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Dilip Kumar's best onscreen moments: From Mughal-e-Azam to Devdas, his greatest roles
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Dilip Kumar's best onscreen moments: From Mughal-e-Azam to Devdas, his greatest roles

FP Staff • July 7, 2021, 08:47:45 IST
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Dilip Kumar lit up the screen no matter which film he acted in. Here’s a photo-gallery of his striking onscreen moments:

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Screen legend Dilip Kumar passed away on Friday, 4 August 2017, at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. He was 94.

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The Mughal-e-Azam actor had been hospitalised just two days earlier, after suffering from dehydration. Sources at the hospital had initially said Dilip Kumar’s condition was stable. However, it took a turn for the worse on Thursday, with doctors hinting at the possibility of renal failure.

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Sources close to the actor’s medical team said that Kumar’s creatinine levels had risen over Thursday. The dehydration had affected his kidney and he was suffering from urinary issues.

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Kumar had been in and out of hospital due to age-related health complications over the past few years. Most recently, he was admitted to Lilavati in December 2016, after developing a fever, and swelling in his limbs. On that occasion, he was discharged after being kept under observation for two days.

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Dilip Kumar (born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan; 11 December 1922) made his big screen debut with 1944’s Jwar Bhata.

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Over the span of six decades, and having acted in over 65 films, Kumar eas noted for his performances in classics like Devdas, Andaz, Mughal-e-Azam, Mela, Naya Daur, Madhumati, Ram aur Shyaam, Saudagar, Daag and Ganga Jamuna.

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Last seen on the big screen in Qila in 1998, Dilip Kumar was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015.

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The songs from many of the films Dilip Kumar starred in continue to be evergreen hits. The ’tragedy king’ was also the king of melody.

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In Madhumati, Dilip Kumar played a double role once again, but in this film, one of his characters was a reincarnation of the other.

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Dilip Kumar was paired opposite some of the most beautiful women of the era — be it Madhubala, Vyjayanthimala or Waheeda Rehman. He, however, married Saira Banu in 1966, then 22 years his junior.

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Mughal-e-Azam gave Dilip Kumar one of his most memorable roles — Salim, and Bollywood one of its most iconic couples — Anarkali and the Mughal prince.

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This film held the distinction of being the highest grossing Bollywood film of all time for 15 years and the first black-and-white Bollywood film to be digitally coloured.

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In Naya Daur, Dilip Kumar played an underdog tongawalla, who decides to challenge the way things run in his village with respect to transportation and the injustice and oppression tongawallas face.

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Naya Daur won Dilip Kumar his third consecutive Filmfare Award in the Best Actor category, and fourth overall.

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Ram Aur Shyam saw Kumar playing two roles which were starkly contrasting; while his Ram was a shy and nervous man, his Shyam was mischievous and brave.

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They are separated at birth, and later on in life, develop feelings for characters played by Mumtaz and Waheeda Rehman respectively.

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Saudagar came much later in Dilip Kumar’s career, and it was based on the Shakespearan tragedy Romeo and Juliet. In it, he starred with another yesteryear actor Raaj Kumar; the duo played a pair of friends who belong to a poor and rich family respectively.

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Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan shared screen space in Shakti — bringing two powerhouse performers together.

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