When Dilip Kumar revealed why he changed his name from Yusuf Khan

Dilip Kumar changed his name from Muhammad Yusuf Khan to Dilip Kumar fearing his father Lala Ghulam Sarwar Ali Khan, who was strictly against films, would criticize or harm him.

Devika Rani, head of Bombay Talkies, suggested the name Dilip Kumar, which he first saw in an advertisement months later.

Dilip Kumar made his acting debut in 1944 with Jwar Bhata; his early films failed, but his fourth film Jugnu became his first major box-office success.

His defining breakthrough came with Andaaz (1949), starring alongside Raj Kapoor and Nargis, which became the highest-grossing Indian movie of its time, cementing his status as a Bollywood superstar.