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July 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Here are 5 lesser-known facts about the late Bollywood’s legendary actor Dilip Kumar, reports Geo News.
1. It is believed that Dilip Kumar was fluent in a number of languages, including Pashto, Hindko, Urdu, Hindi and English.
2. His films Mughal-e-Azam and Naya Daur were fully colourized and re-released in 2004 and 2008 respectively.
3. Kumar holds the record for winning three consecutive Filmfare Best Actor awards, mustering them in 1955, 1956 and 1957. No other actor has attained such feat in the history of Hindi cinema.
4. He was the only actor of his time who played a triple role in a film.
5. The actor’s original name is not Dilip Kumar but Mohammed Yusuf Khan. Eminent Hindi author Bhagwati Charan Varma gave him the screen name Dilip Kumar.
“I’m a naughty boy chasing butterflies in the garden of life,” Dilip Kumar confided in all seriousness when he was 65, but as fit as a commando.
I was doing a piece for a news magazine and spent a whole day interspersed with food, music, poetry and other ingredients of the good life in the great man’s company. Call it a journalist’s perks if you like. Veteran actor Dilip Kumar died at 98 after a prolonged illness Image Credit: GN Archives
The Tragedy King, who died at 98 on July 7 after a prolonged illness, was bigger than Bollywood and certainly bigger than Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan combined. He enthralled an entire nation like no other actor in ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960), ‘Devdas’ (1955), ‘Ram aur Shyam’ (1967), ‘Ganga Jamuna’ (1961), ‘Naya Daur’ (1957), ‘Andaaz’ (1949), ‘Aan’ (1952) and ‘Madhumati’ (1958), which are counted as classics among his 60 odd films in a career spanning six decades after his debut
From record-breaking accolades to iconic roles: 5 unknown facts about Dilip Kumar
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Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Kumar s death was confirmed by his family in an official statement after he spent days seeking treatment
Bollywood s legendary actor Dilip Kumar left for his heavenly abode at the age of 98 on Wednesday, leaving millions of his fans across the globe grieving.
Kumar s death was confirmed by his family in an official statement on his Twitter handle after he spent days seeking treatment in a Mumbai hospital.
Born as Yusuf Khan to a fruit merchant, Kumar shot to fame in Hindi film industry in the 50s and 60s and became popularly known as the Tragedy King of Bollywood.
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