Last year, Kumar had a quiet birthday celebration as a mark of solidarity to the victims of deluge in Chennai.
Born in Peshawar as Yousuf Khan, the actor adopted the screen name Dilip Kumar.
He made his debut in acting with “Jwar Bhata” in 1944 and went on to give memorable performances in films like “Mughal-e-Azam”, “Ganga Jaumna”, “Devdas”, “Andaz, Babul”, “Aan”, “Amar”, “Shaheed”, “Naya Daur”, “Madhumati”, “Ram Aur Shyam”, “Shakti”and “Mashaal” among others.
