Dilip
Kumar.
The
name
needs
no
introduction!
Be
it
playing
the
role
of
twins
who
are
different
as
chalk
and
cheese
in
Ram
Aur
Shyam,
a
prince
with
a
doomed
love
story
in
Mughal-E-Azam
or
a
man
who
takes
up
the
path
of
self-destruction
as
he
hits
the
bottle
post
a
heartbreak
in
Devdas,
the
legendary
actor
brought
every
character
to
life
on
the
big
screen
like
never
before.
Interestingly,
the
Peshwari
lad
never
wanted
to
be
an
actor.
It
was
a
chance
meeting
with
actor
and
producer
Devika
Rani
which
landed
him
his
first
film
Jwar
Bhata
in
1944.
Who
knew
back
then
that
the
young
actor
who
would
fumble
with
his
lines
would
go
on
to
became
one
of
the
greatest
actors
of
all
times
in
Hindi
cinema?
Talking
about
Jwar
Bhata,
the
veteran
actor
had
shared,
"Devika
Rani
engaged
me
on
the
spot
without
bothering
about
screen
tests.
Later,
she
showed
signs
of
uneasiness
and
confessed
to
the
director
that
I
knew
nothing
about
acting.
But,
the
director
Amiya
Chakrabarthi
was
satisfied
with
me!"
Over
the
years,
Dilip
Kumar
has
been
bestowed
with
many
sobriquets
like
the
'Tragedy
King
Of
Bollywood',
'First
Original
Superstar
Of
Hindi
cinema',
'Ultimate
Method
Actor'
among
others.
However,
the
thespian
has
a
different
take
on
it.
"I
understood
very
early
on
in
my
career
that
the
attention
and
eagerness
to
see
you
in
flesh
and
blood
are
the
result
of
the
response
you
evoked
through
your
work.
Initially
it
scared
me,
but
it
did
not
take
long
for
me
to
realise
that
they
are
reacting
to
the
man
who
is
there
on
the
screen
and
if
I
allowed
myself
to
be
carried
away,
I
would
acquire
a
false
personality
and
that
personality
could
be
pompous
and
obnoxious
with
false,
inflated
thoughts
about
success.
So
I
learned
to
digest
it
and
preoccupy
myself
with
my
work
more
than
with
the
results
of
my
work.
I
have
consistently
maintained
that
there
should
be
no
term
for
an
actor," Dilip
Kumar
had
said
in
an
interview
with
Hindu.
Meanwhile,
it's
not
just
us
who
have
been
in
awe
of
Dilip
Saab.
The
Hindi
film
industry
also
holds
the
thespian
in
high
regards.
Here's
what
some
of
them
had
said
in
the
past.
Shah
Rukh
Khan
Is
A
Big
Fan
Of
Dilip
Kumar
The
Baadshah
of
Bollywood
had
told
Filmfare
magazine,
"I
knew
Dilip
saab
as
a
kid.
Dad
knew
him.
They
used
to
live
in
the
same
galli
in
Delhi.
I've
met
Dilip
saab
many
times
in
my
childhood.
We
have
been
to
his
place
often.
Actually,
Sairaji
doesn't
remember
this
but
her
medicines
used
to
be
sent
by
my
aunt
from
London.
Years
later,
when
I
was
working
with
Ketan
Mehta,
I
saw
a
picture
of
Dilip
Kumar
in
his
office
and
I
was
like
oh!
that's
me.
He
looked
so
much
like
me
in
that
picture.
Or
rather
I
looked
so
much
like
him.
But
my
relationship
with
Dilip
saab
goes
beyond
films.
Dilip
saab
and
Sairaji
have
always
thought
of
me
as
their
son."
Amitabh
Bachchan
Reveals
His
Favourite
Performance
Of
Dilip
Kumar
"Almost
all
his
films
were
inspirational
and
worthy
of
mention
but
Gunga
Jumna
(1961)
was
a
favorite.
For
someone
born
and
brought
up
in
Allahabad,
UP,
the
land
of
Awadhi,
to
watch
and
hear
Dilip
saab
ostensibly
from
Mumbai,
behave
and
speak
the
perfect
diction
of
a
UP
inhabitant
was
incredible," Big
B
was
all
praise
for
his
Shakti
co-star
while
speaking
to
Filmfare
magazine.
When
Dharmendra
Spoke
About
How
He
Was
Inspired
By
Dilip
Kumar
Bollywood's
He-Man
Dharmendra,
was
also
inspired
by
Dilip
Kumar
when
he
was
struggling
in
the
film
industry.
The
Sholay
actor
had
once
dedicated
an
Instagram
post
to
him
that
read,
"Naukri
kartaa
cycle
par
aata-jaata, Filmy
posters
mein
apni
jhalak
dekhta,
Raton
ko
jaagta
anhone
khwaab
dekhta Subha
uthkar
aaine
se
puchhta
"mein
Dilip
Kumar
ban
sakta
hun
kya?"
Saira
Banu
On
What
She
Learnt
From
Her
Actor-Hubby
"Humility
is
something
which
I
have
learnt
from
Dilip
Saab.
If
ever
I
was
in
a
mild
disagreement
with
my
much
loved
mother,
Dilip
Saab
would
gently
reaproach
me
and
induce
me
to
go
across
her
immediately
and
apologize
profusely.
He
would
say,
"You
can
never
fulfil
the
debt
of
your
Maa
who
has
given
birth
to
you
and
brought
you
up
in
this
big
world
with
so
much
love
and
sacrifice,"
the
Padosan
actress
penned
in
her
foreward
for
Dilip
Kumar's
autobiography,
'The
Substance
And
The
Shadow."
Nimmi
Was
In
Awe
Of
Dilip
Kumar
Late
actress
Nimmi
who
worked
with
Dilip
Kumar
in
films
like
Amar
and
Aan
recalled
in
a
Filmfare
interview,
"God
has
blessed
Dilip
saab
with
a
maqnatis
(magnet).
Everyone
got
pulled
towards
him.
In
fact,
one
maharani
was
willing
to
leave
her
all
to
be
with
him.
I
will
not
deny
that
I
was
also
pulled
towards
him.
Mujhe
bhi
woh
bahut
pasand
the.
Unke
aashiq
hum
bhi
the.
I
was
his
fan
too."
Salman
Khan
Believes
No
Actor
Is
Bigger
Than
Dilip
Kumar
"Actor
wise,
I
don't
think
anyone
is
bigger
than
Dilip
Kumar,
after
that
Mr
Amitabh
Bachchan
had
a
very
good
run
and
he's
working
even
today
and
is
everywhere,"
Bollywood
superstar
Salman
Khan
had
said
in
one
of
his
interviews.