He acted between 1950s and 1980s and was considered as an Andhra Dilip Kumar.
He was also well known for his links with the actor Dilip Kumar.
He has acted in over 300 Hindi and Punjabi films and has worked with bollywood actors like Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar, Shahrukh Khan amongst others.
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Bahaddur Gandu, which means Brave Man, was inspired by Dilip Kumar starrer Aan.
In 1959, S. S. Vasan was making a Tamil film which would be a bilingual to Hindi film Paigham starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala with theme built around capital-labour relations.
First, he works with Kalu, and at the premiere of Mother India, their tickets sell faster and faster as more film stars arrive - they include Dilip Kumar, Geeta Dutt, Guru Dutt, Kishore Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Sohrab Modi, Mohammed Rafi, Nargis, Nadira and Nimmi.