Dilip Kumar

Dilip Kumar

Acting

December 11, 1922 — July 7, 2021
Peshawar
65 movies

Biography

The Laurence Olivier of Bollywood. Mohammed Yusuf Khan, known professionally as Dilip Kumar, was an Indian film actor and philanthropist, best known for his work in Hindi cinema. Referred as "The Tragedy King" and "The First Khan," he has been credited for bringing the method acting technique to Indian cinema.

🎬 Dilip Kumar's Filmography

65 movies sorted by popularity

Vidhaata
7.6

When a Police inspector is killed by a band of thugs, his grieving father Samsher Singh seeks justice. Pratap Singh has left behind a pregnant widow, who dies in chidbirth, leaving Samsher to bring up the child Kunal. The transformation of Samsher Singh (a locomotive engine driver) into Sobhraj, multi millionaire and owner of a vast network of business. Kunal is brought up by Abu Baba, a servant of Sobhraj to be honest, upright, and very independent minded. Durga, the daughter of a former employee of Sobhraj, who is serving time and Kunal fall in love. This not acceptable to his grandfather, though Abu Baba approves of the relationship. Disaster strikes when an attempt is made to separate the lovers. The life of Samsher Singh alias Sobhraj begins to unravel from here. How Kunal's ethical upbringing by his foster-father, and his financial and business circumstances of his grandfather meet in a titanic conscience clash and how he resolves matters is at the nexus of the plot.

Vidhaata

1982
Naya Din Nai Raat
6.3

Sushma believes that she is too young to get married, but her father, Lalla Banarsilal insists, and she runs away. Her adventures take her to a lonely wealthy widower with a cute daughter named Guddi; a drunken lout in a brothel; Dr. Kruparam, a psychiatrist, who admits her in his mental hospital; a dreaded bandit who has killed his tormentor, cut him into pieces and fed them to birds, and who still on a killing spree; Pandit Gorakhnath who lives a double life - as a priest and as a smuggler; a leper Dhanraj, who once was a very wealthy man, but is now shunned by everyone; a transvestite stage actor; and a hunter who saves Sushma's life by shooting dead a man-eating lion. As things spiral out of control for Sushma, there is yet one more male she has to meet, and it is this meeting that will change her life even more.

Naya Din Nai Raat

1974
Paari

Tara is the only daughter of a rich Zamindar in a village and spends her time in the vicinity of nature. One day her childhood friend Ghona comes back from the city. The two indulge in fights initially however once again becomes the best of friends. In the meantime Ghona starts working for Tara's father. As the parents start looking for a suitable match for their only daughter Tara falls prey in the hands of a policeman. The family tries their best to protect their child from this scandal by fixing her marriage with a suitable groom. However the cat is let out of the bag and Tara's family is humiliated. Tara decides to marry the policeman. She tries her best to bring her husband back on track but without success. In the end she is forced to stab him and as a result she is imprisoned. Her husband repents and passes away. Ghona is given the responsibility to take care of Tara by the lawyer.

Paari

1966
Dilip Kumar | MovieMind AI