Dilip Kumar, one of the pillars of the post-independence Indian cinema, who bedazzled his audience for close to to six decades, breathed his last on July 07. His filmography that began in the 1940s when Indian cinema has small technical advancement, comprises of some unforgettable motion pictures that made the Indian silver screen what it is today.
Jugnu
Dilip Kumar tasted industrial good results with Jugu, in 1947, the similar year when India won Independence. It was the highest-grossing Indian film and also starred Noor Jehan, Shashikala, and Mohammed Rafi in a cameo look. The film very common of films of the time was a breezy romance hitting a tragic finish.
Devdas
This Bimal Roy film, released in 1955 won Kumar a Flimfare award and is regarded one of the very best performances of the actor. The sensitivity with which he played the function. Having established himself as a tragic hero, it was no a surprise that he was the initially decision for the function. The sensitivity with which he played the element of a doomed lover won hearts.
Daag
Daag, exactly where Dilip Kumar plays the element of an alcoholic in search of reform till he redeems himself and turns his life about got him his initially Filmfare Award in the Best Actor category. Also starring in this film directed by Amiya Chakravarty, had been Nimmi, Usha Kiran and Lalita Pawar. It was a hit at the box workplace. The despondency and insobriety of his character in the film laid bare with his empathic expression in Daag
Azaad
Breaking the mold of grief and loss, Dilip Kumar stared in light-hearted fare in Azaad. His lively antics with his counterpart Meena Kumari lend Azaad an air of wholesome cheerfulness. Azaad, a remake of Tamil hit Malai Kallan, proved to be therapeutic for the actor.
Mughal-e-Azam
One of the most memorable roles — Salim and they gave Bollywood one of its most iconic couples — Anarkali and the Mughal prince set the box workplace wheel spinning for months. It centered on their forbidden relationship of a Mughal empire and a tragic finish and the film held the distinction of being the highest-grossing film of all time for 15 years and the initially black-and-white Bollywood film to turn out to be digitally coloured.
Naya Daur
Naya Daur, set against the backdrop of post-colonial India that run on Nehruvian policies and focused on industrialisation showed Dilip Kumar as a rebel. Playing the function of tongawalla, he decides to shake factors up and bring respect to the oppressed section. Naya Daur won Dilip Kumar his third consecutive Filmfare Award in the Best Actor category, and fourth all round.
Madhumati
Directed by Bimal Roy and written by Ritwik Ghatak, the film had a noir-gothic really feel to it. It was the initially re-incarnation drama of its sort and also one of the highest-grossing films of 1958. The film also starred and Vyjayanthimala in the lead roles, with Pran and Johnny Walker in supporting roles. The plot focuses on Anand, a modern day man who falls in like with a tribal lady named Madhumati. It won 9 Filmfare Awards and a National Film Award as properly.
Ram Aur Shyam
Another film exactly where Dilip Kumar gets to play a double function of twin brothers with contrasting personalities, but the actor stood by the challenge with aplomb. Ram Aur Shyam, a situational comedy proved to be a blockbuster at the box workplace and it was one of 1967’s highest-grossing Indian films, domestically in India and overseas in the Soviet Union.
Shakti
The Ramesh Sippy film exactly where the two most significant stars of Bollywood, Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan had been cast. The duo plays father and son, but are on opposite sides, with Kumar enacting a cop and Bachchan’s Vijay playing an outlaw. Both males are conflicted involving their personal ideals and filial ties. Considered to be one of the greatest films in the history of Indian cinema, it went on to win 4 Filmfare Awards.
Kumar received the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian awards, in 1991, the Dadasaheb Phalke, India’s highest award for cinematic excellence, in 1994, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015.