Dilip Kumar known as the Kohinoor of Indian Cinema was born in 1922 in Peshawar (now Pakistan). His real name is Mohammed Yusuf Khan and he has been awarded Filmfare Awards for Best Actor 8 times. Dilip is also a recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and also honored with Padma Bhusan, Padma Vibushan, and Nishan-e-Imtiaz by the Government of India and Government of Pakistan. His great acting skills in different roles and shots have made him one of the legends of Bollywood.
He started his career in the film industry in 1944 and his last movie was Qila in 1998. He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha in the Indian Parliament from 2000 to 2006. In a spanning filmy career of five decades, Dilip Kumar has acted in over five dozen Indian movies.
Dilip Kumar passed away on 07-July-2021 at the age of 98 due to an age-related issue in Mumbai, he was admitted to the hospital for many days.
In the last century, Dilip Kumar has acted in various hit movies with different highly paid actresses of his time – Vyjanthimala Bali, Noorjehan, Nargis, Kamini Kaushal, Suchitra Sen, Waheeda Rehman, Meena Kumari, Nutan, Madhubala, Nimmi, Leena Chandavarkar, and his wife Saira Banu.
Dilip Kumar Best Movies:
In his five decades of career in the Bollywood industry Dilip Kumar has acted in over 60 movies. Most of them were big hits with large box office collections and those films still trend in the 21st century. Below are the best movies by Dilip Kumar that you must watch.
Jugnu
Genre – Romantic
Release year – 1947
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Noor Jehan
The box office collection crossed 50 lakhs.
Shaheed
Genre – Romantic
Release year – 1948
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Chandra Mohan, Leela Chitnis, Ram Singh
The movie depicts India’s struggle for independence.
Mela
Genre – Romantic tragedy
Release year – 1948
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Jeevan
Shabnam
Genre – Romantic
Release year – 1949
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Jeevan, Cuckoo, Par
Mughal-e-Azam
Genre – Historical romantic drama
Release year – 1960
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Prithviraj Kapoor, Madhubala, Durga Khote
The running time of this movie is 197 minutes.
Andaz
Genre – Romantic drama
Release year – 1949
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Nargis
Daag
Genre – Romantic drama
Release year – 1952
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Usha Kiran
Devdas
Genre – Romantic drama
Release year – 1955
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen, Motilal
Gunga Jumna
Genre – Crime drama
Release year – 1961
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Nasir Khan
Ram Aur Shyam
Genre – Comedy-drama
Release year – 1967
Starrings – Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Mumtaz, Nirupa Roy, Pran
Aan
Genre – Drama
Release year – 1952
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Premnath, Nadira
First Indian technicolor movie and one of the most expensive movies at that time. It was released in 28 countries.
Kranti
Genre – Historical drama
Release year – 1981
Starring – Manoj Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Parveen Babi, Sarika, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra
This movie was one of the historic blockbusters with golden jubilee in many theaters.
Kohinoor
Genre – Drama
Release year – 1960
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Leela Chitnis
Karma
Genre – Action
Release year – 1986
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Nutan, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Sridevi, Poonam Dhillon
Saudagar
Genre – Drama
Release year – 1991
Starring – Dilip Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Mushran, Amrish Puri, Mukesh Khanna, Gulshan Grover, Anupam Kher, Jackie Shroff
Dilip Kumar’s other popular movie names are mentioned below along with the year of release.
- Jwar Bhata (1944)
- Pratima (1945)
- Milan (1945)
- Jugnu (1947)
- Shaheed (1948)
- Mela (1948)
- Shabnam (1949)
- Andaz (1949)
- Jogan (1950)
- Babul (1950)
- Hulchul (1951)
- Deedar (1951)
- Tarana (1951)
- Daag (1952)
- Sangdil (1952)
- Aan (1952)
- Shikast (1953)
- Amar (1954)
- Uran Khatola (1955)
- Insaniyat (1955)
- Devdas (1955)
- Naya Daur (1957)
- Yahudi (1958)
- Madhumati (1958)
- Paigham (1959)
- Azaad (1955)
- Kohinoor (1960)
- Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
- Ganga Jamuna (1961)
- Leader (1964)
- Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966)
- Ram Aur Shyam (1967)
- Aadmi (1968)
- Dastaan (1972)
- Gopi (1970)
- Sagina (1974)
- Bairaag (1976)
- Kranti (1981)
- Vidhaata (1982)
- Shakti (1982)
- Mashaal (1984)
- Duniya (1984)
- Dharm Adhikari (1986)
- Karma (1986)
- Kanoon Apna Apna (1989)
- Saudagar (1991)
- Quila (1988)