Dilip Kumar: 9 lesser known facts about the legendary actor

Mumbai - Here are some more gleanings from the journalist's diary.

Whenever Dilip Kumar arrived on the sets, the atmosphere on it would change at once. Such was his personality.

Once, he reached on a grim note to shoot a tragedy narrative, and everybody present on the sets also became serious. It was like attending a funeral.

Just then, someone cracked a joke and a few others laughed, and Dilip Kumar saw it. That was it. The actor declared he couldn't do justice to the tragic scene in such a jovial environment, cancelled the shoot, and returned home.

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This is an incident recorded in veteran Bollywood mediaperson Jivraj Burman's private notes. Here are some more gleanings from the journalist's diary:

1. Once, during a single shot of hurling a glass of liquor in anger, Dilip Kumar insisted on 27 retakes before he was satisfied that it was 'perfect'.

2. A very social person, Dilip Kumar always attended weddings or auspicious events of film industry workers, or their relatives, if invited, apart from taking an active interest in addressing industry issues.

3. One of his biggest admirers was Dadamuni, Ashok Kumar. Notorious for playing practical jokes, Ashok Kumar said to Dilip Kumar on the sets of 'Duniya': "Yusuf, not in the mood to act? Let us bunk the shoot today!" The mischievous Khan agreed. They called the costume in-charge and asked him to hide their outfits assigned for the shoot. When the shoot started and it was found that their costumes were missing, the two actors 'lost their cool' and coolly walked off the sets for the rest of the day!