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Dilip Kumar
Dilip Kumar
Date of Birth: 11th December, 1922.
Nickname: Tragedy King
Dilip Kumar was born at Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar (Pakistan). After partition Dileep Kumar shifted to Pune and started off with his family business of supplying dry fruits. He was spotted by famous actress of those years, Devika Rani, who was also wife of famous director and founder of Bombay Talkies, Himanshu Rai. Dilip Kumar got his first breakthrough in the film "Jwar Bhata" directed by Himanshu Rai but the film went unnoticed. He shot into fame with his first major hit film "Jugnu". In next movie "Andaz", Dilip Kumar co-starred with Raj Kapoor and the film was a huge success at box office and he became a star. Dilip Kumar is known for playing tragic roles in popular films such as " Deedar", " Amar", " Devdas" and " Madhumati". Since then he is known as "Tragedy King" in Bollywood. His historical film "Mughal- E- Azam" was highest grossing film in the history of Hindi cinema.
Dilip Kumar also entered in film production and his first produced film was "Ganga Jamuna" in which he co-starred with his real- life brother Nasir Khan. Despite the success of film "Ganga Jamuna" he did not produce any other film. After giving a number of successful movies like " Ram Aur Shyam", Kranti", Vidhaata", " Shakti", " Karma" and "Saudagar" Dilip Kumar retired from film industry in 2002.
There Will Only Ever Be One King Of Hindi Cinema... And He Is Shah Rukh Khan Only Kidding The True King Of HIndi Cinema Is Dilip Kumar And He Will Long Remain The King.
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Qila
(1998)
Starring: Smita Jaykar, Dilip Kumar, Kunika
Director: Umesh Mehra
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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 (Mukul Dev), to his abused wife, Suman (Smita Jaykar), to the woman he raped, ..read more »
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35%
from 4 members
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Kanoon Apna Apna
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Nutan, Sanjay Dutt
Director: B. Gopal
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Collector Jagat Pratap Singh (Dilip Kumar) insists that the laws of the land must be followed to the letter, while his son Ravi (Sanjay Dutt) believes that taking the law in your own hands is the only way to effectively bring justice.
In the same town there is a villainous duo, Bhushan Nath (..read more »
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56%
from 34 members
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Karma
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Jackie Shroff, Dilip Kumar, Naseeruddin Shah
Director: Subhash Ghai
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Hailed as the best film on anti-terrorism by the President of India, Karma captures the thrilling action drama that unfolds when criminals become soldiers. Reputed jailer, (Dilip Kumar) engages three death row convicts about to face the gallows (Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, and Nasseruddin Shah) in ..read more »
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78%
from 44 members
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Duniya
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Ashok Kumar
Director: Ramesh Talwar
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A battle between honesty and corruption turns father against son in a mission for vengeance, as the upstanding Mohan Kumar (Dilip Kumar) makes enemies of the wrong men due to his principled ways. Framed for a murder he didn't commit, Mohan loses his wife (Saira Banu), his son (Rishi Kapoor), and ..read more »
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55%
from 16 members
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Mashaal
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Anil Kapoor
Director: Yash Chopra
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MASHAAL is an Indian drama that intertweaves the lives of Vinod Kumar, an honest, crusading editor of an outspoken newspaper; Raja, a young man from the slums; and S.K. Vardhan, a powerful local figure of the city who wears a mask of respectability. Before the film is over, all of their lives have ..read more »
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60%
from 120 members
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Shakti
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar
Director: Ramesh Sippy
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A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son for the sake of his principles.
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74%
from 100 members
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Bairaag
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra
Director: Asit Sen
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Kailash and Pushpa are a happily married couple. Soon after, Kailash turns blind, his wife gives birth to twins, however, one of his sons is born blind, Kailash does not want his blind son to suffer hence he decides to kill him. But the doctor takes the blind child to leave him at a village ..read more »
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55%
from 44 members
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Dastaan
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Sharmilla Tagore, Prem Chopra
Director: B.R. Chopra
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In B.R. Chopra's DASTAAN, Dilip Kumar stars in the double role of twins Anil and Sunil, who are childhood friends of Meena (Sharmila Tagore). However, a cruel twist of fate separates Sunil from his brother and Meena. Years later, the three are united, but things are much different....
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48%
from 72 members
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Ram Aur Shyam
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Pran
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While Ram and Shyam make look the same, their personalities couldn't be any more different...
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66%
from 185 members
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Sunghursh
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Balraj Sahni
Director: Harnam Singh Rawail
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Bhawani Prasad (Jayant) is a don whose dark deeds cast a shadow over his family and two generations of his close relatives. Against the wishes of his wife (Durga Khote), his son (Iftekhar) and daughter-in-law (Sulochana) Bhawani Prasad takes away his only grandson Kundan (Dilip Kumar) and tries to ..read more »
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56%
from 31 members
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Mughal-E-Azam
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Pritvi Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Durga Khote
Director: K. Asif
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Mughal-E-Azam is an attempt to present Emperor Akbar as a man torn between his duties as the Emperor and love as a father for his son Salim, who fell in love with a frightened little palace maid Anarkali. It is a sensitive portrayal of the confrontation between the silken tresses of love and iron ..read more »
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72%
from 487 members
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Madhumati
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Tarun Bose, Jagdish, Jayant
Director: Bimal Roy
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"The fruit of a deed is three-fold: it may arise here and now, or later, or in a succession (of lives)." - Anguttara Nikaya iii.415
A man taking shelter in an abandoned palace is haunted by the feeling he has been there before in this tale of love and reincarnation
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60%
from 159 members
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Naya Daur
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayantimala
Director: B.R. Chopra
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Following the lives of two friends and the various events in their lives. They both fall in love with the same woman and eventually become enemies. The film focuses on the moral issue of abuse of wealth and power.
