Dharam - Veer

Image Not Available Starring: Dilip Kumar, Jeetendra Director: K Raghavendra Rao Original UK Premiere: 1977 Dvd Release: 1st January, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Dilip Kumar is an Indian film actor & Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of Indias highest award for cinematic excellence, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award & also the Nishan-e-Pakistan, Pakistan s highest civilian award. Dilip Kumar was born Yusuf Khan in Peshawar in a Pathan family of twelve children. His father relocated to Bombay & Yusuf Khan got introduced to the Bombay film industry in the 1940s. Khan adopted the screen name of Dilip Kumar for his first film Jwar Bhatta released in 1944. In 1949, he co-starred with Raj Kapoor in the film Andaz, which went to become a major success & made him a superstar. In the 50s, his role in Bimal Roy s Devdas as a tragic drunken hero earned him the title of the Tragedy King. The film Mughal-e-Azam in which he played crown-prince Jehangir, the son of Akbar, was a record-breaking film in the history of the Indian film industry. He tried his hand as Producer for the film Ganga Jamuna & was rewarded as the film turned out to be successful. Hollywood director David Lean offered Dilip Kumar a role in his 1962 blockbuster, Lawrence of Arabia.

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