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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, [3] he dominated the Indian cinema from the 50s throughout the 60s, being referred to as Abhinay Samrat (Hindi for "Emperor of Acting").
Yusuff Abousher was an Egyptian actor based in India who worked in Hindi-language films.
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 8, 2021 · Yusuf Khan has passed away, but immortal Dilip Kumar lives on. TNN / Updated: Jul 8, 2021, 08:02 IST. He was 76 then, exactly 23 years ago, when I did an exclusive interview with thespian Dilip Kumar, for the Lucknow Times. The actor was in the city to be bestowed with the Sahu Avadh Samman and Lucknowites were at their welcoming best.
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.
Born Muhammad Yusuf Khan on December 11, 1922, in Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar, British India (present-day Pakistan), he is better known by his stage name Dilip Kumar given to him by actress and owner of Bombay Talkies, Devika Rani.
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 of future actors and filmmakers with the art and science of his acting talents, remains glowing brightly in the starry film galaxy.
Devika Rani spotted Yusuf Khan and called him for a screen test, which he passed easily. However, she wanted a romantic name for the actor because the script was an intense love story.
Jul 7, 2021 · Kumar, who died in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday at the age of 98, narrates in detail how he went from being Yousuf Khan to Dilip Kumr in his autobiography "The Substance and the Shadow".
