Yousuf Khan, better known throughout India with the name of the screen Dilip Kumar, first appeared in a film called Jwar Bhata in 1944.
With his own account, the next two Pratima and Milan films also failed to make a big impact.
But the release of 1947 Jugnu began acting career as a leading man who lasted more than four decades.
After making a sign in the industrial in the second half of the 1940s, Kumar would enjoy his biggest hit for the next two decades – between the 1940s and 50s.
However, unlike other top era actors, Kumar boasted himself because he did not spread himself too thin above the film.
The only calendar year where Kumar appeared in five films was 1948, after the first hit.
After that the only year in which he appeared in more than three films was 1955.
As a result of his work, stretching for decades, Kumar worked with a variety of directors, a total of 62, which included four guest appearances.
However, even though the career spread over the decades, the most he did work with a director was three films.
The only director of the actor working with at least three times in the main role was Bimal Roy, Su Sunny, Nitin Bose, Mehboob Khan at the height of his career.
In the 1980s when he returned to the screen as a father’s figure, Kumar worked three times with Subhash Ghai.
His work in terms of genres – can be done if we can fill in genre based data for chart
Over the years, he won 8 Filmfare Best Actor Awards, Award Dadasaaheb Phalke 1994, as well as the Civil Award of Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.
He also received the highest Pakistani civilian award.
What highlighted Kumar’s acting skills was the fact that he won his first award in the 1950s and the last in 1982.
In the 1970s, which was a decade without fat for the actor, was the only period in which he did not win awards.
