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diliP KuMAr:

A great actor, a living legend and an acting institution turns 98

Millions of fans of the actor, who is credited for bringing method acting to Indian cinema,

flood Twitter with celebrating his birthday

Our Bureau tween his character the late daz-
zling diva Nargis and late actor
New Delhi Munawar Sultana.

eteran Bollywood actor
Dilip Kumar turned 98 3. 'daag'
Von Friday (December The social drama 'Daag,'
11) and received a plethora of produced and directed by Ami-
warm wishes from the film in- ya Chakravarty brought Dilip
dustry on the occasion. Kumar the first ever Filmfare
The legendary actor with nine Award in the main category of
Filmfare awards under his belt best actor. The film sees the rise
has always entertained the audi- of a poverty-stricken and alco-
ences with his enthralling acting holic Shankar (Dilip Kumar's
performances that are still looked character) to a wealthy man who
up to by the whole film industry. Dilip Kumarand suchitra sen in Devdas again moves towards the path
To celebrate the 98th birthday of self-destruction as the family
of the 'Mughal-e-Azam' actor, of the love of his life decided to
Bollywood took to social media marry her elsewhere.
and poured in birthday wishes
for the legendary actor. Bolly- 4. 'mugHal-e-azam'
wood actor Ajay Devgn took to The ultimate love story of
his Twitter and shared an old pic- Mughal prince Salim and a court
ture of him in which he is seen dancer Anarkali was one of the
standing beside 'Tragedy King' with madhubala in mughal-e-azam most tragic films by the legend-
of Hindi cinema. He captioned ary superstar. His epic portrayal
the post as "Happy birthday Yu- 1994, and the Padma Vibhushan of the spoiled, self-indulgent and
suf Saab. You're an institution in 2015. (ANI) mad-in-love prince won the film
by yourself and, you've always While the superstar has several accolades including the
been my steady source of inspi- worked in over 65 movies in his National Film Award for Best
ration over the years. Respects five decades-long glorious ca- Feature Film in Hindi in 1961.
to you Sir today and always." Dilip Kumar reer, here is a look back on the
Urmilla Matondkar too ded- few films that gave him the tag of 5. 'deedar'
icated a heartfelt tweet along saab, I wish you good health and 'The Tragedy King': One of the noted tragedies
with a monochrome picture of a long life ahead. I feel fortunate 1. 'devdas' made in early Indian cinema
the ace actor and captioned it as remembering the times we spent 'Deedar' revolves around the
"When all the words in the world together while shooting for #Iz- 'Devdas,' - the painful saga unfulfilled love of Dilip Kumar's
fail to describe a human being, zatdar & #KanoonApnaApna. of love and romance, which was character who was separated
an Actor, an Era, a Legend, an Sending you my best wishes. based on Sharat Chandra Chat- from him due to class inequal-
Institution and all the joy, light n Take care," she tweeted. topadhyay's novel of the same ities. The film emerged out as
sheer magic he brought on cellu- Dilip Kumar was born as name was till date regarded as one of the most popular films of
loid each time he enlightened it. Muhammad Yusuf Khan on De- one of the finest works of the the golden era and established
Happy Birthday #DilipKumar cember 11, 1922, and made his superstar. The Bimal Roy direc- Kumar as the 'King of tragedies.'
saab #HappyBirthdayDilipKu- acting debut with the 1944 film torial saw Kumar acing the role The film starred Nargis and
mar Red heart." 'Jwar Bhata'. He is best-known of a die-hard lover on the road of Nimmi alongside Kumar.
The 'Dhak Dhak Girl' of Bol- for iconic roles in films like 'De- destruction at hands of love and Some other tragedy mov-
lywood, Madhuri Dixit Nene, vdas '(1955), 'Naya Daur' (1957), alcoholism. ies by the superstar including
who has had the opportunity to 'Mughal-e-Azam' (1960), 'Ganga 2. 'BaBul' 'Sairat,' 'Tarana,' 'Yahudi,' and
work with the legend, took to Jamuna' (1961), 'Kranti' (1981), 'Kumati.' He was last seen on the
Twitter and shared a still from and 'Karma' (1986). He was last The musical drama that big screen in 'Qila' in 1998 and
their movie 'Izzatdaar' while seen on the big screen in 'Qila' emerged out as the second high- was honoured with the Dadasa-
wishing him good health. "Hap- in 1998 and was honoured with est-grossing film of the year 1950 heb Phalke Award in 1994, and
py birthday @TheDilipKumar the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in saw a tragic love-triangle be- the Padma Vibhushan in 2015.

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