The superstar who cooked food for the British, his first film was a flop, then ruled Bollywood for 50 years

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The 1950s proved to be a successful and glorious decade for Dilip Kumar. His films like ‘Jogwan’, ‘Babul’, ‘Deedar’, ‘Tarana’, ‘Daag’, ‘Aan’, ‘Udan Khatola’, ‘Insaniyat’, ‘Devdas’, ‘Naya Daur’, ‘Yehudi’, ‘Madhumati’ and ‘Paigam’ proved to be box office hits. After this, he became famous as the Tragedy King. Dilip Kumar ruled Bollywood for more than 50 years. (Photo courtesy: IMDb)