Dilip Kumar passes away: He was more than a star, more than just an actor even. Dilip Kumar, or Yousuf Khan as he was born, was the legend who epitomised the composite culture of India, both in his films that explored stories of rebellion, hope and love and in his seven decades in public life. Kumar, who died on Wednesday morning at the age of 98, was the thinking, impassioned hero framed in black and white who moved on to a spectrum of roles in technicolour, his life and career a testimony to India as it grew and evolved over the decades. Let us take a look at some of the unseen photos of the veteran actor: -
One of the handful of greats etched in the annals of Indian cinema, tragedy came to be affixed to his name with his turn as the brooding lover in classics such as "Devdas", "Andaz" and the epic romance "Mughal-e-Azam". In this photo actress Madhubala and Dilip Kumar on the set of film Anarkali. (Express archive photo)
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But the ‘Tragedy King', who did his first film “'Jwar Bhata” in 1944, three years before Independence, and his last “Lal Quila” in 1998, was more than that. In this photos Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala in film Ganga Jumuna. (Express archive photo)
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Unlike Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand, he never ventured into filmmaking, preferring to stick to acting, his abiding passion. In this photo Suchitra Sen and Dilip Kumar in film Devdas. (Express archive photo)
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Saira Banu has been a constant by Kumar's side, supporting him through the years and speaking for him when he was no longer in a position to. (PTI Photo)
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The erudite Pathan from Peshawar, who started as a fruit trader, was fluent in Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Marathi, Bengali and English. In this photo Saira Banu seen with her husband Dilip Kumar. (Express archive photo)
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In the troubled early 1990s, when Mumbai was riven by communal tension, Kumar emerged as a figure of peace. During the 1993 riots in the city, stories abound of how he opened his home and made it a command centre for relief work. In this 1999 file image Bollywood veteran actor Dilip Kumar meets the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
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Kumar was a much awarded artist, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the the Padma Vibhushan in 2015 as well as the Dadasaheb Phalke in 1994. (Express archive photo)
The Dilip Kumar oeuvre is limited to just 60-odd films, most ranked as classics. In this photo Dilip Kumar seen with Madhuri Dixit. (Express archive photo) -
In a sign of the times that were, this Khan — born Muhammed Yousuf Khan, one of Pathan fruit merchant Ghulam Sarwar's 11 children, on December 11, 1922 in Peshawar – was rechristened the perhaps more acceptable Dilip Kumar. In this photo Dilip Kumar seen with Amitabh Bachchan. (Express archive photo)
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That story has now ended. But the legend that is Dilip Kumar will live on. And not just in film archives. In this 2005 file image Bollywood veteran actor Dilip Kumar greets actor Rajesh Khanna at an event in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)
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