Success Samrat

MOHAMMED YUSUF KHAN, THE “FIRST KHAN” OF THE INDIAN CINEMA PASSED AWAY. KHAN WAS KNOWN BY HIS PROFESSIONAL NAME DILIP KUMAR. BORN IN 1922, UNDIVIDED INDIA AT PESHAWAR NOW IN PAKISTAN. HIS ACTING CAREER SPANNED FOR 5 DECADES AND HE ACTED IN 65 FILMS. HE MADE HIS DEBUT IN 1944 IN FILM NAMED JWAR BHATA. HIS FIRST COMMERCIAL SUCCESS CAME IN 1947 AFTER 3 YEARS SINCE HIS DEBUT WAS THE FILM NAMED JUGNU . IN 1961, GANGA JAMUNA, THE FILM WAS WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND ACTED BY HIM . IT WAS HIS ONLY FILM AS A PRODUCER. HIS LAST ONSCREEN APPEARANCE WAS IN 1998 IN FILM QILA. THE FILM WAS COMMERCIALLY UNSUCCESSFUL. THE FILM FAIR AWARD WAS INSTITUTED IN THE YEAR 1954, HE WON THE BEST MALE ACTOR AWARD AT THE INAUGURAL EDITION OF THE AWARD. SINCE THEN IN HIS ACTIVE ACTING CAREER HE WAS NOMINATED 19 TIMES AND WON 8 TIMES IN THE SAME CATEGORY. HIS RECORD IS NOW SHARED BY SHAH RUKH KHAN. HE WAS NOMINATED TO THE UPPER HOUSE OF THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT FROM 2000-2006. HE INTRODUCED THE METHOD ACTING IN INDIAN CINEMA.

AWARDS FOR DILIP KUMAR