Entertainment News Desk – Hardly any cinema lover does not know the veteran actor Dilip Kumar, who gained fame in Indian cinema on the basis of his brilliant acting. Dilip Sahab has given many superhit films in his time. Not only at that time, even today many people like to watch Dilip Kumar’s films. Born on 11 December 1922 in Peshawar, Dilip Kumar’s real name was Mohammad Yusuf Khan. Dilip Kumar may have achieved a lot of success and fame during his career, but there was a time in his life when he had to face a lot of struggle. In such a situation, today on his 102nd birth anniversary, we will introduce you to many interesting stories related to him.
Why did Dilip Kumar change his real name?
Dilip Kumar, famous as the Tragedy King in Hindi cinema, got his first opportunity to work in films in the year 1944 with the film ‘Jwar Bhata’ made under the production house Bombay Talkies. For this film, he changed his name from Yusuf to Dilip Kumar. Before becoming an actor, he used to work in the British Army canteen. Here they used to make sandwiches, which the British liked very much.
Dilip Kumar’s life full of struggle
Dilip Kumar had to do this work because he and his entire family came to India after the partition of India and Pakistan. He had 12 brothers and sisters. Now in such a situation it was becoming very difficult to arrange food for the family. This was the reason why he took a job in the British Army canteen. Everything was going well, then one day during a program he was arrested for supporting India’s freedom struggle and raising slogans. He even had to spend a few days in jail. After this, when he came out of jail, he decided to start another business with his father and when this also failed, he went to film producer Devika Rani asking for work. From here the path of acting opened for him.
Was fond of eating omelette
Dilip Kumar was very fond of food and among them he liked omelette the most. He used to eat an omelette of ten eggs during meals. Talking about Dilip Kumar’s films, he has worked in ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960) and ‘Ram Aur Shyam’ (1967), ‘Gopi’ (1970), ‘Kranti’ (1981), ‘Shakti’ (1982), Has shown his brilliant acting in films like Mashaal (1984) and ‘Saudagar’ (1991).