Dilip Kumar's leading ladies
Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar, popularly known as the Tragedy King, has romanced many top actresses on-screen over his six decades in Hindi films.
It is said that the actor always chose to act opposite the top actresses of his era. His tragic image as a doomed lover, mostly a victim of fate, made him the dream man of a million women. His memorable on-screen pairings have evoked every emotion from laughter to tears and occasionally tickled the Bollywood gossip vine, too.
The veteran debuted as an actor in the film “Jwar Bhata” in 1944. Since then, over the years, top actresses of the era have delivered hits opposite the thespian. Here are five heroines who made an outstanding pair with Dilip Kumar.
NARGIS
Dilip Kumar had declined to play the role of Nargis’s son in “Mother India” in 1957 after romancing the actress in previous films. Nargis acted in seven films with Dilip Kumar, from “Anokha Pyar” (1948) to “Deedar” (1951). They played childhood sweethearts, separated by circumstances in “Mela” (1948).
The superhit film “Andaz” (1949) starring Nargis, Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor was a love triangle. In 1950 came two films, “Babul” and “Jogan”. In 1951 they did another love triangle, “Deedar”, this time with actress Nimmi.
