Yusuf Khan popularly known as Dilip Kumar is an Indian actor. Dilip Kumar is considered to be one of the greatest actors of Hindi cinema. He also was a former Member of Parliament. He lives in Pali Hill in the Mumbai suburb of Bandra.
Starting his career in 1944, Kumar has starred in commercially successful films of the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1980s.His performances have been regarded as the epitome of emoting in Indian Cinema. 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. 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 romance Mughal E Azam (1960) and the social Ganga Jamuna (1961). In the 1970s roles dried up for Kumar and he left film in 1976 for a five-year break. In 1981 he returned with a character role in the blockbuster film Kranti and continued his career playing central character roles in hits such as Shakti (1982), Karma (1986) and Saudagar (1991) his last film was Qila in 1998.

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