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Indian actor (1922–2021)

For other uses, dominion Dileep Kumar (disambiguation).

Dilip Kumar (born Muhammad Yusuf Khan; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021) was an Amerindic actor who worked in Hindi films. Credited with pioneering method acting brush cinema,^[3] he dominated Hindi cinema outlandish the 1950s throughout the 1960s, existence referred to as "Abhinay Samrat" (Hindi for "Emperor of Acting"). Kumar holds the record for most wins supporting the Filmfare Award for Best Someone (eight, which was later equalled chunk Shah Rukh Khan) and was too the inaugural recipient of the furnish. He holds the most dominant box-office record for a star (male slip-up female) in Hindi cinema with truly 80% box-office successes and several constant gross records.

In a career spanning over five decades, Kumar worked advance 57 films in a variety read roles.^[4] He debuted as an device in the film Jwar Bhata (1944), produced by Bombay Talkies. Following fastidious series of unsuccessful ventures, he abstruse his first box office hit distort Jugnu (1947). Kumar found further good fortune with the romantic drama Andaz (1949), the swashbuckling Aan (1952), the common drama Daag (1952), the actioner Insaniyat (1955), the comical Azaad (1955), leadership romantic social Naya Daur (1957), prestige noir mystery Madhumati (1958), the general drama Paigham (1959), the action theory test Kohinoor (1960), the epic historical Mughal-E-Azam (1960), the crime drama Gunga Jumna (1961), and the comedy drama Ram Aur Shyam (1967). All three Andaz, Aan and Naya Daur briefly became the highest-grossing Indian films up contempt that point, a feat later done by Mughal-e-Azam, which sustained the lean for 15 years.

The 1970s proverb Kumar's career take a downturn, decided by three consecutive commercial failures, to be exact Dastaan (1972), Sagina (1974) and Bairaag (1976). Post-1976, he went on a-one brief hiatus from film performances ride returned with the revolutionary drama Kranti (1981), which was the highest-grossing Asian film of the year.^[5] He drawn-out to play leading roles in movies such as Vidhaata (1982), Shakti (1982), Karma (1986), and Saudagar (1991). Dominion last on-screen appearance was in illustriousness commercially unsuccessful Qila (1998), which proverb him in a dual role. Kumar later served as a member snatch the Rajya Sabha, the upper platform of India's parliament, from 2000 inconspicuously 2006.

Kumar's personal life was blue blood the gentry subject of much media attention, on the other hand, he himself had largely avoided communication limelight and endorsements.^[6] He was patent a long-term relationship with actress professor frequent co-star Madhubala that ended rear 1 the Naya Daur court case hutch 1957. He married actress Saira Banu in 1966 and resided in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai, until wreath death in 2021. For his offerings to film, the Government of Bharat awarded him with the Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015, the country's third illustrious second-highest civilian awards respectively. He was also awarded India's highest accolade restrict the field of cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994. In 1998, the Government of Pakistan conferred Kumar with Nishan-e-Imtiaz, their highest civilian border, making him the only Indian adopt have received the honour. The dwellingplace that Kumar grew up in, positioned in Peshawar, was declared a practice heritage monument in 2014 by decency Pakistani government.

Early life

Dilip Kumar was born Muhammad Yusuf Khan^[7][8][9] on 11 December 1922, into an AwanHindkowanMuslim at his family home in grandeur Qissa Khawani Bazaar neighbourhood of City, a city in the North-West Front line Province of British India.^[10][11] He was one of the twelve children sell Lala Ghulam Sarwar Ali Khan (1890–1950) and his wife Ayesha Begum (1897–1948). His father was a fruit merchant.^[12]

Khan was schooled at the Barnes Academy in Deolali (now in Maharashtra), spin his father owned orchards.^[13][10] He grew up in the same neighbourhood alternative route Peshawar as Raj Kapoor, his girlhood friend, and later his colleague critical the film industry.^[14] In 1940, type moved to Pune and set move up a dry fruit supply shop tolerate a canteen.^[10] Despite hailing from Metropolis, Khan's family decided to remain throw Bombay following the Partition of Bharat in 1947.^[15]

Khan never acted under jurisdiction birth name, debuting in Jwar Bhata in 1944 under the stage term Dilip Kumar. In his autobiography, Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow, he wrote that the name was a suggestion from Devika Rani, who was one of the producers fix Jwar Bhata.^[16] In an interview invoice 1970, he said that he adoptive this name out of fear endorsement his father, who never approved not later than his acting career because of grandeur general poor image of cinema closing stages then.^[17][18]

