Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Dilip Kumar

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Jun 23, 2012, 8:15:58 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Dilip Kumar

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+'''Dilip Kumar (b. 1922)'''
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+Hindi-Urdu cinema’s top 50s and 60s star. Born
+in Peshawar (now Pakistan) as Yusuf Khan in a
+Pathan family of 12 children. They moved to
+Maharashtra as fruit merchants. Worked in a
+British army canteen in Bombay (1940).
+Devika Rani claimed to have recruited him for
+Bombay Talkies. A noted Hindi novelist,
+Bhagwati Charan Varma, renamed him Dilip
+Kumar. Attained stardom with Jugnu. Achieved
+an enduring reputation for naturalist acting
+although he claims to have followed in the
+footsteps of Motilal. Andaz brought him
+superstardom and he acted again with Nargis
+in Jogan. Presented, e.g. in Footpath, as an
+exponent of indigenous neo-realism. His style
+developed tragic dimensions, e.g. in the
+Oedipal drama Deedar, where he blinds
+himself, and in Devdas, as the lovesick
+aristocrat. Eventually decided to change to a
+more swashbuckling image with Aan, Azad,
+Insaniyat, Kohinoor, etc., apparently on
+advice of his psychoanalyst, although he kept
+his romantic image going as well. Like his
+contemporary Raj Kapoor, his filmic identity
+offered a complex cultural/psychological
+terrain displaying the anxieties of
+Independence and the nostalgias of a pre-
+Partition childhood. Unlike Kapoor, Dilip
+Kumar’s naturalist underplaying often
+presented him as an innocent loner caught in
+and destroyed by conflicting social pressures,
+as in the only film he did with Raj Kapoor,
+Andaz, a classic drama of male guilt paid for
+by the woman. His acting was used mainly to
+address issues of identity in the Hindi films of
+Bengali directors: Nitin Bose’s Deedar and
+Ganga Jumna, Bimal Roy’s Madhumati and
+Tapan Sinha’s Sagina Mahato, after which
+he stopped acting for 8 years. Married actress
+Saira Banu of Junglee (1961) fame. Made a
+comeback with Kranti and esp. with Shakti,
+starring opposite Bachchan in a larger-thanlife
+role confirming his legendary star status.
+Recent films with Subhash Ghai (Karma,
+Saudagar). Although he virtually directed
+some of his films (e.g. Ganga Jumna, Dil
+Diya Dard Liya) his first official directorial
+credit is for Kalinga (in prod.).
+
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1944: Jwar Bhata; 1945:
+Pratima; 1946: Milan; 1947: Jugnu; 1948:
+Anokha Pyar; Ghar Ki Izzat; Nadiya Ke
+Paar; Mela; Shaheed; 1949: Andaz;
+Shabnam; 1950: Arzoo; Babul; Jogan; 1951:
+Hulchul; Tarana; Deedar; 1952: Aan; Daag;
+Sangdil; 1953: Footpath; Shikast; 1954:
+Amar; 1955: Azad; Devdas; Insaniyat;
+Udan Khatola; 1957: Musafir; Naya Daur;
+1958: Madhumati; Yahudi; 1959: Paigham;
+1960: Kohinoor; Mughal-e-Azam; 1961:
+Ganga Jumna; 1964: Leader; 1966: Dil Diya
+Dard Liya; Pari; 1967: Ram Aur Shyam;
+1968: Sadhu Aur Shaitan; Admi; Sangharsh;
+1970: Gopi; Sagina Mahato; 1972: Anokha
+Milan; Dastaan; 1974: Sagina; Phir Kab
+Milogi; 1976: Bairaag; 1981: Kranti; 1982:
+Shakti; Vidhata; 1983: Mazdoor; 1984:
+Duniya; Mashaal; 1986: Dharam Adhikari;
+Karma; 1989: Kanoon Apna Apna; 1990:
+Izzatdar; 1991: Saudagar.
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+[[Actor]]