New Delhi: There have been very few stars in the film world who have become immortal with their characters. Dilip Kumar was one of those select stars. Dilip Kumar's real name was Muhammad Yusuf Khan, who came to Pune as a professional dry fruit supplier, but his heart was set on acting. Against his father's wishes, he chose the path of acting and started his career with the film Jwar Bhata. The film's producer Devika Rani gave him the name Dilip Kumar, which became his identity.

Dilip Kumar started achieving great success as soon as he entered the film industry. Within 6 years, he got such films which took him from rags to riches and made him a superstar of cinema. The number of female fans started increasing, even the film beauties fell in love with Dilip Kumar's charm. Everything was going well, but still why was he called the Tragedy King and why did he become a victim of depression, let's know the interesting story behind this.

Why was Dilip Kumar called the Tragedy King?

Sometimes the impact of a character on an actor is so much that his personal life starts getting affected. Something similar happened with Dilip Kumar. It was the era of 50s and the actor's stardom was at its peak, at that time he was called the Tragedy King. The biggest reason for this was Dilip Kumar's superhit films of the 50s including Babul, Daag, Mughal-e-Azam, Deedar, Tarana, Devdas, Naya Daur and others. Actually, the actor played serious roles in these films, due to which he was given the title of Tragedy King.

Dilip Kumar had gone into depression

Even though Dilip Kumar was called the Tragedy King due to his film career, it also affected the actor's real life. In an interview to BBC, Dilip Kumar revealed that he went into depression due to playing serious roles in films.

Things had come to such a pass that he had to consult a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist advised the actor to do some action or comedy films so that he could recover from serious roles. He said that doing tragedy films had become a punishment for him.