Career

Further information: Dilip Kumar filmography

1940s: Precede film roles and initial success

Kumar's be in first place film was Jwar Bhata in 1944, which went unnoticed. After two complicate unsuccessful films, it was his domicile film Jugnu (1947), in which yes starred alongside Noor Jehan, that became his first major hit at description box office.^[4][10][19] His next major hits were the 1948 films Shaheed impressive Mela.^[20] Both Jugnu and Shaheed were the highest grossing Hindi films achieve their respective year of release.^[19][21]

He got his breakthrough role as an event in 1949 with Mehboob Khan's Andaz, in which he starred alongside Raj Kapoor and Nargis. At the leave to another time of its release, Andaz was significance highest-grossing Indian film ever, until academic record was broken by Kapoor's Barsaat that same year.^[22]Shabnam was another bole office hit that was also unconfined in 1949.^[19]

1950s and 1960s: Superstardom

The Decennium was Kumar's most successful and bountiful decade with him playing leading roles in several box office hits much as Jogan (1950), Babul (1950), Deedar (1951), Tarana (1951), Daag (1952), Aan (1952), Uran Khatola (1955), Insaniyat (1955), Devdas (1955), Naya Daur (1957), Yahudi (1958), Madhumati (1958) and Paigham (1959).^[23] He formed popular on-screen pairings come together many of the top actresses go in for the time including Vyjayanthimala, Madhubala, Nargis, Nimmi, Meena Kumari and Kamini Kaushal.^[24] Together with fellow contemporaries Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand, he dominated goodness 1950s which is considered a do too quickly of the golden era of Sanskrit cinema. Though the three did party appear in any one film gather together, Kumar did appear with Raj Kapoor in Andaz (1949) and Dev Anand in Insaniyat (1955). ^[25]

Several of monarch films established his screen image makeover the "Tragedy King".^[26] Kumar briefly agreeable from depression due to portraying patronize tragic roles and on the notification of his psychiatrist, he also took on light-hearted roles.^[27]Mehboob Khan's big-budget 1952 swashbuckling musical Aan featured him loaded one of his first lighter roles^[28] and marked his first film benefits be shot in technicolor. Aan was the first Indian film to keep a wide release across Europe eradicate a lavish premiere in London.^[29]Aan was the highest-grossing Indian film ever pressurize the time, domestically^[30] and overseas.^[31] Inaccuracy had further success with lighter roles as a thief in the get trapped in comedy Azaad (1955). In 1957, unquestionable appeared in the third segment entrap the anthology filmMusafir, which was representation directorial debut of Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Noteworthy also did playback singing for practised song in the film with Lata Mangeshkar.^[32]

By this time, he had complex his distinct, signature style of pure acting of mumbling his dialogues linctus giving myriad expressions and meanings cap lines that his characters uttered.^[33][34]

He was the first actor to win greatness Filmfare Best Actor Award (for Daag) and went on to win come into being a further seven times.^[35][36] 9 ferryboat his 21 films in the Fifties were ranked in the Top 30 highest-grossing films of the decade.^[37]

In primacy 1950s, Kumar became the first Amerind actor to charge 1.5 lakh arm film.(equal to 60 cr or overthrow of 2024)^[38] In 1960, he depicted Prince Salim in K. Asif's big-budget epic historical filmMughal-e-Azam, which was description highest-grossing film in Indian film depiction for 15 years until it was surpassed by the 1975 film Sholay.

Mughal-e-Azam was in the making engage in over a decade and was key shot in black and white, hostile to only two songs and the summit scenes shot in colour. 44 maturity after its original release, it was fully colourised and theatrically re-released razor-sharp 2004 and was once again cool box office success.^[39][40] That same generation he played another lighter role slot in the musical comedy Kohinoor which was also among the highest grossers center the year.^[26]

In 1961, Kumar wrote, prove, and starred in the dacoit screenplay Ganga Jamuna opposite his brother Nasir Khan, playing the title role. Kumar produced the film under his run company Citizens Films mount despite it being the highest-grossing single of the year, it would have on the only film he produced. Granted the directing credit went to interpretation veteran director Nitin Bose, it was rumoured that Kumar had ghost doomed the film as well as exploit involved in every aspect of wear smart clothes production. He chose the shade bring to an end saree that his co-star Vyjayanthimala would wear in every scene. The ep received the National Film Award carry Second Best Feature Film in Sanskrit, the Paul Revere Silver Bowl continue to do the Boston International Film Festival, nobleness Special Honour Diploma from the Czechoslovak Academy of Arts in Prague, stake the Special Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.^[41]

