January 20th, 2008 
krishna Dilip Kumar, one of the best Indian actors ever is the most appropriate answer to how global is Bollywood. An Afghan son born in Pakistan who studded the Bollywood with gem of movies like Aan, Awaaz, Andaz, Devdas, Mughal-e-Azam etc and even became a member of the Indian Parliament.
Such was the acting caliber of this giant of the Indian film industry that he outperformed his peers in all sort of roles, be it an intense one, or dramatic, romantic, social or even comedy. But, he will always be remembered as the “Tragedy King” of Bollywood as those were the roles which always made people adore him. Rightly, he went on to become the first Indian actor to be awarded with the Filmfare best actor award. He also reserves the honors for having won the same award for the most number of times.
The global portfolio of Dilip Kumar does not end at just Bollywood. He had his first tryst with international fame when a British director offered him a role in his movie “Lawrence of Arabia” in 1962 but the actor refused the offer. Two of his classics “Mughal-e-Azam” and “Naya Daur” were colorized and re-released in 2004 and 2007 respectively.
Dilip Kumar was a great humanitarian as well and has worked for the poor and helped build bridges to overcome the cultural and communal gaps between
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