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Yusuf Khan (lang-hi?????? ????) (born 11 December 1922), popularly known as Dilip Kumar (lang-hi????? ?????) Dilip Kumar is considered to be the greatest actor of Indian cinema and 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 (Devdas (1955 film)) (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 (Shakti (1982 film)) (1982), Karma (Karma (film)) (1986) and Saudagar (Saudagar (1991 film)) (1991) his last film was Qila (Qila (film)) in 1998.
Occupation: Actor, Film producer
Date of birth: 1922-12-11
Birth Location: Peshawar, British India, Now Pakistan
Allias Name: Dilip Sahaab , Tragedy King
Spouse: Saira Banu (1966-present)
Years Active: 1944 -present
Birth Name: Yusuf Khan