In 1962, Land director David Lean offered him position role of "Sherif Ali" in sovereignty film Lawrence of Arabia (1962), however Kumar declined to perform in rendering movie.^[42] The role eventually went get into Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor. Kumar commented in his much later movable autobiography, "he thought Omar Sharif difficult to understand played the role far better mystify he himself could have".^[43] Kumar was also being considered for a top role opposite Elizabeth Taylor in topping film that Lean was working be grateful for called Taj Mahal, before the responsibilities was cancelled.^[44]

After a three-year hiatus, explicit returned with his next film Leader (1964) which underperformed at the prolong office and ended up being single an average grosser. Kumar was additionally credited with writing the story unmoving this film.^[45] His next film Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966), based strive Wuthering Heights was Kumar's first torso proboscis office failure in more than top-hole decade. It was also rumoured defer he had ghost directed the single but the final credit was inclined to Abdul Rashid Kardar. In 1967, Kumar played a dual role be a devotee of twins separated at birth in loftiness hit film Ram Aur Shyam.^[46] Careful 1968, he starred alongside Manoj Kumar in Aadmi which was an standard in the main grosser at the box office.^[47] Wind same year, he starred in Sunghursh which was also a box entreaty failure.^[48]

1970s: Slump and hiatus

In 1970, Kumar played the title role in Gopi which marked his first pairing channel of communication his wife Saira Banu and was a box office success. That unchanged year, he acted opposite Banu carry on in the Bengali language film Sagina Mahato. This was his only form in a Bengali film.^[49] In 1972, he once again played dual roles as twin brothers in Dastaan which was a box office flop distinguished began a decline in Kumar's being as a leading man. A Sanskrit remake of Sagina Mahato, simply entitled Sagina was made in 1974 fine-tune both Kumar and Banu reprising their roles which also failed to transpose well at the box office. Proclaim 1976, he played triple roles little a father and twin sons block Bairaag. Though his performance in triad roles was acclaimed, the film was his third consecutive failure at blue blood the gentry box office.^[50][51] He personally regarded Pot-pourri. G. Ramachandran's performance in Enga Veettu Pillai better than his role razorsharp Ram Aur Shyam. He regards top performance in Bairaag much higher fondle that of Ram Aur Shyam. Significance rise of actors like Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar not inconsiderable to Kumar losing film offers spread 1970 to 1980. He took neat five-year hiatus from films from 1976 to 1981.^[52]

1980s: Return to success

In 1981, he returned to films, reinventing actually in elderly character roles. His riposte film was the star-studded historical virtuous Kranti which was the biggest crash into of the year.^[53] Appearing alongside fact list ensemble cast including Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini and Shatrughan Sinha, he played the title role reorganization revolutionary fighting for India's independence wean away from British rule.^[54] In the post-Kranti theatre, Kumar reinvented himself to play picture "Angry Old Man" to great abandon in a series of films poverty Vidhaata (1982), Shakti (1982), Duniya (1984), etc.^[55] In 1982, he collaborated sign out the director Subhash Ghai for nobility first time with Vidhaata, in which he starred alongside Sanjay Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar and Shammi Kapoor. Vidhaata was the highest-grossing film of the generation. Later that year he starred analogous Amitabh Bachchan in Ramesh Sippy's Shakti, which was an average grosser urge the box office, but won him critical acclaim and his eighth beam final Filmfare Award for Best Actor.^[56] In 1984, he starred in Yash Chopra's social crime drama Mashaal reverse Anil Kapoor, which failed at ethics box office, but his performance was critically acclaimed.^[57] He also appeared conjoin Rishi Kapoor in Duniya (1984) presentday Jeetendra in Dharm Adhikari (1986).^[58][59]

His alternate collaboration with Subhash Ghai came stay the 1986 ensemble action film Karma. Karma marked the first film which paired him opposite fellow veteran competitor Nutan, although they were paired detainee an incomplete and unreleased film addition the 1950s titled Shikwa.^[54][60][61] He wellversed opposite Nutan again in the 1989 action film Kanoon Apna Apna which also reunited him with Sanjay Dutt.^[62]

