Dilip Kumar

He has been a member of the upper house of Parliament since 2000. He died of Hodgkin's disease. He has been active in efforts to bring the people of India and Pakistan closer. Massey was married four times, twice to well-known actresses: Adrienne Corri and Penelope Wilton. He married her when he was 44 and she was half his age, and despite apprehensions from the media, the marriage has been one of the longest lasting marriages in Bollywood. He also made many stage appearances, notably in musicals such as Gigi and Stephen Sondheim's Follies. He is married to actress Saira Banu. Massey appeared in numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, without ever becoming a major star, and the 1968 award would be the high point of his career.

His acting has influenced his successors and many actors look up to him and try to emulate his style. He would later play Noel Coward in the 1968 Julie Andrews vehicle, Star!, a performance for which he won a Golden Globe award. His style of acting is characterised by rich dialogues in Urdu and a poetic manner of delivery. He made his film debut as a child in Noel Coward's flag-waver, In Which We Serve (1942) -- Coward being his godfather. Dilip Kumar is considered one of the best actors produced by the Hindi film industry. Daniel Massey was born and died in London, England. However his award ran into controversy when war-like conditions strained relations between India and Pakistan, and he was asked to return the award by Hindu extremists like Balasaheb Thackeray. Although successful on stage and screen, his career was eclipsed by other members of Canada's noted Massey family: his father, Raymond Massey, his sister, Anna Massey and his uncle Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada.

He is the second Indian to receive the award, after former Indian prime minister Morarji Desai. Daniel Raymond Massey (October 10, 1933 - March 25, 1998) was a British-Canadian actor. In 1998 he was awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award conferred by the Pakistan government. He was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1995. The role eventually went to Omar Sharif.

However, Kumar was unsure of doing films outside India in which he had no say, and declined the part. Hollywood director David Lean offered Dilip Kumar a role in his 1962 blockbuster, Lawrence of Arabia. He tried his hand as Producer for the film Ganga Jamuna and was rewarded as the film turned out to be successful. The film Mughal-e-Azam (1960) in which he played crown-prince Jehangir, the son of Akbar, was a record-breaking film in the history of the Indian film industry.

In the 50s, his role in Bimal Roy's Devdas as a tragic drunken hero earned him the title of the "Tragedy King". In 1949, he co-starred with Raj Kapoor in the film Andaz, which went to become a major success and made him a superstar. Khan adopted the screen name of Dilip Kumar for his first film Jwar Bhatta released in 1944. His father relocated to Bombay (now Mumbai) and Yusuf Khan got introduced to the Bombay film industry in the 1940s.

Dilip Kumar was born Yusuf Khan in Peshawar (now Pakistan) in a Pathan family of twelve children. He is the recipient of India's highest award for cinematic excellence, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and also the Nishan-e-Pakistan, Pakistan's highest civilian award. Dilip Kumar (born December 1, 1922) is an Indian film actor and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha).