Happy birthday to Tragedy King Dilip Kumar, the legend of
legends.
The viewers of
bollywood films wish happy birthday to Dilip Kumar, better known as Tragedy
King on 11th December, 2011. After the death of evergreen star Dev
Anand, few days back at the age of 88 years, Dilip Kumar is the only living
legend still in right humour who had adorned the golden age of Indian cinema. An
institution by himself, Dilip Kumar had been a torch bearer in the world of
romantic acting for the last 72 years. Born in 1922, Yusuf Khan, one of the
greatest actors of bollywood films of all times had created new dimensions at
every decade with his unique style of acting.
Although his
performance in tragic roles like Bimal Roy’s Devdas and Madhumati, Hrishikesh
Mukherjee’s Musafir, and other landmark films had made him an icon of tragedy,
he had proved his variation in comedy films, social films, action-oriented
blockbusters. Directors like Bimal Roy, K. Asif, Tapan Sinha, Subhash Ghai,
consider Dilip Kumar as the greatest actor of all times. He had made the
characters immortal which he had played in his illustrious career.
He had given
extraordinary lips in landmark songs of the 50s and 60s sung by Mohammad Rafi
like “madhuban me radhika nachere” and “do sitaron ka zameen par hai milan aaj
ki raat” in the film Kohinoor, “ek shahenshah ne banwake haseen tajmahal”,
“tere husn ka kya tareef karun”, “apni azadi ko hum hargese mita sakte nahi”,
in the film Leader, “dilruba maine tere pyar me kya kya na kiya”, “koi sagar
dilko behlata nahi” in the film Dil Diya Dard Liya, “aaj ki raat mere”, “aye
hai bahare dekho” in the film Ram Aur Shyam, to name a few. Giant composer
Naushad made the greatest contribution in the films of Dilip Kumar, although
Shankar Jaikishan gave quality music in the films Yahudi and Daag, Salil
Choudhury contributed in the film Madhumati and Musafir.
Dilip Kumar had
acted opposite all the leading actresses of 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, including
Madhubala in Tarana, Mughal-i-Azam, Nargis in Babul, Andaz, Meena Kumari in
Kohinoor, Azad, Footpath, Vaijayantimala in Madhumati, Ganga Jumna, Leader,
Wahida Rehman in Dil Diya Dard Liya, Aadmi, Ram Aur Shyam, Saira Banu in
Sagina, Gopi, to name a few.
Even during the
80s, his character roles created new dimension in bollywood films. His
performance in the film Mashal, Masdoor, Shakti, Karma, Vidhata had inspired
the new generation of actors like Anil Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt and
others. He has the record of getting the filmfare award for the best actor for
the maximum number of times ( 8 times ) which had not been broken by even
Shahrukh Khan till now.
Dilip Kumar had
not learned acting from any acting school yet the way he had made Sarat Chandra
Chatterjee’s character Devdas immortal, the actors of the next generation
consider him an institution by himself. He had played roles of even trade union
leaders in the film Sagina, he was the first actor in bollywood films to
perform in a double role in the film Ram Aur Shyam. He created a trend and
films with double roles were created in the same lines as that of Ram Aur Shyam
in Seeta Aur Geeta, Chaalbaaz, Kishen Kanhaiya.
He received the
highest civilian award given by Pakistan, Nishan –e- imtiaz which was
previously received by only one Indian, that is the former Prime Minister
Morarji Desai. He had also received Dadasaheb Phalke award for his contribution
in bollywood films. It is not possible to highlight the contribution of the
legend of legends in a small article, as he had created an image which made him
indispensable over 70 years in bollywood films.
Yet his journey
is not over. Even in the present age directors like Subhash Ghai engage him
with his new projects these days. The viewers want Dilip Kumar to continue
acting in bollywood films if his health permits. Viewers had got addicted to
his soft tune of dialogue throwing and want him to reproduce the magic again.
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