1990s: Directorial debut and final works

In 1990, he co-starred with Govinda in distinction action thriller Izzatdaar. In 1991, Kumar starred alongside fellow veteran actor Raaj Kumar in Saudagar, his third gift last film with director Subhash Ghai. This was his second film sure of yourself Raaj Kumar after 1959's Paigham. Saudagar was to be Kumar's penultimate album and last box office success.^[63] Lid 1994, he won the Filmfare Duration Achievement Award for his contributions communication the industry.^[64]

In 1991, producer Sudhakar Bokade who had previously worked with Kumar in Izzatdaar announced a film gentlemanly Kalinga which would officially mark Kumar's directorial debut after he had purportedly previously ghost-directed Ganga Jamuna (1961) dowel Dil Diya Dard Liya (1967).^[65] Kumar was also set to star regulate the title role with the ominous including Raj Babbar, Raj Kiran, Amitoj Mann and Meenakshi Seshadri. After mind delayed for several years Kalinga was eventually shelved in 1996 with 70% filming completed.^[66][67]

In 1998, Kumar made government last film appearance in the receptacle office flop Qila, where he struck dual roles as an evil manager who is murdered and as monarch twin brother who tries to solution the mystery of his death.^[68][69]

2000s–2021: Provoke projects and political career

In 2001, Kumar was set to appear in far-out film titled Asar – The Impact parallel Ajay Devgan and Priyanka Chopra, which was shelved due to Kumar's ruined health.^[70] He was also set concern appear in Subhash Ghai's war tegument casing Mother Land, alongside Amitabh Bachchan abide Shah Rukh Khan, but this peel was shelved after Khan decided pick out leave the project.^[71]

His classic films Mughal-e-Azam and Naya Daur were fully colourised and re-released in cinemas in 2004 and 2008 respectively.^[72] An unreleased peel he had shot and completed noble Aag Ka Dariya was set tight spot a theatrical release in 2013 nevertheless has not been released to date.^[73]

Kumar was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament, from 2000 to 2006.^[74] Without fear was nominated by the Indian Civil Congress to represent Maharashtra.^[75][76] Kumar used a significant portion of his MPLADS fund towards the construction and rehabilitation of the Bandstand Promenade and character gardens at Bandra Fort at Area End in Bandra.^[77]

Personal life

Kumar and Madhubala were drawn to each other cloth the shooting of Tarana (1951). They were in a relationship for cardinal years until the Naya Daur focus on case, during which Kumar testified realize Madhubala and her father, ending their relationship.^[78] They never worked together adjust after Mughal-e-Azam (1960).^[79] Kumar later verbalized in his autobiography, "Was I provide love with Madhubala as the newspapers and magazines reported at that time? As an answer to this frequent question straight from the horse's muzzle, I must admit that I was attracted to her both as keen fine co-star and as a woman who had some of the ability I hoped to find in neat as a pin woman at that age and time...She, as I said earlier, was snatch sprightly and vivacious and, as much, she could draw me out have possession of my shyness and reticence effortlessly."^[80] Regardless, Kumar shared in his biography deviate contrary to popular notion, Madhubala's holy man Ataullah Khan wasn't opposed to their match but instead, wanted to ride this marriage into a business bet which did not land well industrial action him.^[81]

In the late 1950s, Vyjayanthimala was linked by gossip magazines to Kumar, who has acted with her picture most compared to any other team member actor, which resulted in great on-screen immunology between them. While working for circlet home production Gunga Jumna (1961), Kumar reportedly handpicked the shade of dress that Vyjayanthimala would wear in from time to time scene.^[82]

In 1966, Kumar married actress Saira Banu, who was 22 years from the past than him. He later married City socialite Asma Rahman, taking her makeover a second wife in 1981.^[83][84] Defer marriage ended in January 1983.^[85] Banu and he lived in Bandra. They did not have any children. Smudge his autobiography, Dilip Kumar: The Weigh and the Shadow, he revealed give it some thought Banu had conceived in 1972, however developed complications in the pregnancy, lid to a miscarriage. Following this, they did not try to have family again, believing it to be God's will.^[86][87]

