The Curious Question Mark – Who wrote the story of Dilip-Nargis starrer Jogan (1950) ?

Viewers may have been intrigued to see the story of Kidar Sharma’s Dilip Kumar-­Nargis starrer, Jogan, being credited to a question mark. Veteran Kidar Sharma, told us the untold story behind the curious question mark. “The man who wrote the story declined to take credit for it at the last …

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Dilip Kumar on Madhubala’s Beauty

Madhubala’s beauty was so overpowering that in paying homage to it, people have missed out on a lot of her other attributes, of course, she was beautiful, though I don’t think hers was a perfectly chiselled face. She had a slightly accentuated nose. Though it didn’t take away from the …

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Shyama’s Co-Stars – Dilip Kumar

[Back to Shyama's Menu] He used to be immersed in his work and wouldn’t have fun on the set. He’d give suggestions and we would follow them. But he loved female attention. Yusuf bhai maarenge (he will hit me) if I say more. I have witnessed his romance with Kamini …

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Shabnam (1949)

This latest Filmistan picture running to crowded houses at Roxy for many weeks now is a picture which does credit to S. Mukerji the producer, who gave us in the past pictures like Kangan, Bandhan, Naya Sansar etc. There are no less than ten songs, several dance numbers in which …

Bollywood . Cuckoo . Dilip Kumar . Haroon . Jeevan . Kamini Kaushal . Mubarak . Paro . Rajendra Singh . Shyama Musical

Deedar (1951)

Adapting much of the K.L. Saigal type of melodrama, the tale opens with adolescents Shamu (Dilip Kumar) and childhood sweetheart Mala (Nargis). Mala’s rich father (Sapru) disapproves and when the children have an accident while horse-riding (a portent of the tragedy to come), he has Shamu and his mother evicted. …

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Devdas (1956)

Cast: Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen,Vyjanthimala, Motilal Director: Bimal Roy Music: S.D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi Capsule Review: Bimal Roy’s faithful and fiercely intimate adaptation of Saratchandra Chatterjee’s classic tragedy about a self-absorbed hero who destroys his own happiness in pursuit of love, is leagues removed from P.C. Barua’s minimalist version …

Bollywood . Dilip Kumar . Motilal . Suchitra Sen . Vyjanthimala Drama

Legends – Dilip Kumar

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Dilip Kumar’s Fact File

Born Yusuf Khan 11 December 1922 Peshawar, British India (now in Pakistan) Star Sign Sagittarius Parents Muhammad Yusuf Khan and ? Siblings 11 including brothers Ehsan Khan and Aslam Khan who live in Mumbai, a sister Farida who lives in Fresno, California. Nasir Khan – who was the first ever …

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Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

Mughal-e Azam tells the story of the Great Mughal, Akbar (r. 1556-1605). The film’s making was itself something of an epic, as it took over fifteen years to shoot, and involved a complete change of cast (the original included Chandramohan, who played Jehangir in Pukar [1939], Nargis and Sapru), several …

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Dilip Kumar’s Filmography

Film Cast Director Jwar Bhata (1944) Agha, Shamim, Dilip Kumar, Pithavala, Arun Kumar, Khalil, Bikram Kapoor, Mridula, K. N. Singh, Mumtaz Ali Amiya Chakraborty Pratima (1945) Dilip Kumar, Swarnalata, Pithavala, Mukri, Zebunissa, Shah Nawaz, Jyoti, Mumtaz Ali Jairaj Milan (1946) Ranjana, Moni Chatterji, Dilip Kumar, Mira Misra, Pahari Sanyal Nitin …

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