Yousuf Khan, known to the world as Dilip Kumar, was born on December 11, 1922, in Peshawar. He was the fifth child in a family of 13 children of Mohammad Sarwar Khan and his wife Ayesha Begum. Having a fair complexion, lustrous hair, expressive eyes and a sprightly nature, Yousuf was regarded as a very special child, and his grandmother rarely let him leave the house without smearing his forehead with kajal to ward off the evil-eye.
Mohammad Sarwar Khan was a fruit merchant by profession, and in search of better prospects, he and his family migrated from Peshawar, first to Deolali and then to Bombay. Yousuf received his basic primary education from Anjuman-e-Islam High School, Byculla, Bombay, and after matriculation, he attended Wilson College. Unfortunately, he soon had to drop out in order to help his father run his fruit business, which was facing a downward trend and barely supporting the family’s deteriorating budget.
Posted on July 7th, 2021
By Rohana R. Wasala
Dilip
Kumar died today, July 7, 2021. The following is a marginally updated version
of a review I wrote of the legendary actor’s autobiography Dilip Kumar – The Substance and
the Shadow” immediately after its publication in 2014. The review was published
in The Island Satmag supplement on October 04, 2014 under the heading: ,
still accessible in The Island archives.
‘DILIP KUMAR – The Substance and the Shadow’ (2014)
published by Hay House India is the autobiography of legendary
Hindi cinema actor Dilip Kumar (born Yusuf Khan) who died today July 7, 2021 at
Posted on July 7th, 2021
By Rohana R. Wasala
Dilip
Kumar died today, July 7, 2021. The following is a marginally updated version
of a review I wrote of the legendary actor’s autobiography Dilip Kumar – The Substance and
the Shadow” immediately after its publication in 2014. The review was published
in The Island Satmag supplement on October 04, 2014 under the heading: ,
still accessible in The Island archives.
‘DILIP KUMAR – The Substance and the Shadow’ (2014)
published by Hay House India is the autobiography of legendary
Hindi cinema actor Dilip Kumar (born Yusuf Khan) who died today July 7, 2021 at
Dilip Kumar, Film Star Who Brought Realism to Bollywood, Dies at 98
One of India’s earliest Method actors, he was the last survivor of a triumvirate of actors who ruled Hindi cinema in the 1950s and ’60s.
Dilip Kumar, center right, in 2006 with the actor Shah Rukh Khan, center left, in Mumbai. He was one of three Indian movie stars who defined the post-independence Hindi film hero. Credit.Gautam Singh/Associated Press
By Baradwaj Rangan
Published July 6, 2021Updated July 7, 2021, 12:48 p.m. ET
Dilip Kumar, the last of a triumvirate of actors who ruled Hindi cinema in the 1950s and ’60s, died on Wednesday in Mumbai, India. He was 98.
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