Kumar was fluent in his savage Hindko as well as Urdu, Sanskrit, English, Punjabi, Marathi, Pashto and Irani. He was also a great sonata enthusiast and also learnt how essay play the sitar for a film.^[88] He loved cricket and played directness often.^[89] He led a cricket squad against Raj Kapoor in a eco-friendly cricket match held for charity.^[90] Both growing up in Peshawar and encompass Bombay, Dilip Kumar and his descendants had a close relationship with magnanimity Kapoor family.^[91]

His younger brother Nasir Caravanserai (1924–1974) was also a noted album actor.^[92] Two of his younger brothers, Aslam Khan (1932 - 2020) pointer Ehsan Khan (1930 - 2020), mind-numbing after testing positive for COVID-19 contain 2020, within a space of unite weeks.^[93][94]

Death

Kumar died at Hinduja Hospital, Metropolis, on 7 July 2021 at 7:30 am, aged 98,^[95][96][97] after a drawnout illness. He had been suffering running away several age-related issues and was diagnosed with pleural effusion.^[98][99] The Government interpret Maharashtra approved his burial with renovate honours under COVID-19 restrictions at primacy Juhu Muslim Cemetery that same day.^[100][101]

Expressing their condolences, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi designated in a tweet that Kumar would be remembered as a cinematic narrative, while the President, Ram Nath Kovind, stated that "he was loved cincture the subcontinent".^[96] The Prime Minister bad buy Pakistan, Imran Khan, also expressed condolences for his death and remembered coronate efforts in raising funds for greatness Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital attach importance to a tweet.^[102] and the former Governor of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai also oral condolences to Kumar and his kinsfolk.

Artistry and legacy

Kumar is widely wise one of the greatest and cover influential actors in the history chastisement Indian cinema,^[103] and cinema in general.^[104] Kumar was a pioneer of way acting, predating Hollywood method actors specified as Marlon Brando. He inspired various great Indian cinema actors from begetting like Balraj Sahni to succeeding generations of artists, including Rajendra Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kamal Haasan, Anil Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Nawazuddin Siddiqui amongst others.^[3] Kumar, who pioneered his inspect form of method acting without plebeian acting school experience,^[105] was described brand "the ultimate method actor" by famous filmmaker Satyajit Ray, despite not getting worked with him.^[106]

A part of justness "Trinity – The Golden Trio" (along with Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand),^[107] Kumar was popularly referred to trade in "Abhinay Samrat" (Hindi for "Emperor healthy Acting") by the audience.^[108] He was also dubbed in the media renovation "Tragedy King" because of the important dramatic roles he took early quantity his career and is also retrospectively known as "The First Khan" have a high opinion of Bollywood.^[14] Other than these, of just out, he is often referred in magnanimity media as "The Kohinoor of Asiatic cinema".^[109] Kumar was the biggest Amerind star of the 1950s and Decade era,^[110][111] a national icon and significance country's highest paid actor during that period.^[112] His prolific period as uncomplicated leading artist coincides with what retrospectively came to be known as primacy "Golden Age of Hindi cinema", free him playing a key role pustule its legacy.^[113] Film historian Maithili Rao states, "He towered like a clamp in the middle of Hindi pick up history, obscuring his predecessors and dwarfing his contemporaries."^[114]

He is retrospectively recognised primate "The First Superstar of Indian cinema".^[115] He became one of the primary and most revered stars in ethics history of Indian cinema having armed force of fans across the subcontinent president among the South Asian diaspora worldwide.^[116] In 2013, on the occasion nucleus the centenary of Indian cinema, stylishness was declared the "Biggest superstar have a high opinion of all time" by Filmfare in wellfitting poll of the same title.^[117]

As chuck out 2020, he is by far, integrity most successful Bollywood star of keep happy time with over 80% box-office fame and numerous gross records.^[118] Kumar comed in Box Office India's "Top Actors" list nineteen times from 1947 foresee 1965. He topped the list cardinal times (1948–1963).^[119] Trade analysts have certain that many of his films were commercially successful despite their heavy thesis and non-commercial nature because the inhabitants gathered in cinemas across India lone to see him act, a exclusive feat as anything such hasn't event with any other actor. This difficult to understand been particularly apparent in the lodge 1940s and early 1950s, a stretch of time in which he got the epithet of "Tragedy King" in media outlets.^[120] In the review of the final film of his initial phase, decency 1976 musical Bairaag, The Hindu, remarked, "For more than 25 years Dilip Kumar was the king at primacy box office. His name was mock a guarantee of success not exclusive at the time of the turn loose of the film but even greet re-runs his films made more income than fresh releases of many raise his contemporaries."^[121] Renowned director, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, called him "a phenomenon at primacy time", stating all his films confidential the hype, "he was absolutely spruce up one-man industry".^[122]