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56%
from 86 members
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Devdas
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayantimala
Director: Bimal Roy
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A classic of Indian cinema, DEVDAS is a drama that follows the ill-fated romance between Devdas (Dilip Kumar) and his childhood sweetheart, Parvati (Vyjayantimala). When Devdas is sent away to study, a tragic chain of events begins.
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58%
from 543 members
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Footpath
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Kuldip Kaur
Director: Zia Sarhadi
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Tired of being poor, Noshu, a newspaperman abandons his scruples and starts to make money as a black marketeer. He gains his fortune but ruins his brother's life causing him to lose his job, his home and his wife whilst simultaneously losing his own self-respect and that of his former neighbours ..read more »
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53%
from 18 members
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Sangdil
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Dara Singh
Director: Ramesh Talwar
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A loose adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic. Childhood sweethearts are separated and grow up in different worlds. The girl is brought up to be a pujaaran (priestess) while the boy grows up to be a dejected thakur, turned vindictive by life's injustices. Fate inevitably brings them together at ..read more »
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56%
from 8 members
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Hulchul
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Cuckoo, Jeevan, Balraj Sahni
Director: S.K. Ojha
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On the day of his wedding, the life of a jailer is saved by an inmate during a prison break.
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41%
from 63 members
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Deedar
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Ashok Kumar
Director: Nitin Bose
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Adopting much of the Saigal type of melodrama (street singer, 1938), the tale opens with adolecents Shamu (Dr. Kumar) and childhood sweetheart Mala (Nargis). Malas rich father disapproves and when the children have an accident while horse riding he has Shamu and his mother evicted.The trauma kills ..read more »
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58%
from 26 members
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Mela
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Nargis Dutt, Jeevan
Director: S.U. Sunny
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Mohan and Manju grew up together, fell in love with each other and eventually decided to marry. On the day that Mohan goes shopping for a gift for his fiancee he is attacked, he is admitted to hospital where he stays for a few days. Manju's family become concerned when they do not hear from Mohan...
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46%
from 106 members
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Yahudi
on DVD
Starring: Sohrab Modi, Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari
Director: Bimal Roy
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When Ezra's son is fed to the lions by Brutus, he has his slave kidnap Brutus' daughter who he renames Hannah. Later the Roman prince, Marcus, falls in love with Hannah, but he refuses to convert to Judaism to marry her.
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50%
from 71 members
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Azaad
on DVD
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Pran
Director: S.M. Sreeramulu Naidu
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The businessman, Khan Saheb, is secretly the vigilante Azaad. When he rescues Shobha from his fellow villager, Sunder, Azaad is falsely accused by the police.
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47%
from 56 members
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Vidhaata
on DVD
Starring: Amrish Puri, Dilip Kumar, Jagdeep
Director: Subhash Ghai
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Shamsher Singh is a very wealthy, poweful, and influential man. His son Pratap Singh was tragically killed at a young age, leaving behind a son, Kunal Singh, who now lives with his grandfather. Also living with Shamsher are a faithful old employee Abu Baba, and his brother Gurbaksh Singh. Kunal ..read more »
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66%
from 26 members
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Amar
on DVD
Starring: Dilip Kumar
Director: Mehboob
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A Psychological drama. A well-respected lawyer in love with and engaged to a lovely young woman, succumbs to a weak moment and rapes a poor village milk maid. Unable to deal with his guilt, and torn between love for his fiancee and his duty towards his victim, he eventually decides to do the right ..read more »
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49%
from 64 members
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Sagina
on DVD
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Aparna Sen
Director: Tapan Sinha
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Dilip Kumar constantly fights for the rights of his fellow beings as they are traumatized by the top-level officials and denied their privileges. His girlfriend, Saira Banu supports him in this relentless crusade for justice.
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30%
from 9 members
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Izzatdaar
on DVD
Starring: Anupam Kher, Asrani, Dilip Dhawan
Director: K Bapaiah
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This complex 1990 drama from director K. Bapaiah has Dilip Kumar, Shafi Inamdar, and Aunpam Kher as three close friends whose lives are torn apart when one of their daughters (Swapna) marries a ruthless criminal mastermind named Indrajeet (Raghuvaran), who's happy to destroy them all if it might ..read more »
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51%
from 10 members
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Kranti
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Manjo Kumar, Shashi Kapoor
Director: Manoj Kumar
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The British did not give India its independence on a silver platter. Independence was the result of a long and bloody battle. Kranti is the story of how two men became soliders in that battle...
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69%
from 83 members
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Wonderful poetic stuff 18 June 2005
... adults crushed into the conformity of our society. The acting was poetry with Dilip Kumar outstanding as the sodden Devdas, you could feel his words spinning round your ...
V.Good theme,Lovely old movie for that time! 2 September 2005
