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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The actor's original name is Muhammad Yousuf Khan which he later changed to Dilip Kumar after entering the Hindi film industry.

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