Dilip Kumar filmography

Dilip Kumar (11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021) was an Indian actor.^[1] He made his acting debut in 1944 with Jwar Bhata.^[1] The 1947 drama Jugnu opposite Noor Jehan was his first major success.^[2][3] Nadiya Ke Par was similarly that year's highest grossing Indian film. In 1949, he featured alongside Raj Kapoor in Mehboob Khan's Andaz opposite Nargis. This love triangle at the time of its release was the highest-grossing Indian film ever.

The 1950s saw Kumar in a number of popular films playing a variety of roles. Kumar won the first-ever Filmfare Award in the Best Actor category for his performance in 1954 release Daag.^[3][1] Two years later, Kumar played the title character in the drama Azaad, which earned him his second Filmfare Best Actor Award. His title role in Devdas (1955) earned him his third Filmfare Best Actor Award. Some of these films established his screen image as the "Tragedy King" because of his ill-fated characters in films.^[1][2] He also appeared alongside Dev Anand in Insaniyat (1955). Nine of Kumar's films were among the Top 30 highest-grossing films of the decade.

In 1960, Kumar appeared in K. Asif's big-budget epic historical film Mughal-e-Azam. He played Mughal Prince Salim, who falls in love with Anarkali (a court dancer, played by Madhubala), and later revolts against his father Akbar (Prithviraj Kapoor). The film was successful at the box office earning a net revenue of ₹55 million (US$11,530,000). The film became the highest-grossing Indian film of all time.^[3] He played dual roles in the drama film Ram Aur Shyam (1967) which earned him his seventh Filmfare Award for Best Actor.^[4][5]

In 1981, Dilip Kumar appeared in historical drama Kranti, in the role of a revolutionary fighting for India's independence from British rule.^[2] He collaborated with director Subhash Ghai in films Vidhaata (1982), action film Karma, and Saudagar. He made his last film appearance in Qila.^[2] His two films Aag Ka Dariya and Kalinga are completed but remain unreleased.^[6]

In total, Kumar worked as a lead in 57 films. Also he was doing many cameo/guest appearances and many unreleased films in his 54 years film career. He was most choosy and selective actor at that time. He earned 19 nominations for best actor at the Filmfare Awards in his career, winning 8, three of them back to back (which is a record in itself).^[5] He received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994.^[7]

Films

List of performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes	Ref.
1944	Jwar Bhata	Jagish	Amiya Chakravarty
1945	Pratima	Karan Jairaj	Paidi Jairaj
1946	Milan	Ramesh	Nitin Bose
1947	Jugnu	Suraj	Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
1948	Ghar Ki Izzat	Ramchandra	Ram Daryani
	Shaheed	Ram	Ramesh Saigal
	Mela	Mohan	S. U. Sunny
	Anokha Pyar	Karan	M. I. Dharamsey
	Nadiya Ke Par	Vasusena Singh	Kishore Sahu
1949	Andaz	Dilip	Mehboob Khan
	Shabnam	Manoj	B. Mitra
1950	Jogan	Vijay	Kidar Nath Sharma
	Arzoo	Digvijay Singh	Shaheed Latif
	Babul	Ramchandra	S.U. Sunny
1951	Hulchul	Radheya	S. K. Ojha
	Deedar	Shyamu	Nitin Bose
	Tarana	Dr. Motilal	Ram Daryani
1952	Daag	Shankar	Amiya Chakravarty	Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[1][3][5]
	Aan	Jai Tilak	Mehboob Khan
	Sangdil	Dharmaraja	R. C. Talwar
1953	Shikast	Dr. Ram Singh	Ramesh Saigal
	Footpath	Vasusena	Zia Sarhadi
1954	Amar	Advocate Amar	Mehboob Khan
1955	Devdas	Devdas	Bimal Roy	Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[1][5]
	Uran Khatola	Ramchandra	S. U. Sunny
	Azaad	Kumar / Azaad / Abdul Rahim Khan	S. M. Sriramulu Naidu	Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[1][3][5]
	Insaniyat	Mangal	S. S. Vasan
1957	Musafir	Raja	Hrishikesh Mukherjee		[3]
	Naya Daur	Shankar	B. R. Chopra	Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[1][5]
1958	Yahudi	Prince Marcus	Bimal Roy
	Madhumati	Anand / Deven (Dual Role)	Bimal Roy	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[1][3]
1959	Paigham	Ratan Lal	S. S. Vasan	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1960	Kohinoor	Yuvraj Rana Devendra Pratap Bahadur / Kohinoor	S. U. Sunny	Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[2][5]
	Mughal-E-Azam	Prince Salim	K. Asif	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[1]
1961	Gunga Jumna	Gungaram "Gunga"	Nitin Bose	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[1]
1964	Leader	Vijay Khanna	Ram Mukherjee	Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[5]
1966	Dil Diya Dard Liya	Shankar / Raja Sahib	Abdur Rashid Kardar	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[4]
1967	Ram Aur Shyam	Ram / Shyam (Double Role)	Tapi Chanakya	Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[5][4]
1968	Aadmi	Rajesh / Raja Sahib	A. Bhimsingh	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
	Sunghursh	Kundan Prasad / Bajrangi	Harnam Singh Rawail	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[3]
1970	Gopi	Gopiram "Gopi"	A. Bhimsingh	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
	Sagina Mahato	Sagina Mahato	Tapan Sinha	Bengali film
1972	Dastaan	Diwan Anil Kumar / Sunil Kumar / Judge Vishnu Sahay (Double Role)	B. R. Chopra
1974	Sagina	Sagina Maheto	Tapan Sinha	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[8]
	Phir Kab Milogi	Teja Singh	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Guest appearance
1976	Bairaag	Kailash / Bholanath "Bhola" / Sanjay (Triple Role)	Asit Sen	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[2]
1981	Kranti	Sanga	Manoj Kumar
1982	Shakti	DCP Ashwini Kumar	Ramesh Sippy	Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[1][5]
	Vidhaata	Shamsher Singh / Shobhraj	Subhash Ghai
1983	Mazdoor	Dinanath Saxena	Ravi Chopra		[9]
1984	Mashaal	Vinod Kumar	Yash Chopra	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[1][6]
	Duniya	Mohan Kumar	Ramesh Talwar		[6]
1986	Dharm Adhikari	Dharamraj	K. Raghavendra Rao		[6]
	Karma	Jailor Vishwanath Pratap Singh / Rana / Dada Thakur	Subhash Ghai		[1][6]
1989	Kanoon Apna Apna	Collector Jagatpratap Singh	B. Gopal		[10][6]
1990	Izzatdaar	Brahma Dutt	K. Bapaiah		[11][6]
1991	Saudagar	Thakur Veer Singh	Subhash Ghai	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor	[1][6]
1998	Qila	Judge Amarnath Singh / Jagannath Singh (Dual Role)	Umesh Mehra		[2][6]

References

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