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When Yusuf Khan shifted from Peshawar to Maharashtra, he was just one in a family of 12 siblings that sold fruits for a living. However, it didn't take him very long to rise above the mediocrity of his existence and become an emperor of showbiz in an age when cinema still didn't have too many superstars.

It all began when Devika Rani reportedly recruited him for Bombay Talkies while he was working for a canteen in the British Army and noted novelist Bhagwati Charan Verma rechristened him Dilip Kumar. A lacklustre debut in Jwar Bhata (1944) was followed by a string of successes - Andaz, Aan Deedar, Devdas, Daag, Madhumati - Where the actor skilfully enunciated the art of underplaying.

As a hero, Dilip Kumar was more aggrieved than angry. Rambling aimlessly, bottle in hand, a dirge on his lips and the shadow of death looming ahead, he brought to life a prototpye of the Greek tragic hero. Hence the unrequited lover of Andaz, Deedar, Devdas who firmly believed happiness was an impossible dream in a world riddled with class and caste barriers. And when he began to be typecast, he opted for an image change. This time, he donned the mask of the swashbuckler who stormed throught films like Aan, Azaad, Kohinoor, Ganga Jamuna and Ram aur Shyam, As a colossus that strides across six decades, Dilip Kumar has managed to dominate the marquee even in recent years with hits like Karma, Shakti and Saudagar.

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