1. Acting career
For the record, Dilip Kumar quit acting in 1998. That was the year Yusuf saab as he was widely known to friends and fans alike last faced the camera for Umesh Mehra s Qila . If the actor was never seen on screen over the past two decades since its release, the rest of the film s primary cast including Rekha, Mukul Dev and Mamta Kulkarni have also all but vanished, and director Mehra stopped making films nearly two decades ago. Qila , an otherwise forgotten attempt, will continue to garner recall value because it was the last film of one of Bollywood s greatest.
Dilip Kumar: Bollywood s Tragedy King
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New Delhi, July 7 : Few actors in Bollywood have had as many clones as Dilip Kumar. The assertion would seem like the greatest note of flattery in a film industry that survives and thrives on being inspired , more than superlatives such as star, superstar, megastar, thespian even legend, for the word is often loosely used in Bollywood.
Dilip Kumar, who passed away on Wednesday in Mumbai at the age of 98, was always the benchmark. He had a direct impact on many actors who worked in his time, from the forties to the nineties. He continues to indirectly impact actors post nineties too, for those who fashioned their acting after him continue to influence many rank newcomers of today.
Few actors in Bollywood have had as many clones as Dilip Kumar. The assertion would seem like the greatest note of flattery in a film industry that survives and thrives on being inspired , more than superlatives such as star, superstar, megastar, thespian even legend, for the word is often loosely used in Bollywood. Dilip Kumar, who passed away on Wednesday in Mumbai at the age of 98, was always the benchmark. He had a direct impact on many actors who worked in his time, from the forties to the nineties. He continues to indirectly impact actors post nineties too, for those who fashioned their acting after him continue to influence many rank newcomers of today.
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