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Dilip Kumar (born Muhammad Yusuf Khan; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021) was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, after Motilal, he dominated the Indian cinema from late 1940s throughout 60s, being referred to as Abhinay Samrat (Hindi for "Emperor of Acting").
Yusuf Khan was an Indian actor in Hindi-language films. Although Khan acted in 35 films and remained popular as a rather sympathetic villain through the 1970s and 1980s with films like Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) as Zebisko, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978) and Disco Dancer (1982), he is mostly remembered for his role of Zebisko, the bodyguard of ...
May 26, 2024 · Born in 1922 in Peshawar (now Pakistan) to Lala Ghulam Sarwar Khan and Ayesha Begum, a fruit merchant family, little did anyone know the young Yusuf Khan would become a legend. His journey to superstardom, however, involved a crucial shift – the adoption of the screen name Dilip Kumar.
Jul 7, 2021 · Dilip Kumar was born Mohammed Yusuf Khan but Devika Rani, who was head of the Bombay Talkies where he joined as an actor, wasn’t too happy with the name. Read the full story.
Dilip Kumar was born Mohammad Yusuf Khan and he changed his name before entering the world of cinema. In his autobiography, the actor had revealed why he did so.
Dec 11, 2022 · Yusuf Khan, alias Dilip Kumar -- the intense, multi-faceted actor who rose to be not just a superstar but a supergiantstar -- and inspired generations.
Actor Dilip Kumar died on Wednesday morning at the PD Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai at the age of 98. Mohammad Yusuf Khan aka Dilip Kumar was the Emperor of the silver screen and his passing away...
