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Yusuf Khan (born 11 December 1922), popularly known as Dilip Kumar is an Indian actor and a former Member of Parliament. He lives in Pali Hill in the Mumbai suburb of Bandra.Starting his career in 1944, Kumar's career has spanned five decades and over 60 films. He was the first actor to receive a Filmfare Best Actor Award and holds the record for most number of Filmfare Awards won for that category along with Shah Rukh Khan with 8 wins. He starred in a wide variety of roles such as the romantic Andaz (1949), the swashbuckling Aan (1952), the dramatic Devdas (1955), the comical Azaad (1955), the historical Mughal E Azam (1960) and the social Ganga Jamuna (1961). In 1976 Kumar had a five-year break from film performances. In 1981 he returned with a character role in the film Kranti and continued his career playing central character roles in films such as Shakti (1982), Karma (1986) and Saudagar (1991). His last film was Qila in 1998. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 for his contributions towards Indian cinema.
Ram Jaane is a 1995 Indian Bollywood movie directed by Rajiv Mehra. Abandoned at a very young age, an unnamed youth faces taunts about his name and religion. He asks a priest what his name is. The priest answers "Ram Jaane" (God knows), which the youth accepts this as his name. He grows up to be a career thief and criminal, and ultimately a feared gangster. He is in love with his childhood sweethe... read more
After being dismissed from his employment for writing against S.K. Vardhan, a influential politician and underworld don, Vinod Kumar, re-locates to the slums of Bombay, and starts his own publication. He soon runs into problems with the local street-gangs, one of which is headed by the notorious Raja. Vinod adopts a positive approach, and this brings out the best in Raja, who even manages to take ... read more
Qila is a 1998 Bollywood Hindi language film directed by Umesh Mehra and starring Dilip Kumar (playing a dual role), Rekha, Mukul Dev, Mamta Kulkarni, Smita Jaykar and Gulshan Grover. When landowner Jagannath Singh (Dilip Kumar) is murdered, his twin brother Amarnath Singh (also Dilip Kumar) decides to investigate, and finds the list of suspects is seemingly endless. From Jagannath's own son Amar ... read more
Shaheed is a 1948 Hindi film directed by Ramesh Saigal. It starred Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Chandra Mohan and Leela Chitnis. The film depicts India's struggle for independence. It had lyrics by Qamar Jalalabadi and music by the great Ghulam Haider. Songs like "Watan ki Raah Men Watan Ke Naujawan Shaheed Ho" and "Badnaam Na Ho Jaaye Mohabbat Ka Fasana" have not lost their appeal even after 60 y... read more
Kunwar (Dilip Kumar) and his friend Samer Singh are coming home after completing their studies.On the way they both fall in love with Phulwa and Chanchal respectively.Kunwar's brother is not happy about the relationship.Kunwar's marriage is fixed with Chanchal.On the day of the marriage,Kunwar runs away.Where does he go? What does he do? read more