The world known as Dilip Kumar, whose acting examples are given, had neither interest in working in films nor did he ever imagine that the world would ever remember him by any other name than his real name. Dilip Kumar’s father was a big fruit trader in Mumbai, so from the early days, Dilip Kumar had to join his family business. Then Dilip Kumar used to be Yusuf Sarwar Khan, son of businessman Mohammad Sarwar Khan. One day when he heard something from his father, then Dilip Kumar went to Pune, to stand on his feet. Knowing English, he got a job as an assistant in the canteen of the British Army in Pune.
While there, he opened his own sandwich counter, which became very popular among British soldiers, but one day in this canteen, he had to be arrested and his work stopped for supporting the fight for India’s independence at an event.
Dilip Kumar has described these experiences very well in his autobiography ‘The Substance and the Shadow’.
We all have seen and heard Dilip Kumar Saab as an actor. But how was Dilip Kumar as a neighbor, not everyone got this experience. But late artist Sunil Dutt was the only person who was experienced in this matter. How was Yusuf Saab as a neighbor and friend Sunil ji told during an interview,
“I have also known Dilip sahib as a student. Once upon a time, I used to do interviews for radio, once the artists got a chance to interview Dilip Sahab. I was a student at that time. He was a journalist doing a small interview. But Dilip saab took me to his house. Introduced to his sisters, to his brothers. From that day my love and respect for him grew in my heart. He considered me his home from that time on.”
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Years ago when Dilip Saab was asked why we don’t see actors like Dilip Kumar, Madhubala in the new generation anymore. In this regard, Dilip Saab replied politely, saying,
“All are machines. The conflict that was in Madhubala or Nargis is not seen nowadays. His performance was better as he had enough raw material. He understood the essence of the story. This thing is not seen in today’s artists. Unfortunately, now we are getting influenced by foreign culture. This cultural change has not allowed us to emerge. I see actors. They are talented. But they do not have the material to perform. Second, they do not even have the ability to find that material inside them. This is a mistake I see most of the actors committing. There was no desire to search inside them. Knowing a little bit, they understand that everything has come.
Let us tell you that Dilip Kumar became the number one actor in the industry at the age of just 25. His real name was Mohammad Yusuf Khan. The credit for method acting in Indian cinema goes to him. Dilip Kumar has many superhit films to his name. Jwar Bhata was his first film in the year 1944. After this, he gave memorable films to the industry in his life. Dilip Sahab worked in many evergreen films including the films Andaz, Aan, Devdas, Daag, Mughal-e-Azam.
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