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Dilip Kumar

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Also known as Muhammad Yusuf Khan, Yusuf Khan

Indian actor and politician (1922-2021)

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Dilip Kumar was an Indian person whose professional career spanned from 1944 to 1998. Born on December 11, 1922, he passed away on July 7, 2021. His social media presence included 612,606 followers.

As an author, Dilip Kumar is associated with eleven works. Notable titles include *Long Memory in the Volatility of Indian Financial Market*, *Testing the Dynamics in the Irregular Fluctuations in the Stock Price Changes of Indian Stock Market*, *Cyber Law in India Simply in Depth*, *Billion Hope*, and *Place to Live*. Crossref data lists five works under his name.

MusicBrainz identifies him as a person from India. On Last.fm, his name is associated with 378 listeners and a playcount of 1,083. Additionally, he is referenced by 1,007 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
11

Top works

  • Long Memory in the Volatility of Indian Financial Market
  • Testing the Dynamics in the Irregular Fluctuations in the Stock Price Changes of Indian Stock Market
  • Cyber Law in India Simply in Depth
  • Billion Hope
  • Place to Live

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
IN
Active from
1929-08-04
Active to
1987-10-13

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
378
Total plays
1,083

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Encyclopedic overview

Muhammad Yusuf Khan (11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021), known professionally as Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor, writer and film producer best known for his work in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated Hindi cinema from the 1950s throughout the 1960s and is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian Cinema.

In a career spanning over five decades, Kumar worked in 57 films. He debuted as an actor in the film Jwar Bhata (1944), produced by Bombay Talkies. Following a series of unsuccessful ventures, he had his first box office hit in Jugnu (1947). He consistently starred in top–grossing Indian films from the late-1940s to the 1960s, such as Shaheed, Andaz, Babul, Deedar, Aan, Uran Khatola, Insaniyat, Azaad, Naya Daur, Madhumati, Paigham, Kohinoor, Mughal-E-Azam, Gunga Jumna and Ram Aur Shyam. Some of his most acclaimed performances, include Nadiya Ke Paar, Shabnam, Jogan, Tarana, Daag, Sangdil, Shikast, Footpath, Amar, Devdas, Musafir, Yahudi, Leader, Aadmi and Sunghursh.

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