Dilip Kumar popularly known as the Tragedy King of Bollywood will be celebrating his 89th birthday today.

He was born to Lala Ghulam Sarwar as Yusuf Khan on 11th December 1922 at Peshawar to a Peshawari family with twelve children. His father was a fruit merchant  there and later when the family moved to Pune, he started a canteen business and was a supplier of dry fruits. He entered the film industry in 1944. At his age of 44 he married the beauty queen Saira Banu who was only 22. The younger brother of Dilip Kumar,  Nasir Khan was also an actor.

Dilip Kumar has served as a member of Indian Parliament. He was the first one to receive the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and enjoys the name of having won this most number of times.

The actress Devikarani helped his entry into the Bollywood film industry. The name Dilip Kumar was assigned to him by the Hindi author Bhagwati Charan Varma. His first hit film was Jugnu in 1947. He produced his only film Ganga Jamuna in 1961. He took a hiatus of five years from film industry from 1976 to 1981. Then he returned back to play character roles. Some of the films that he acted are Sabnam, Deedar, Babul, Kohinoor, Madhumati, Ram Aur Shyam, Kranti, Vidhaata, Duniya, Mughal E Azam, Karma, Shakthi, Qila, etc. His last film Qila was released in 1998.

He got Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993, Padma Bhushan in 1997, NTR National Award in 1997, CNN-IBN Indian of the Year – Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. He lives in Pali Hills in Mumbai suburban region.

FridayMoviez wishes Dilip Kumar a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!