Five lesser-known facts about Tragedy King

ISLAMABAD: Here are 5 lesser-known facts about the late Bollywood’s legendary actor Dilip Kumar, reports Geo News.

1. It is believed that Dilip Kumar was fluent in a number of languages, including Pashto, Hindko, Urdu, Hindi and English.

2. His films Mughal-e-Azam and Naya Daur were fully colourized and re-released in 2004 and 2008 respectively.

3. Kumar holds the record for winning three consecutive Filmfare Best Actor awards, mustering them in 1955, 1956 and 1957. No other actor has attained such feat in the history of Hindi cinema.

4. He was the only actor of his time who played a triple role in a film.

5. The actor’s original name is not Dilip Kumar but Mohammed Yusuf Khan. Eminent Hindi author Bhagwati Charan Varma gave him the screen name Dilip Kumar.