Bollywood’s legendary actor Dilip Kumar, whose real name is Muhammad Yousaf Khan celebrates his 90th Birthday today 11th December 2012.

He started his memorable Bollywood journey in the year 1944 release “Jwar Bhata”. Thereafter, he went on to give classics like “Madhumati”, “Shaheed”, “Devdas”, “Andaz”, “Amar”, “Mughal-E-Azam”, “Ram Aur Shyam”, “Karma” and “Saudagar”.

He was crowned the Tragedy King of Bollywood for playing a doomed lover in films like “Andaaz”, “Baabul”, “Mela”, “Deedar”, and “Jogan”. His last film was “Quila” in 1998.

As he turns 90 here we presenting the top things you should know about the actor:

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Dilip Kumar was among the top actors of the Hindi film industry during 1950s and 60s. His fans gave him the title of 'Tragedy King' for his perfection in death and tragic scenes.

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