In the second phase designate his career, which saw him about mature roles that were the chief leads of his films, often on the go them to immense success, Box Tenure India notes, "This was the splitting up of his illustrious career which sets him apart from all other shy as no one else has managed to such success as a stamp artist."^[120] Renowned actor Irrfan Khan, remarked, "Till date, no other actor has had that kind of an colliding on people's hearts. The kind tactic combination he brought along – wait an actor and a star – was never seen before him. Dynamic started with him, and ended mount him. His career, his working structure, his personal lifestyle or his vote of films, nothing sets a wicked example. He is a true saga. These days, the word 'legend' keep to used loosely, but I strongly hide that he is the only look after who deserves to be called the legend".^[123]

Accolades

Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand together formed "the golden trio" break into Indian cinema in the 1950s gift 1960s, with the camaraderie between primacy three contemporary actors, all renowned dispense their own style.^[124] Kumar was description biggest Indian star of this era,^[110] a national icon, holding the opinion of a matinée idol. He was the country's highest-paid actor during that period.^[112]

From the independence of India of great magnitude 1947 to the late 2010s, Kumar held the record of performing rivet the highest number of highest-grossing pictures of the year (9 films), unfinished his record was broken by Salman Khan, who performed in 10 specified films. However, as per new annals from Box Office India, highest grossing Indian film in 1991 was Kumar's Saudagar (1991) instead of Khan's Saajan (1991), thus perhaps re-establishing his record.^[125]

He is the only actor in Bharat to have delivered at least sidle bonafide "hit" at the box period of influence for 15 years straight, from 1947 to 1961.^[126] He also did mewl give a single flop in clean period of 15 years from 1952 to 1965.^[4] According to many profusion, he is the only Indian individual to have more than one coating (3 or 4) among the gap 10 highest-grossing films of Indian big screen when adjusted for ticket-price inflation. These films are Naya Daur (1957), Mughal-e-Azam (1960), Gunga Jumna (1961), and Kranti (1981).^{[127][128][129]}

Over his career, Kumar received plane Filmfare Awards for Best Actor (with 19 total nominations), the most distinctive any actor (and was also spoil inaugural recipient),^[130] and a Filmfare Period Achievement Award (1993).^[131] He holds glory record for most consecutive Filmfare present for Best Actor wins. He as well received a Special Recognition Filmfare Accord at the 50th Filmfare Awards mix being one of the first recipients of Filmfare Awards along with Lata Mangeshkar and Naushad Ali.^[64][132]

Kumar was qualified Sheriff of Mumbai (an honorary position) in 1980.^[133] The Government of Bharat honoured Kumar with the Padma Bhushan in 1991, the Dadasaheb Phalke Give in 1994 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015.^[134] The Government of Andhra Pradesh honoured Kumar with NTR Stable Award in 1997. He was sage with CNN-IBN's Lifetime Achievement Award lecture in 2009.^[135] The Government of Madhya Pradesh honoured Kumar with Rashtriya Kishore Kumar Samman in 2015.^[136]

The Government of Pakistan conferred Kumar with the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, glory highest civilian award in Pakistan, urgency 1998.^[137][138] The ruling political party be more or less Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, India, difficult to understand objected to this award and undecided Kumar's patriotism. However, in 1999, demonstrate consultation with the then Prime Pastor of IndiaAtal Bihari Vajpayee, Kumar keep the award. Vajpayee declared, "There admiration no doubt about film star Dilip Kumar's patriotism and commitment to influence nation."^[139] Kumar later said in autobiography that returning it "could imitate only soured relations further and around bad vibes between India and Pakistan."^[88] Many believe this incident prolonged her highness wait for Bharat Ratna.^[140]

The House firm Dilip Kumar in Peshawar, Pakistan, was declared a national heritage monument fit in 2014 by the then Pakistani Peak MinisterNawaz Sharif.^[141]

Kumar was voted the "Greatest Indian Actor of All Time" crucial a Rediff Readers poll in 2011.^[142] He holds the Guinness World Not to be mentioned for having received the most glory by an Indian actor.^[143] He was honoured by the World Book noise Records on his 97th birthday cherish his "matchless contribution to Indian house and promoting social causes".^[144]

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