Bollywood`s legendary actor Dilip Kumar breathed his last on Wednesday at Mumbai`s PD Hinduja Hospital. The 98-year-old actor passed away due to various age-related health issues.

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The multiple-award-winning actor's career spanned for over five decades and during the golden era of Hindi cinema. Dilip Kumar charmed millions of hearts with his performance in more than 65 films.

 

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Born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan in Peshawar, Pakistan, he began his acting career with the screen name, Dilip Kumar. As per a report by ANI, the actor holds the record for winning the maximum number of Filmfare awards. He was the inaugural recipient of the award and won the best actor Filmfare Award eight times.

In his five-decade-long career, he contributed to Hindi cinema in different ways, including the introduction of the method acting technique. His first few films, including his Bollywood debut `Jwar Bhata`, which was released in 1944, could not strike a chord with the audiences. But his scintillating performance in `Jugnu` in the year of Indian Independence, 1947, won hearts, making the film his first major hit.

After `Jugnu`, he starred in a couple of more hits -- `Shaheed` and `Mela`-- before finally landing his breakthrough role in Mehboob Khan`s `Andaz`. Although he had some major hits in the 1940s, it was in the 1950s that he tasted real success for the first time with a string of hits: `Babul,` `Devdas,` `Hulchul,` `Yahudi,` `Daag,` `Sairat,` `Naya Daur,` and `Deedar`.

These were the classic tragedy films that gave Dilip Kumar the title of `The Tragedy King'. His last film was `Qila`, which was released in 1998.

Here are few of the scenes shared by the actor from his films on his Twitter account:

1. "Tarana 1951. Retweet if it was good."

 

2. "No artist is bigger than the character he’s playing."

 

3. "Paigham 1959. Retweet if you like the scene."