Dilip Kumar, whose real name is Muhammad Yusuf Khan, is a renowned Bollywood star. With the film Jwar bhata, Kumar screen debut. In 1947, he had a box office success with the film Jugnu. He became known as the “king of tragedy” as his popularity grew and he played a series of tragic roles in films such as Deedar and Devdas. He eventually went for a lighter image, appearing in films like Aan, Azaad, Insaniyat, and Kohinoor as grizzled heroes . Kumar made a comeback with Manoj Kumar’s film Kranti after a long absence. Following that, he appeared in Subhash Ghai’s Vidhaata, Karma, and Saudagar. Kumar’s last film, Qila, was a family drama.
Mohammad Yusuf Khan packed his belongings and headed for Pune, Maharashtra. Kumar met a canteen contractor with the help of a Parsi café owner and an elderly Anglo-Indian couple. He was hired because of his excellent written and spoken English skills. He set up a sandwich stand at the army club, and when his contract expired, he returned to Bombay with Rs. 5000 in his pocket.He met actress Devika Rani, the director of Bombay Talkies, who invited him to join the company on a monthly salary of Rs. 1250. Here is some of the top motivational quotes of Dilip Kumar.
- If you allow fame to get the better of you, you become nuisance, a public nuisance, a nuisance as a friend, as a member of the family, a nuisance to yourself.
- Even if there was an opportunity to school yourself in different characters – characters that have distinct personalities which may be totally different from yours, you have got to completely divorce your own personality to be able to go over to the other personality.
- Most of the things that we desire in life are expensive. But truth is that the things that really satisfy us are absolutely free: love, joy and laughter.
- Every day is a new beginning. Every day gives opportunity to prove yourself better and better, to do something good and to prove your self worth.
- A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.
During his career, he has become the first man to be awarded the Best Filmfare Actor Award. He was nominated for eight Filmfare awards in total. The following year, he received India’s highest award for cinematic excellence, the Dadasaheb Phalke award. In 1998, he received the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s highest civilian decoration, making him only the second Indian to achieve so.
He was arguably one of Bollywood’s most popular stars of all time. He is, without a doubt, one of India’s biggest actors. He has captured millions of hearts over the course of his five-decade career and will forever be known as ‘Dilip Sahab.’