Why Dilip Kumar refused to work with Nargis in Mother India
Film actor Dilip Kumar's autobiography is a delight for lovers of Hindi cinema. Titled 'Dilip Kumar: The Substance And The Shadow', and narrated by veteran journalist and writer Udaytara Nayar, the book is rich with trivia and anecdotes from the life of the veteran actor. In this book, the thespian opened his heart for the first time to speak about acting, family, co-workers and lovers, the people who influenced and changed his life.
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Here are 10 nuggets, among plenty else, from the book:
1. On his first appearance on the screen in Jwar Bhata: "When I saw myself on the screen, I asked myself: 'Is this how I am going to perform in the films that may follow if the studio wishes to continue my services?!' My response was: 'No.' I realised that this was a difficult job and, if I had to continue, I would have to find my own way of doing it. And the critical question was: HOW?"
2. On his love for Madhubala "Did it happen with me? Was I in love with Madhubala as the newspaper and magazines reported at th
Before the turning point of his life in the cine-world came and before the prodigal son was back home to join his parent, Dilip Sahab had the occasion to live in Poona for sometime where he fetched a job in the Army club restaurant and worked for sometime as Asstt. Manager. He earned the expertise to make good sandwiches and opened a counter of his own in the corner of the restaurant from where he earned good money and saved Tk. 5,/- which he brought back home and gave to his mother as his first earning in life.
Dilip Sahab had had to go behind the bar with a handcuff for his delivering a speech in the Army club emphasizing the struggle for freedom of India was a legitimate right. Having branded as Gandhiwala, he discovered in one of the prison cells Sardar Vallabbhai Patel and others were on hunger strike.
Dilip Sahab was, however, got released by a army major next day. He writes “As I sat alone in my room that night. I kept hearing the jailor’s words in my sub-conscious and a sense of pride built up within me that I had spent a night in jail with Gendhiji’s followers and even if it was for a few fleeting moments, I was unafraid of expressing my pride about my country
Dilip Kumar: a biography
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Dilip Kumar in ‘Mughal e Azam’
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July 6, The Times of India
Dilip Kumar (R) seen with Raj Kapoor (M) and Nargis (L). Kumar and Kapoor were contemporaries all through life (Photo- BCCL)
From: July 6, The Times of India
- Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor were both born in the same month, December, same year () and at the same place (Peshawar). That there was only a difference of three days between their birthdays, Dilip being born on the 11th and Raj on the 14th!
- Both made their debut in films within a year of each o
Book Review: The Substance and the Shadow - An Autobiography
Publisher: Hay House Publishers (India) Pvt. Ltd
Price: Rs.On December 11 in Ayesha Bibi, the wife of Mohammad Sarwar Khan of Peshawar, gave birth to a son who was named Yousuf. When he was five, a fakir asked Dadi to protect the child from ‘evil eye’. Dadi had soot applied on his forehead to make him look unattractive. Saira Banu does so to her ‘Kohinoor’ Dilip Kumar even these days.
In the mid s the family moved to Bombay, settled at Deolali where Yousuf studied in Barnes School and Khalsa College. He learnt English, played soccer and read the works of the European authors and Urdu writers. The dream of Yousuf’s father was to see Order of the British Empire attached to Yousuf’s name.
One Dr. Masani introduced him to Devika Rani of the Bombay Talkies. She gave him the name ‘Dilip Kumar’. He faced the camera at the age of 21 for the film Jwar Bhata. He acted in twenty-three films from up to Dr. W D Nicholas, a British psychiatrist, advised him to switch over to comedy because he had performed many tragic roles with adverse
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