good football players. Raj Kapoor Ji also advised him to appear in films.
• Once he took counseling and coaching in England and he was appointed to change his image from Tragedy King to comedy.
• He is the first Bollywood actor who belongs to Pakistan.
• His film Mogale Azam, which came in the 1960s, was the second-highest-grossing film in the Hindi cinema till 2008.

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